BIG BIG EXCITING FABULOUS NEWS!!

We have some AMAZING NEWS.

But, to keep you in suspense, let me first fill you in on what we've been doing lately.

We are certainly keeping busy with this increasingly-mobile babe, who, though she hasn't become a pro at crawling yet, is getting pretty good and can also roll and lunge and army-crawl all over the place.
To quote my favorite book: "Constant Vigilance!" (Harry Potter, of course)

*FINALLY! Youtube will embed my videos again.
Enjoy!

We're having a lot of fun hanging out with our neighbors downstairs - Teresa and Brandon and Baby Oliver (you've seen him on here a few times now!) Mom and Teresa have been getting together for coffee in the mornings. Here's Nova at their place, having a ball with one of Ollie's toys.

On Friday, Auntie Morgan brought over some Panera (yum!) and we had lunch and a good visit, and then we all 4 trucked on over to Great Uncle Clark's house to see him and his BIG doggie Tiger.

Girl's Night/Sleepover

Nova stayed over at Nana Nea and Poppy J's on Friday night and Daddy Drew stayed with his friend, Cory, so that Mom, Aunt J, and Brooke could have a (much needed!) girl's night in!

Nana Nea and Lisa took Nova out to eat at Ruby Tuesday's. :)

Here's just a couple Nova being adorable shots:

On Saturday, Grandpa Barko had a flight scheduled in a B-17 Bomber like the one his dad, Bud, flew in in World War II! Unfortunately, the CRAZY storm that rolled in delayed the flight and he had to reschedule for Sunday morning.

Meanwhile, here at home, Aunt J was over and hanging with Nova while Mom did some chores.

Watching the Little Mermaid... hahaha

Then, Uncle Ry and Grandpa Tim (and a little while later, Daddy Drew) joined us over here for a little pizza and a visit for early Father's Day. :)

Then, after a little hang out with Teresa and Brandon, we were off to bed - Sunday was going to be a BUSY day!

BUT FIRST:

The most adorable video of Nova laughing.

Father's Day

Daddy Drew got uP very early to go along with Grandpa Barko on his B-17 flight.

We got all ready for the day!

Here's the card Nova "made" for Daddy Drew:

We headed over the Great-Granny Jean and Great-Grandad Bob's house for Father's Day lunch. Yum.

All the dads!

Then after a quick nap at home, it was time to head to the GrandScan's for Father's Day #2!

Letting Nova taste some watermelon (her mom's FAVORITE!)

And Nova with her toes in the grass:

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So what, you may ask, is this big news?
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All right, all right.
WE BOUGHT A HOUSE!

More details to come on that, but we should close July 27th!!!!!!!!!
We're so excited!!!!!


Much love from Nova's world. :)

<3