Addy Debuts, Ellie and Owen Play

First and foremost, we would like to welcome Adeline Grace into the world! Addy was born on the 3rd and weighed 7lbs 10oz (a far cry from the 10 pounder that the ultrasound had predicted) to my sister Kim and her husband Ryan (and sister Kyra). She looks pretty cute from what we can tell and we are anxious to meet her ourselves!

There has been a lot, and I mean A LOT of rain here the past few weeks. Every day it has rained which means we have not been able to go outside hardly at all for the last 3 weeks. This is hard for the kids and for me. We have been trying to make the best of it though. Lots of play dates, crafts, tennis watching, and playroom-playing.

It was a good week for us though. Webers came up yesterday and stayed the night. It was great having them come. The kids (especially Ellie) really enjoyed their company. We were also able to get this shelf from Ikea that I have been pining over for about a year. It will be a great asset in organizing our playroom a little better.

Here is Ellie. She is pretty funny because whenever we have family prayer, she always gets the remote, mutes the tv and then unmutes it when we have finished. She is also really good at turning it off when we leave to go somewhere or when it is just time to turn off the tv.
Here is our young man, Owen. In just about a week he learned to crawl and how to pull up on things. This is how I found him earlier today. He was pretty proud of himself.

I am thinking about braving Ikea by myself with both kids to exchange out some containers that I bought for the shelf, but we shall see if that comes to fruition. My parents and brother (and dog) are stopping off here in Austin on their way home, so we look forward to hosting them for dinner tonight. Apparently grandparents go through withdrawals after 3 weeks or so.