Sweet Face

Austin is Here!

Kristin and Mike (Kate's little brother) welcomed Austin Michael to the world last week. Isn't he the sweetest thing you've ever seen? He was born Wednesday and weighed in at 7 pounds 13 ounces.Mike and Austin. Jack is very excited that his Uncle Mike has a baby and he asked to see pictures of Austin almost every day. We can't wait to meet baby Austin!

Best Ten Bucks Ever

We made the big trek to Target last weekend and found the BEST toy ever for Jack. There are batting cages and several baseball fields near our house and Jack has been really intrigued by the big boys playing baseball. So, naturally, when we saw this ridiculous blow up tee ball set we had to get it for him. He freaking loves it!

Here he is batting like a pro.

Ellie obviously made a cameo in that video. In case you need a translation or can't hear what Jack said, that was "Shase yer butt. Hit da bazeball!" I stopped taping before he actually hit the ball. (I had to duck and take cover.)

Here he is actually hitting the ball.

Jack likes his tee ball set so much that he napped with it the day we brought it home.

Petite Sophisticate

Ellie is already so mature... here she is fearing a pinafore dress over boot cut jeans. How stinking cute is this outfit? Seriously. The pinafore dress was made by none other than Sasa and I think Ellie looks quite grown up in her black and white. And those jeans? Ridiculous. She can't wear them again because her thighs are too fat and they are seriously flared - tight through the things and knees and then flare out to show off her socks. I love this picture because E is chewing on Jack (as she does on everything) but he doesn't seem to mind.

Columbia Zoo

This post is way overdue, but I thought I'd add the great photos now. Better late than never, right? We went to the Columbia Zoo several weeks ago and had a great time. We look forward to going back soon.

Elephants! Jack wasn't so sure about the giant turtle.

You know the train ride was a hit.

Our big boy.

Look What She Found

Her feet!

Four Months Old

Elizabeth is four months old. I think I start every monthly update with the line "I can't believe she's already X months old." But, let me tell you, I CAN believe she's four months old. Month three seemed to take forever.

Ellie continues to develop into a sweet little baby girl and, for the most part, is happy and giggly. She is still a more difficult baby than Jack ever was. We'd just started to get a real nap and bedtime routine going until she caught a bit of a cold the other day. Boo to that! It's really sad to see her little nose running.

At her four month well baby last week (a week early), Ellie weighed 12 pounds and 14 ounces and was 23 and 3/4 inches long. The doctor said both were just under the 50th percentile. Of course, when I looked it up online I found charts putting her much closer to the 25th percentile. Anybody know what's up with that? Very confusing.

I took a ton of pictures this morning (a day late) because it was actually kind of sunny after four days of rain and yuckiness.

Her eyes are still blue. I wonder if they're going to stay...Does she look like her Aunt Amy or what?
Edited to add: I'm totally getting teary looking at this post. She looks so big! But, she's my little baby. How did this happen?