August

August was a relatively boring month for us.  It was too hot to do much and we were spending lots of time working on the basement.  We went to the state Families Supporting Adoption conference which was really good but that's about all the excitement we had for August.

Mia has officially figured out how to get out of her crib and does it with great ease.  She doesn't do it very often, mostly in the afternoon when she doesn't want to take a nap.  It's funny because in the morning she hangs out in her crib talking and playing until we come get her even though she can get out on her own.  The other day I finally snuck a couple pictures of her climbing out. 

Mia really likes our bed so hopefully the transition to her own big girl bed goes smoothly.

I finally decided that Mia was old enough that I could set up my keyboard again.  She loves to play it and knows exactly where the power button is and how to turn it into DJ mode.  She is very good though and doesn't pull on it or try to knock it over which was my fear and why it's been down for so long.

The 2 bedrooms we have been working on in the basement are finally almost done.  The closets still need finished and they need trim.  We are still working to get the closets done and we are going to put trim up around the doors but I think we will probably wait a bit to do the floor trim.

Monty's sister moved in this weekend so one of the rooms is already occupied.  The other is just a guest room for now but we will probably wait until Trina moves out and do all the floor trim at the same time.

 It will be so nice when the closets are done and we can devote our spare time to something else.

We still have a little bit of our garden left keeping us busy.  There are still tomatoes and peppers growing.  Our raspberries are doing great this year.  Even with Mia eating them by the handful we have been able to freeze a bunch.  We also have 3 peaches and 3 apples about ready to be picked from our fruit trees.  It's not great numbers but hey we'll take it.