Monday, April 16, 2012

sprinkled with love

my sweet sisters planned a baby sprinkle for me and it was such a fun day! a yummy brunch and wonderful friends and family all together to celebrate baby h20! thank you ladies for being such great supporters of our family! love you all

cute decor
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big sister evie "helping" unwrap presents
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blessed by such wonderful sister.in.laws
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and a wonderful mother.in.law
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dear friends
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besties
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mommy & evie
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Sunday, April 15, 2012

easter 2012

we feel so blessed to have been able to spend easter with the hustad/lovelace clan. we had a wonderful day celebrating the Risen Lord. after a beautiful church service, we all piled into g&j's house for a yummy lunch. lots of time was spent outside in the sunshine!

the kiddos loved playing together in the sandbox!


and of course, the day wouldn't be complete without the easter egg hunt!







sweet cousins: asher, soren, declan & evie


the whole crew




happy easter!
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Thursday, April 12, 2012

spring whirlwind

time is flying by! i cannot believe it's april already. since i have done such a terrible job of updating my blog over the past two months, here's a recap of our lives this spring.

we have anywhere from 3-6 weeks until baby joins us. feeling really blessed and excited for baby to get here, but having a hard time mentally preparing to having another itty bitty around. i'm struggling with feeling like i will be ignoring evie and not giving her everything that she needs. she's becoming such a little person and is so aware of everything.

i know it's a blessing to give her a sibling and i'm beyond grateful for God's provision. i'm trying to be mindful of that first, and remember that evie will love having a little sister. and she's going to be such a great big sister.

evie got her big girl room! we still need to add some decorations to spruce it up but we are almost there. it's hard having her so far away in the basement, but she's all settled in and sleeping really well.


celebrating sweet chloe's second birthday. chloe and evie are just a couple months apart and they sure love spending time together! and now, jena & i are both expecting at the same time AGAIN! her #4 & our #2 will be just five months apart! yah! love doing life with the koenigs!



best pals: chloe, evie & piper


we made a trip up to the omaha zoo on one of the most beautiful spring days that nebraska has seen this year! we were lucky to share our day with our dear friends, the harms!


evie and findley hanging out looking at the giraffes


monkey looking at a monkey


sweet findley


i signed evie up for her very first class (gymnastics) at the YMCA. every saturday morning for 5 weeks, this is what evie was busy doing!


grandma & grandpa came to join in on the fun!


hey! look at me!!

rocking the balance beam!

my little monkey!


we had to put our gymnastics skills to good use at the park!
evie hanging around with decs.



happy spring everyone!!

Sunday, February 19, 2012

just keep growin...just keep growin...

it's been a whirlwind since christmas. i still can't believe that we are almost in to the month of march. how has this happened? i'm feeling pretty good, but i must say...this pregnancy has been completely different than it was with evie. i passed my blood glucose test at the last appointment. so that was good news. the crazy part of that appointment was discovering that the baby was laying sideways. ouchie! no wonder my ribs are especially achy.

but baby is very healthy. the doctor has nothing but good things to say. as we move into the third trimester...lets hope that it continues to go as well!



Monday, February 6, 2012

mimi, papa, elmo and a snow storm!

what a fun filled weekend!! mimi & papa came to visit! evie sure loves her time when they come. it's always filled full of fun! to top it off, whenever mimi & papa come to visit...they bring all of evie's friends (elmo, big bird, cookie, and a talking duck). and because of this her friends have to be apart of everything they do. including reading books. they all pile on the couch together and snuggle up!


mimi & papa had bought evie a doll wardrobe full of doll clothes. so mimi and evie spent a lot of time dressing up her babies. what evie enjoyed most, was hanging them on hangers and putting them back in to the wardrobe.

mimi spent a lot of time on different projects with evie.

they baked together.



they painted together.

they made valentines together.


the main event was going to sesame street live! following the fierce snow storm that lincoln got hit with, we weren't sure if we were going to get out of our house. we missed the first show we had tickets to, but they honored our tickets at a later show. thank goodness! the snow plow came and we went!

i wish i could have captured evie's squeals and put them in a bottle. she was so ecstatic to see all of her favorite sesame street characters. she was singing and bouncing and laughing and screaming more than anyone around us. she knew all of the songs and sang them at the top of her lungs!!

ready for the show!!


playing in the fun center before the show.


winding down after a fun day! reading on the iPad with mimi.

ready for bed!