But we're talking September and in September the baby was still in the oven. We were camping and having fun in the nice outdoors. We took the fam to the nearest campground and celebrated Labor Day by laboring with our hands and feet. We went fishing at Easton Lake, but as always we and our girls always run out of patience and we just played in the water instead. Maybe one of these days we'll rent a fishing boat and go fishing on Puget Sound and get some salt water fish. I grew up with fresh water fish and was not a huge fan of their taste anyway. The other thing we did was we cooked food outdoors and that was fun except Dan when he was in charge of bringing the gas stove, brought an almost empty bottle of propane. Half way through cooking some chicken and fish, the propane ran out. He felt really bad and I was to be honest very disappointed that he didn't realize that it was empty. So back into the car he went and home he trotted so he could grab the other bottles of propane. Mike my brother, the kids and I hung out skipping rocks and floated on the inflatable raft down the running river while we waited for Dan's return. Good thing the campsite was only 45 minutes away from home. We are very lucky to live so close to all these mountains. Such a gorgeous place. Many campsites and hiking trails.
We weren't full on campfire food so we went out for a late night snack
at the restaurant across from the campsite. My brother got a huge
burger, the kids and their daddy got milk shakes and sweet potato fries
and I got that delectable slice of heaven. 
And then it was back to school!!!!!
Our Second Grader
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| I cut her hair. I think she's a doll |
I have awesome and thoughtful friends. They knew I needed rest so they offered to take Brie so I could nap and get things done around the house. Brie was treated to the Children's museum for a PD
We dedicated an afternoon in service by asking shoppers to donate to the local food bank. We stood outside the grocery store and passed out flyers. Reena was amazing. She turned the event into a game that had levels. Each level was marked complete by passing out a certain amount of flyers. She was not shy one bit of running up to people to tell them to donate to the food bank. I think we've got a sales person in the family.
Made into salsa and tomato sauce
Got a screaming deal on these fruits. About $.48 on the peaches, nectarines and apples.
Apple syrup! yum!
When
Reena is at school, Brie and I try to keep ourselves busy with canning
and crafting. We filled up this bean bag for example and take lots of
walks 
I have a friend that I'm pretty close to that runs the playgroup with me. She loves parties, oh so do I. Except she's Mexican and parties are huge!! I thought Vietnamese parties are huge, but Mexican parties are even bigger. We shared how much each of our parties are and I was shocked. She normally spends about $500-$600. WOW. Mexican birthday party-you invite the whole family and you walk away with more goodies than you brought to the party.
Part of nesting for me was making sure my other children are taken care of. I scheduled their dentist appointments and took them out to eat and spending some quality time together before we spend weeks of staying indoors. I took Brie to Old Country Buffet for a mother daughter date and then took Reena and Brie for Bubble Tea and shopping. Love my girls!
And this is the 9th month belly and this is what people were saying to comfort me :) It was heavy!
- Kathy Jamel Gilmore, Sophia Pace, Sokie Bun Gierisch and 36 others like this.
Noemi Livigni Oh you look so ready! Hang in there just a little longer, it will be over soon. This part at least😊. Good luck!
- Thuan Stevens It was like this with my other two. I would have Braxton Hicks contractions the last 2 weeks and then the day would come and I would dilate to a 9 or something and then almost not make it to the hospital.
Myngan Megan Duong Okay so I love the name Ronin. Kudos on naming him that. Also you look amazing for 9 months pregnant. Hope you have that baby boy soon.
Ali Bird Vigue You look fabulous!! (and you're right, we really do carry the same! It almost gave me remembered trauma...not from labor, just from pregnancy!). Good luck this last little bit. Enjoy?
- Thuan Stevens It means sumari soldier. It's a name we picked out 7 years ago when we thought our oldest was a boy. His middle name means army. We really like his name and have been very excited to tell people about it when they ask that now it feels very much that he is a part of our family already to say his name.
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