Catching up. Again.

Gah! I am HORRIBLE. I know. I haven't blogged since APRIL & left you all with a cliff hanger about if we are expecting a girl or a boy! Although, I'm pretty sure most of you know that we are having another girl. And I couldn't be more happy! 3 girls. Whew! Now, THAT is gonna be awesome. 11 more weeks until we meet her sweet little self!

We already have a name picked out, but aren't sharing until she is born. I just don't really feel like dealing with people and their opinions about it. Everyone HATED Logan for a girl and now everyone seems to love it. (Or at least that's what they say to our face!) I can't even imagine Logan being anything other than a Logan. Same with Jordan! 

I just got Jordan registered for Kindergarten and she is BEYOND excited, especially about riding the bus. I told her I can take her to school or we could even walk since it's so close but she doesnt care, she wants to ride the bus. Oh and the backpack thing, she can't hardly contain herself when it comes to buying a backpack. I told her that we have to wait until all of the back-to-school stuff is out and *every.single.time* we go into a store, she starts in about the dang backpack. I can't even believe she is going to be starting school this year, very bittersweet for me. 

I can't believe Logan is going to be 3 years old next month. For some reason, she seems to think her birthday party is going to be a parade. I'm still trying to figure out how to do like a parade themed birthday with no such luck. She says a tea party birthday would be okay though. So I think that's what we are going with. We are going to get her a bike for her birthday, just like we did for Jordan's 3rd birthday. I can't wait to see the look on her face! She LOVES riding bikes!

Justin and I are coming up on our 5 year wedding anniversary next month! That is just crazy to me! I was looking at the gifts for each year, and its wood. Not sure what I can do with that, but I'm sure I'll figure something out! I think it would be fun to keep up with the tradition like every five years. 

I'm so far behind on updates, I don't even know where to begin! Oh blog, I don't mean to neglect you, really, I don't! The holidays are just such a busy time for our family and as soon as the holidays were over, my computer crashed and I had to get a new one (Thanks dad!).

So I guess I'll start by giving you the biggest update of all:

17 Weeks 

Yep - That's another baby! We found out on New Years Day. For the most part, besides a few close family/friends, we held off from telling the world until I was out of my 1st trimester. The due date is September 12, 2012. So that puts me at 18 weeks today. I have my big ultrasound on the 24th and it's weird because with the girls, by this time I had a huge feeling that they were girls. This time, I don't have that! At ALL. Not even sometimes I feel like it's a girl and sometimes I feel like it's a boy, No idea. Maybe it's because this time I'm not really wanting one gender over another. I would be perfectly happy with a boy or a girl. In fact, I don't even want to find out at the ultrasound. I'm not interested in knowing at all because I think the greatest surprise would be to find out when he or she is born! Unfortunately, Justin REALLY wants to know. He thinks that it's dumb to wait. (Psh! Whatever!). I have tried SO HARD to get him wait until he or she is born but he just won't go for it. 

Jordan turned 5 years old in January! I can't believe how big she is getting! She'll be starting kindergarten this September and she is so excited. Especially to ride the bus. I told her that I would drive her to and from school everyday but she reaallllllly wants to ride the bus! 

Logan is doing AWESOME with her potty training! She hasn't had an accident in quite a few days now! Hopefully soon she will be out of diapers at bedtime too. We got her a toddler bed last week even though she totally isn't ready for it we had to because her crib fell apart and it just wasn't safe anymore. The first few days were exhausting having to stand in her doorway and put her back in bed 20-30 times per night but she finally is doing much better and stays put at bedtime. 

Wow, has it really been two months since my last post? Oops! I guess I've just been busy doing other stuff lately. I'll try to post more, pinky swear!

Here are somethings that have happened since my last post:

We got a fish, the girls named him (yes, him, a male beta) Ariel. I think they named him this because I had a fish named Ariel when I was little. (And yes, he too was a male.) Less than 24 hours later, the poor thing died, I think it may have something to do with the girls picking the fish up to pet it.

I had a birthday! The big 25. I am now a quarter of a century. My sister took me on a shopping spree and wouldn't let me buy anything for anyone else but myself. SO HARD, but I'm glad I did now!

Halloween was fun! Jordan was a vampire/witch (We weren't sure. Haha) And Logan was a witch. We trick-or-treated with some good friends in Puyallup. The kids got WAY too much candy, The bowl is pretty much full on top of the fridge still.

Took a few trips here and there, two to Oregon, one to the ocean and maybe a few to the in-laws in Easton.

The pool opened back up so I've been taking the girls swimming once or twice a week. They love the water, and not to mention I LOVE how much it wears them out! They sleep so hard after swimming! Jordan learning how to swim, she can swim underwater for a few feet.

Our 7 month old puppy, Hank, got hit by a car. We immediately rushed him to the animal hospital. THANKFULLY he is okay, we were sure he broke his leg. He walked out of there with nothing but a bad concussion and some scrapes. That was one terrible night! I'm so glad he made it!

We spent Thanksgiving with my step-dad, Lou. My mom is in Alaska until December, and Lou really loves to cook a big Thanksgiving dinner every year so we thought we'd go over and keep him company! It was pretty fun, I made the sweet potatoes and deviled eggs and Lou cooked the rest. Then on Saturday, Justin's dad had a big dinner over there, lots of family and lots of food! I made glazed butternut squash, and it turned out SO yummy!

Well that's all for now, I'll leave you with some of the pictures I took of the girl a couple weeks ago.

My nephew, Brayden was there too, since it was his birthday shoot!

She was stomping in the mud. 

They were laughing at my jokes :)

Happy birthday to my favorite little nephew!

Life's a beach.

A few weeks back, Justin's parents took us on a camping trp to the ocean! Oh it was wonderful to hang out at the beach! We built sandcastles, flew a kite and ran from the waves. Then, at night, we built a campfire & had s'mores!

Jordan & her Uncle Dave flying a kite. It was kinda foggy!

Logan & Justin running down to the water!

Buddy & Gunner. The dogs had so much fun at the beach! They ran non-stop & were so wore out. Well Hank drank the saltwater non-stop & ended up getting sick. Yuck!

For whatever reason, the water seemed to be pretty dirty. I walked out into it and I'm pretty sure it was just a bunch of algea.

Logan's first trip to the ocean!

One of our many sandcastles!

Jordan & her little dog :)

This thing was A-W-E-S-O-M-E! It's a water balloon launcher!

Jordan's turn!

She loved the sand. In fact, she took a whole bucket full home!



The guys & one of the girls.. (not sure which one tho)



You know it's fall in the Tutino household when..

I start using my newborn photography bowl as a centerpiece for my kitchen table. I think it looks nice!

I'm drinking hot apple cider while editing pictures.

We have to start wearing boots instead of flip flops.

My house smells like pumpkin spice. 'Mmm!

Edited to add: Happy SECOND day of fall everyone!