Snowing in Austin

So on Tuesday we got snow in Austin. It was crazy, we went from 71 degree weather on Sunday to 30's and snow on Tuesday. Brody loved it. I bundled him up and took him outside for a little bit. I think he would have stayed out there all day if I would have let him. I was also really surprised how interested Shasta was. He kept going to the door and scratching to go out. He would play for about 10 minutes and then he was ready to come back in. He did this about 10 times. Anyway it snowed all day and then it was in the 60's the next day and all melted away.

This is the house across the street and our front yard.

Our neighbors built a snowman, cowboy boots and all.

Playing in the snow.

Took him a little bit to get used to his boots.

Finally ready to head back in.

More Maternity Pics

So I was hoping my next post would be to announce the arrival of our new little boy but he is taking his sweet time. Instead I have a few more maternity pics to post. Shara's friend Melissa had asked if she could take some maternity pics for her book and I was happy to help her out. She brought the pics over last night and here are a few of our favorites.

The belly just keeps getting bigger.

In the nursery.

Brody loves the baby's giraffe.

Kisses for baby.

Ready to be a big brother!

Hopefully it won't be much longer!

Valentine's Day Weekend

So last weekend we had really nice family weekend. Matt and Abbey had invited us to go to a children's museum in New Braunfels but on Friday night I started to have contractions so we decided not to venture too far from home. So Saturday we took Brody to two different museums in Austin. One was more of a natural history museum. It had a cool dinosaur bones exhibit that Brody just loved. The 2nd one was the Dell Children's Discovery center. This was a more kid oriented place with fun learning things. He really liked both places for different reasons. Then we finished our afternoon off with burgers, fries and a milkshake. We really wanted to have just a special day all about Brody and I think we were really successful, he seemed to have such a good time. Sunday was Valentine's Day which is always special for Mark and I b/c it was the day we got engaged 8 years ago. I can't believe it's been that long! Again we weren't really up for going out or making big plans so we just made a really yummy dinner and hung out at home. We attempted gnocchi for the first time with a mushroom cream sauce. Everything came out pretty good. Gnocchi is a tough thing to make, it was a little softer then I would have liked but I think we learned a lot and can make it better next time. Mark made an AMAZING mushroom cream sauce. It came out so good, even Brody liked it. Now we are just waiting for baby #2 to make his appearance. I think the last few weeks of pregnancy are always the hardest. I'm very anxious to be done! Well hopefully the next post will be to welcome our new little boy.

Brody on Friday showing off his Stegosaurus.

Loving the dinosaur bones!

Something he could touch.

Looking at more bones with daddy.

He really liked this exhibit that showed different kinds of Texas wildlife.

Putting shapes into holes at the Dell museum.

He got this cool hat at the Dell museum.

The next day still wearing his new hat.

Relaxing after a long weekend, he cracks me up!

Photos by Abbey

So last Saturday Matt, Abbey and Kinsey came up to take some family and belly pics. I was really excited because I always love how the pics Matt and Abbey take come out. We tried to do some family pics on a trail by our house but Brody had just woken up from his nap and wanted nothing to do with taking pictures. Also, it was really cold out so we didn't spend a bunch of time trying to warm him up to the idea. After that we headed back to the house and Abbey got a bunch of pics of the belly. They came out really good. I haven't seen all the pics yet but Abbey put a bunch on her website so I snagged a few for the blog. There are more on her website which is http://www.photographybyabbey.com/ and she is going to give me a cd with all of the pics on it so I'm sure there will be more to come. Thanks Abbey, you did such a great job and we really LOVE all the pics.

He wouldn't look at the camera but at least we got him in a pic.

Me and Mark.

I thought this was cute.

The belly.

I really liked these ones.

I think this is my favorite.