Cousins!

All of Olivia and Eliza's cousins came to Houston for the weekend for both Pong Pong's birthday and Olivia's birthday party. She was thrilled to see them and all of her aunts and uncles for "Bevo Day" (Texas football Saturdays).

Olivia is enamored with her cousin, Aiden. She adores and talks about him all the time. He is currently taking Chess after school and "taught" Olivia how to play.

All of the cousins swimming and watching a movie

E with Aunt Jenny

Cute Texas girl (thanks to the Leedy's for the Longhorn dress!)

E with Aunt Heather

Ducky decided to make Pong Pong's birthday dinner an early Halloween for the kiddos

The beautiful purple (it had to be purple) butterfly

Haylie and O

O and Emery

Little Bit as a duck!

A Puppy, Red Riding Hood, the Statue of Liberty, duck, butterfly, and some Star Wars character

No tears for Uncle Timmy from #2 (O used to scream every time he held her)

My Little Loves

Happy Birthday Pong Pong!!!

Pong Pong came down as an Arab throwing money at the kiddos :)

A House Divided

Mike's Dad (Papa) went to OU...that is all I am going to say about that. We did get some cute photos, despite the odd man out :)



How impossible is it to get both kids 1) looking 2) smiling?! Here is one with O looking and smiling and then one with E looking and smiling

Big Jim

Eliza meets her great grandfather, Big Jim!

I think she liked him :)

Mr. and Mrs. Johnson!!!!

Congrats to Katherine and Rob Johnson!!! Katherine was a beaming bride! Most of our grad school girls reconvened, having an absolute blast celebrating during their wedding weekend in Austin. It is amazing to get together with these girls and instantly it is like no time has passed from our days in the basement in the clinic. So much fun!

The rehearsal dinner Friday night was at Donn's Depot, an Austin fixture. Maybe a little too much fun was had by all! A huge thanks to Ducky for coming to Austin with me to watch Eliza both nights and to the Rays for keeping Olivia in Katy. It was the first time I have left Eliza for more than an hour or so and everyone did great.

As our friend John used to say, "Same people, different bar"--a lot of these photos are that, but they make me smile.

At Donn's Depot

Celina was highlighting our lovely backdrop

Clearly the end of the evening (SSR and Kim)

Next day at the wedding in the Hill Country:

All the CSD girls with the gorgeous bride!

SSR and Megan (I had Eliza and Megan had Liam exactly one week apart-it was hard not to only "talk shop")

With Jennifer, Julie, and Caroline

One of the neatest ideas- they hung black and white photos, at least one of each of the wedding guests, which was then the favor

Starbucks

I am a junkie, I admit it. A few months ago, Olivia sat at the bar in Rockport and Mike asked her what she wanted. She said, "Grande, Non-fat, No water Chai". That just about blew me away. I had no idea she was playing that much attention to what I often order.

As with most kiddos, Olivia loves to be like Mommy. The other day after I finished my coffee, she took the empty cup into the bathroom, rinsed it out, and filled it with water. She thought it was the greatest thing ever to sit and sip her "coffee" (Note the latest fashion for three year olds--an elephant wrist rattle :) )

Olivia Takes Good Notes

She saw how Mommy rolled up two receiving blankets for Eliza...

and made sure there were two for "baby" too

She knows just what to do when she puts her baby down for a nap!

Happy 4 Months!!!

Our sweet sweet girl is 4 months! She is just precious and continues to be super smiley and such a joy. Her giggles are too cute and make me grin ear to ear. It is really easy to get her to smile and laugh. Don't let all of her smiles and giggles fool you though. She pretty much has two speeds: extra happy or screaming tired. When she hits the wall, we all know about it. During the day, she really fights sleep! When she finally submits, she continues to enjoy sleeping in her favorite spot...Mama's arms. This makes household chores quite tricky. However, I try to remember the needle point that hung in my room as a baby that my mom gave me when Olivia was born:

Cleaning And Scrubbing Can Wait Till Tomorrow, For Babies Grow Up We've Learned To Our Sorrow. So Quiet Down Cobwebs Dust Go To Sleep I'm Rocking My Baby And Babies Don't Keep

Her curl was extra perky this day!

Eliza and Olivia waiting to see the doctor!

4 Month Stats:

Weight: 13.3 lbs (23 %)
Height: 25 in. (60 %)
Head: 16.1 in. (48 %)

Everyone keeps telling me not to worry about her weight and I am trying! She still is just not a big eater. She loves to snack all day!

Some big smiles that I couldn't resist:

Apples, Apples, Apples

Oh my, do we have apples! Our bumper crop is out of control! If you walk around our yard, you will see trails of ripe apples that have just a few bites taken out of them :) A little one stops and has a quick snack and then gets back to being busy busy!

Maya enjoys her fair share of apples too! Since she can no longer supplement her diet with Tilly's food, she has to add calories from somewhere!

Sweet Sisters

I don't think I have really shared the extent to which Olivia ADORES her baby sister. I could not be more proud about how awesome Olivia has done with her role as a big sister. She truly enjoys her. I asked her the other day if she liked baby sister better IN Mommy's tummy or OUT of Mommy's tummy. She said, "out" and has since that day told me several times how happy she is that Eliza is out of Mommy's tummy. It is so sweet watching them. Eliza is just as smitten. She gives her big sister big smiles every day!

Olivia asks all the time to hold baby sister

Just love this little gal, "Little Bit", as I often call her