We are back... again!

So we just spent a wonderful week in Colorado again for Meredith and Robert's wedding! WOW! What a wonderful week! The wedding was amazing - so beautiful, meaningful and full of love. Beautiful music by Ross and Clay (Meredith's brothers) and a very personal service! It was a great week of spending time with the family. Another highlight was spending two days at Crags Lodge in the Estes Park mountains. It was a good week!

Elle is growing like a weed! She is 5 months now and she is rolling all over the place, sitting up almost all by herself, and eating rice cereal (although sometimes she acts as though she does not like it very much!). She is also very animated! She loves the airport and the plane because she talks and stares at everyone she meets! She did great on the airplane again today and that is such a blessing for a three hour flight!

We are back!

We spent an amazing 20 days in Estes Park and Boulder, CO. It was a great trip that went by way too fast! It did not feel like we were there for three weeks! It was a wonderful trip filled with stories and games with the cousins, hikes with the family, wedding preparation and showers for Meredith, and beautiful quiet time in the mountains! Here are some great pictures from the trip!

Elle had her 4 month appointment on August 20th, Andy's Birthday! She weighs 2 ounces away from 14 pounds! She is in the 25-50% for height, weight and head circumference - so she is growing steadily! She has changed so much in the last three weeks! Her development is amazing - rolling side to side on her back and flipping from front to back (she hates tummy time so she likes to roll to her front when we put her on her stomach), laughing and "talking" A LOT (she is VERY vocal), grabbing and lifting everything she gets her hands on, and holding onto and engaging with everyone who holds her. She is a lot of fun!

We will be starting some rice cereal soon so shortly we will get up pictures of her first attempts at eating solid food!

God is good! We are so blessed by Elle and the more she interacts with us the more our lives are enriched!

Colorado Hiatus

Hi all! Our family has been in Colorado for the past two weeks and Elle and Cara have one more week here (what a great long vacation!)! Just wanted to update the blog so folks know that I will be posting again once we get home. I will have tons of great pictures from our Colorado trip! It has been wonderful visiting with all the family! Last week was our annual family reunion in Estes Park! It was a blast to be in the mountains with the entire family - all four generations! I will be back to post at the end of August! Love you!

Kate & Elle

It has been a great week! Elle is going to be 16 weeks this weekend and we cannot believe it! Here are a couple pictures from this week. Barry, Kate and Lori came over today and it was fun to have another play date with Elle and Kate together again! They are so funny together! We had another fun baby photoshoot! Here are some fun pics from the visit!

GMom Visits!

GMom was here for five days! It was such an awesome week!
Elle was not feeling great all week with stomach issues and sleeping issues so it was amazing to have Mom here for support and help! When Elle was feeling good she loved playing and reading with GMom! And when she was not feeling well she loved when GMom held her when she cried! :) Gmom - we miss you! :)

Happy Fourth of July!

Happy 4th! We had an exciting 4th of July! All three of us went to the cemetery near our neighborhood that has an amazing view of the city. We could see four different fireworks shows from our beach chairs that we set down on a high hill in the middle of the cemetery. It was a little spooky but really fun! Elle loved the hike to our spot and she was very animated throughout the show!

Elle is talking (well, really babbling or cooing) a lot now - she is very vocal! I called our parents during an especially bubbly monologue so she could wish my parents a Happy Anniversary herself!!

We took some more black and white pictures and here are several good pictures we got this weekend! Elle will be three months old tomorrow! It is amazing how much better things get with age - she is much better with sleeping, eating and entertaining herself! She is growing so fast!

Tummy Time

Elle is getting good at spending more time on her belly and enjoying it! She has rolled over a few times which was so exciting to see!!

Bethany, Chris and Mallorie came to visit yesterday and we had a great time catching up! Here are some shots of our visit! It was so wonderful to have them here!!