21 week bump!

Oliver's first catch on the coast!

April in Austin - Easter eggs, giggles and snow cones

A friend invited us at an Easter Egg Hunt at a nursing home. Blast for Oliver who came home with a lot of chocolate!

Giggles at home

Random things here and there

 

Steph's Birthday Party / 3rd Annual crawfish party

10 year anniversary in California + 2nd baby!

Ben and I went took a sweet little trip to California for our 10 year anniversary.
We had originally thought about going to some more exotic destination but with the second pregnancy on the way and the queasiness that goes with it, we decided it was safer to travel somewhere a little closer.
No regrets, we had a fabulous time in Yosemite National Park and on the Pacific coast. We rented a sweet little house right on the coast, and got to see seals and whales there.
Oliver also had a great time with his KK (Ben's mom) and got to visit his cousins while we were gone.

Here is a sample of our trip...

Yosemite NP

Pacific coast, 3 hours north of San Francisco near Mendocino

Our sweet little home there for 4 days...

View from our bed..

 

 And the official announcement... little boy #2 is due September 27th.

Joyeux anniversaire Papa

Ginger bread

Holiday season, ginger man cookie making party, ginger bread house making parties... 

Gingerbread house party #2

Ginger cookie making party #3

Oliver's first cast

Most of you already know this, but just for keeping record of this little event, here is a little summary.

Oliver jumped off a playscape like a super hero about 5 weeks ago. Tibial fracture, 5 weeks in a cast extending from his toes to mid thigh.

Oliver being such an active boy, we were worried we were going to run out of things to do with him, no more parks, no more playgrounds. 

The doctor said he would start walking on the cast again within 3 weeks... It took him 3 days.

He was such good sport, he never complained and got used to the cast so fast, it became part of his life.

When we told him it was time to remove it, he didn't quiet get it. This thing was now part of his leg and he was completely used to it.
After removing it last week, the doctor said he was going to be soar and not up for walking for a little while. Here is a video of him getting out of the doctor's office...

Big Bend National Park - Oliver's first camping trip

Window Trail Hike. Oliver still good size for the backpack. He did a lot more hiking this time!

Little excursion to Boquillas, Mexico. Oliver got to ride a mule to go up to the village.

Same tacos as 15 years ago

Google made this movie with all our footage with some funky music...

Gigantic pancake made in a sauce pan...

Hiking in the Pyrenees

Ben and I spent 5 fabulous days "sans" kid, hiking in the Pyrenees from hut to hut.

Our base, little village in the Pyrenees, Cauterets

Hearty picnic of cheese and sausage

Lac d'Estom

7 lake hike

This is when we realized after about 5 hours of hiking, we still had to go on top of the mountain on the other side of the valley, .i.e. hike all the way down, then all the way up!

Glaciers