we were so lucky to have my parents come visit us. my mom got to come about 4 days before my dad. here we are, each of us with a hat elliot had made at school. i am wearing cat in the hat, elliot has the statue of libery on, sam is a leprechan, and my mom's hat is a dollar bill. elliot has such a creative kindergarten teacher. he's always so proud of the stuff he brings home.
grandma was here over st. patrick's day so we celebrated with green colors. this day is also my mom and dad's anniversary, so he sent her some flowers that morning. they had just gone on a trip the week before to celebrate.
my cute mom made green eggs and "ham" (it was actually sliced turkey soaked in green food coloring). the kids loved it.
me and my cute elliot. this was what he wore to school. he was so excited. my mom brought him this hat.
my mom and i worked a lot and nearly got our entire sewing project done before my dad came into town (see previous post).
it was so good to have him arrive. isn't he handsome!
he was so cute with my boys. they loved playing and rough housing with him. one afternoon he and sam played cars and airplanes in sam's room for nearly 2 hours! it was so precious. sam was so sad when grandpa had to leave.
grandma got to join elliot and i at elliot's school book fair. elliot and sam love books so it was fun when grandma and grandpa bought them a couple books. they got elliot one about star wars and sam one about cats - the things that the boys like a lot right now.
here they are reading books on our couch. they did this each morning and let me sleep in. my parents were so nice to do that for me.
here they are reading with grandpa. don't you just love where sam is hanging out. silly boy.
while they were in town they got to come to elliot and sam's last day of soccer.
here elliot is with his certificate. he scored a great goal that day.
cute sam. notice jeffrey in the background. the parents were supposed to be getting them with their "tails".
sam's certificate.
grandma and grandpa came to the boys' swimming lessons too. it was so fun for them to see the boys in action.
the day before they left we went bowling and we had a lot of fun!
sam waiting for his ball.
elliot got a spare on this turn.
grandma.
jeffrey
me.
the group shot.
sorry we didn't get one of grandpa in action.
it was hard to say goodbye. we had so much fun while they were here. we got a babysitter one night and went out, just the four adults. it was so nice to sit and chat. we had a movie night one night. we played games a few of the nights. we talked late a couple nights. it was just so nice to have them around. we can't wait for them to come again!
we recently purchased a new car. we said a sad farewell to jeffrey's teal honda civic, but we are loving our pacifica. it's can seat up to 6 people. it's just in time too.
we're having #3! my due date is sept. 8th. i can't believe i'm halfway already. too bad the second half always feels so much longer. we found out yesterday that it will be a boy! we can't wait to see how cute another allen boy will be. i'm sure he'll be unique just like elliot and sam are. a girl would have been fun, but we truly feel blessed to be able to be the parents to another baby boy. 
here's some more proof. not my favorite picture, but that's me at 20 weeks. it sure feels great not to be sick all the time anymore. the 2nd trimester is always the best part. wish me luck getting through the hot summer. i've never done that before. i've been lucky to be done near the beginning of summer. i'm sure it'll be ok though. 
we'll keep you posted along the way. thanks for being excited with us!
