Easter

I've been waiting a long time for the cousins to all get old enough that they truly play, without any intervention from us.  We sat and chatted at the picnic table while the kids jumped and had a great time.  I love living so close to these kids!

My wonderful brother-in-law Jeff snapped these during the family Easter dinner.  Baileys have an amazing backyard for easter egg hunts, and so many of my favorite pictures have come from there. 

Spring Break in Colorado Springs

We decided to stay close to home this break and hit "the Springs."  We stayed in a resort called the Cheyenne Mountain Resort, and it was really fun.  The hotel was nice, it had a really nice outdoor (heated of course) pool, an indoor pool, a really nice patio marshmellow roasting pit, and so much more.  I could definitely see us making a tradition of this place.

The hotel room

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo



Mmm, roasting marshmellows back at the hotel



Hiking at Garden of the Gods

The whole family getting off the skylift

My growing belly

Here are the tummy shots at 25 weeks.  I think it's funny that, depending on what you are wearing, people either say "wow, you're not even showing" or "seriously, you think you're going to last 3 more months?"

We're having a boy!

We had our 20 week ultrasound this week, and the very first shot of our little guy was just that...clearly a boy!  Everything looks great (they even moved up my due date by 10 days:), and the girls are excited to have a little brother around here.  Here are a few of the fun pictures.

I think this one looks like a little robot with creepy eyes.

Yep, even Allison knew what that was.

Christmas 2011

Our friends asked Michael to play Santa for their holiday Christmas party.  The girls were excited to sit on Santa's lap.  Kaitlin wasn't fooled for a second, Allison seemed to know who he was but then was excited to go see daddy afterward.  They had a professional photographer and the pictures turned out awesome.

Snow Day

It's been so fun to have snow in our new house.  The backyard looks completely different with the pretty white layer of show, and the kids have had a ball playing in the show and sledding at the park close by.  I love this time of year!

Pet Store Fun

You'd think a family with two dogs wouldn't spend so much time at the pet store, but alas, it seems to be one our favorite free activities.  We had a few minutes to kill this week and I got a couple of cute shots.