Our First Pet
We decided to get our first pet as a family and as a married couple, in fact. It is a crown-tailed betta. Nathan kept denying the names we suggested until we said Bobber. So here is Bobber the betta fish...

Please pray for our friends. Daryl babysat her a long time ago and then we all ended up at the same college ministry together at Purdue.

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Thanks so much.

Happy Father's Day!
We love you and are so proud to call you husband/dad!

Jacob's Update
Jacob had his 18 month (a few weeks late) check-up yesterday. He is doing well, but he still has an infection in one ear. He has battled these for a long time and the doctor suggested we go to an ENT doctor to see if anything should be done to help him. Our appointment is on Tuesday so I'll keep you updated with that.

Jacob finally started saying "mommy" yesterday. My kids are slow to say this word for some reason. I was "bobby" to Nathan until he was 2 I think. He is starting to pick up a few words so it is neat to see. His biggest obsession right now are animals. He loves to see pictures and make their noises. It is so cute.

Trip to Atlanta
We just got back yesterday from a family trip to the Atlanta area. We left on Wed and drove to my brother's house. He wasn't actually there since he is in New Orleans right now trying to catch all the bad guys they let go after Katrina. We had a wedding for my cousin on Saturday and then we drove back home Monday. It was a good visit and the boys got to play with their cousin who is similar in age. My sister-in-law is pregnant right now with another boy due at the beginning of August. What's up with all the boys? It was a lot of driving but a good trip overall. Here are a few of my favorite shots...

WiiFit
Yes, I am a dork. I made Daryl go to Meijer last night at midnight to get a WiiFit because I have been wanting one since I first heard about it. It is pretty neat. We'll see how good I am at keeping up with the routine. For those that don't know, this is a pad for our Wii video game where you stand on it and play games, do yoga, step aerobics, and other fitness related activities.

The Reveal
Sorry it has taken so long to post the photos of the bathroom renovation. Well, here they are...

The photo above shows the new mirror, medicine cabinet, toilet, light, faucet, wall texture, vanity, sink top, and shower rod that we put in.

The above photo shows better the vanity and the flooring we installed. We originally wanted to tile the floor with real tiles but it did not work out because it would have created too high of a transition into the bathroom. Instead we found these really neat peel and stick tiles that can be stuck down on the floor and then grouted between. They look like the real thing and so far they are holding up really well.

New Photos
I have added new photos from the past 4 months in our online gallery. Here is that site: www.hunterfam.net/gallery. Enjoy!

Bathroom Renovation
So we have decided to do another bathroom renovation. Of course we have encountered some annoyances along the way, but it is coming together. For instance, we can't do real tile since it would make the transition on the floor too high. Another issue is that the leak we had in our crawlspace caused mold to grow on the drywall so we had remove a lot more than we planned. We had also planned to just remove the vanity top and replace that but it ended up being liquid nailed to the base. So we have to replace both now. We had to remove the top layer of subfloor as well since it had some damage. Here is what it looked like after demo...

Earthquake!
Last night we were woke up by some vibration feelings and a rattling noises. It was the first time I have ever felt an earthquake. After it was over I asked Daryl, "did you feel that? I think it was an earthquake!" It was pretty wild. I guess it was a 5.4 magnitude quake centered on the Illinois/Indiana border. I am sure my brother in LA is laughing at me right now making a big deal of this! Did anyone else in the area feel it?

Update
Well, Underwear Day didn't go too well. I think we made it until around 1:00 yesterday. After 1 poo and about 8 pees, I figured that was enough. I just don't think he gets it yet. He would just be playing and then pee all over himself. Sometimes he would acknowledge it and other times I would just notice. He has no problem sitting on the potty. I started him out sitting on the potty every 30 minutes for a few minutes. He would sit there but would never go. I think I'll give it some time. Maybe it will be like walking and talking. He was a little slow to get them down, but now he is a pro.

Underwear Day!
So tomorrow, Saturday, we will have underwear day. Nathan will be wearing underwear all day and we'll see how it goes. He knows it is coming up. I'll give you an update later on. Get the paper towels ready!

We Have a 3 Year Old!

Nathan had a party this past Saturday for family and friends. He had a great time. It had a bowling theme. Here is his attire for the day. I just couldn't resist the personalized bowling shirt!

I also made his cake for the first time. Here is my attempt at it...

Easter

We had a nice Easter with family this year. Nathan and Jacob had a few chances to hunt eggs and they had a blast with that.



Here is a photo of the boys when I was trying to get a photo of the two of them. This is the best I came up with.

Swim Lessons

Nathan has started taking swim lessons at the YMCA recently. Here is a video of his favorite thing to do... JUMPING!

Air Jacob

He's walking...



He must have gotten turf toe!

Snowball Fight!

Let It Snow...

6"-12" by morning.

Bowling!

Update... here is a video of our experience.



So a new place just opened by us called Incredible Daves. It is kind of like a mixture of Chuck-E-Cheese's and Jillians. There is a restaurant there, bumper cars, bounce houses, a big climbing thing, arcade games, Wii lounges, etc. But, the neat thing is they have bowling and a little version bowling. We took Nathan tonight since he is so obsessed with anything to do with bowling. Here are some photos. Even Jacob got in on the action. It was very fun for him.