AAAAANNNNNDDDD We are BACK!

Hello friends! We are back on! So much time has passed I am sorry. (For one thing our "normal" computer went out, boo!) So? Where to begin?? So much has happened and so much growth too. Eliza is finally sorta crawling and her first word was "bird," and Zoë read her first word, "hat". Paul keeps busy at church and is involved with the new building project. I stay busy with the girls going to the library, tutoring, bible studies, house "stuff", art projects, running and more!

This past month was a  BLAST! Paul took me to Chicago for my birthday and I ran the Chicago 1/2 marathon. I would recommend  it to anyone! It was seriously SO much fun!! 16,000 people +!! LOVED IT!! Can't wait to do another one next year. Maybe in Oregon? We shall see.

Today is a blustery sort of day, good for soup and snuggling up to watch a movie. Cinderella came out on video and of course Zoë remembered that I was going to buy it for us last spring, so guess what we will be watching tonight? :)

Alright, that was a quick update, but I WILL be writing more! Yay!

~Abbie

Precious Moment

This morning Zoë crawled into bed with me (Abbie) and Eliza. Zoë leaned her head on Eliza and said, "Eliza... my best friend ever!" *tear in my eye!* I hope this love stays forever! :-)

Fun

Fourth of July with Daddy! Zoë was afraid of the fireworks so she wore her ear protectors.
Eliza a few days old looking at her Daddy.
Very newborn Eliza with Daddy and big sis. :-)

Z and E

Zoë always asks to hold Eliza. :-) She finally got to.

Eliza, looking content.

This is Eliza Joy! :-)

Eliza Joy is Here!

OK, so another big thing that happened of course was that we had Eliza Joy! :-) Yay! She was a planned c-section for Monday the 27th of June. She arrived that morning at 11:55 a.m. at 8#'s 4oz and 21.5 inches long. :-) We are very glad that we decided to go with a c-section as we found out that Eliza had a prolapsed umbilical cord and would have had an emergency C-section anyway.