Holy Cow!!! 3 posts in a row!!!

Here's a couple pics of Austin enjoying the spring weather at the park. We're so happy spring has officially sprung. Okay enough blogging for now.

xo L xo

I forgot

I can't believe I forgot to post these pictures from my shower in New York. Mom and Laura hosted the loveliest shower a girl could ask for. It was perfectly intimate and I really enjoyed the company of some of my most favorite women. My two best friends were both able to make it. Abbey traveled from San Fran and Leah was there too from up the street. It was so nice to have them at this shower as they couldn't make it to Austin's.

Our little man was spoiled as usual by his Grammy and had several gifts of his own to open the day of the shower. Then he, his Bo-be and his great-Grandpa enjoyed a little guy time.

Thanks so much for all you guys do for us. We love you so much and can't wait to bring this newest family member into the world. She has some pretty incredible women in her family to look up to. What a blessed little girl she is already.

If you cannot tell from the pictures, I'm carrying quite a bit smaller with this one than I did with Austin. Hopefully she's not pushing 10 pounds when she arrives like her brother. I would like that a lot.

Hope to hear from you all soon.

Love, Liz

Like a Fish!

Austin had his first swim lesson today and did so well, I just had to write and let you all know how proud I am of our guy. There are four children in the class. All boys and the other three are 4-year-olds who know one another. Austin took the lead the entire class and really showed the big kids up. Their parents couldn't get over how he was not intimidated at all by the water. At one point he even copied the instructor and took a dip under himself, came up a bit startled, but made eye contact with me (who was watching from outside) and began laughing and splashing all over again. I must say, I'm still a little nervous at just how comfortable he really is around the water, but feel confident that he will be swimming on his own in no time.

The outdoor pool at our gym opens for the season Wednesday, which I am thrilled about, not that I'll be in a swim suit anytime soon but Austin has a blast and that's what matters most.

Here are a few pictures I took with our little point-and-shoot outside on the observation deck. I was shooting through glass so they may be a little distorted. There are a couple here too of Austin having a blast splish-splashing in a puddle outside our house.

Sorry the posts have been so few and quite far in between. I'm sure once the little one arrives, I'll make up for lost time in a big way :o) Hope you are all doing well.

Lots of love, Liz

Planted - a non-photographed update

I know I've been bad about posting to the blog. I can't imagine it getting much better anytime soon though. I have a ton of photos to post from the baby shower my mom and Laura had for me in NY and lots to tell about from my shower here and birthday weekend to all the purging and organizing we've been doing here before the baby comes. All very lovely especially the birthday and showers. As for the purging and organizing...I'll spare you the details...

Yesterday Austin was helping me plant flowers outside. Honestly he was so darn cute and I didn't have my camera, nor the gumption to hop up out of the spot I had planted my rotund-self in to run inside, down to the basement to grab the camera. We still have more flowers to plant, but it nearly froze overnight here so we'll stick to indoor activities for today, or at least until it decides to warm up a bit again.

Other than that, I do owe all of you pictures of the beautiful bedrooms our kids have. Chris and I are very jealous as we have never had rooms as AWESOME! as the kids and little miss isn't even here yet. There's still a few odd and end things to get done in both their rooms, but I hope to have that accomplished today and will take some pictures and post them once I'm done.

Well we hope you're all doing fabulously. I will do my best to get some photographs up soon. Have to run, hit the gym or do something at least a little active :o)

Love, Liz