Anyway, June was a busy month right down to the last day. After school got out, we had one quiet week, then Uncle Brent came for a little visit. Really, it was work but he got to stay for the weekend and play with the girls, Lance, and Debra in the pool. The girls really loved having Uncle Brent around! That weekend, I turned 33. And moving right along...We had a visit from Lance's Aunt Cathy, also here on business but a great visit as well. The week of the 21st-26th, we had VBS, which the girls loved! I was crazy and had volunteered to teach. After thinking I was going into labor after the first day (I was 38 weeks pregnant) I figured out that I was just dehydrated and made it through the rest of the week just fine. The girls loved it! And REALLY enjoyed the music and activities. They are still singing those songs at the top of their lungs all around the house! That week, Lance and I also Celebrated our 10th Anniversary. Being overly pregnant, we settled for a simple dinner to celebrate. We'll have to do it up real good next year! The last week of June brought our last visitors for the month, Mom and Heidi, coming to help us whith the arrival of Baby Lucy.
Which brings me to July, which started with the birth of our
third little princess, Lucy Jo (Lucile JoAnn). For details on her birth, if you haven't already checked it out, you can take a look at Lance's blog 
(www.lancebauslaugh.com), he was there blogging, twittering, and anything else you can imagine in social networking while I was laboring and delivering a baby. :-) It kept him busy! Lucy Jo came into the world in a hurry, and we have
been enjoying our beautiful baby girl every minute since. The fourth of July weekend was spent mostly taking care of baby girl, but Lance and the girls (along with Grammie and
Auntie Heidi) got to do a lot of swimming. Lindsay participated in the local Fourth of July parade with her Girl Scout Troop, and They all enjoyed the Melissa Fourth of July fireworks. Having baby around took a little adjustment on 
the two older girls' part but they have come through pretty well. Lindsay is a responsible helper and Leslie is endlessly kissing and loving on her baby sister. The rest of July was pretty much spent locked up inside. With the heat, going out with the baby was not really an ideal situation. The girls have been playing all day long with each other every day, with very few altercations. Two of their favorite things to play 
are "Food Network Star" and "Design Star." Can you tell what mommy likes to watch? They love it too and will sit and watch an entire show about making delicious food or designing an amazing room with me. At the end of July, we celebrated Leslie's 4th birthday with a small family dinner of her request: pig (pork roast) and green beans.When August came, we had a visit from Papa Jim and Auntie Heidi just in time for the joint birthday party for the girls (maybe the last year we will get away with that!). Lindsay says it was her best birthday yet, as we celebrated her 6th birthday. The party was planned as a pool party, but a torrential down pour turned the party into an impromptu house party. Thanks to Papa, and Aunties Heidi and Debra we were able to quickly think of games to entertain 15 kids and their parents and clean up the house in order to make it acceptable for guests.
The summer has included some exciting events such as Lindsay losing her first, then her second tooth and learning about the tooth fairy. And both girls learning how to really swim (we have taken FULL advantage of our neighborhood pool once again this summer). Leslie followed Lindsay's lead in this area and has been a true swimmer for a couple of weeks now.
The summer has calmed down a little in the last few weeks. Thankfully. We are currently getting ready for Lindsay's first grade year and Leslie starting to work on pre-k curriculum with me at home, as we did when Lindsay was 4.
Lucy is now 7 weeks old! Time has gone so quickly. She is just now starting to smile at us, and has recently started to notice that there are interesting things too look at all around her. Lucy has been just as easy and content as her sisters. She is still waking us up at night, but we trust that this will be over soon as it was for the older girls at around 8 weeks.
So that is us, hopefully It won't be another 3 months before my next post! :-)
