Spring has Sprung

Austin in the spring time, before it gets too blazing hot, is absolutely delightful. There is a beautiful greenbelt that winds through the city, and when we get enough rain, water runs through that lovely greenbelt. Jonathan had never seen anything but a dry craggy creekbed on our walks in the greenbelt, until this past weekend. Honey was in town and after a lovely breakfast at the Ingrams' new picnic table we strapped the girls to us in their baby Bjorns (Thanks Seth, Kari & Eliana!) and set off for the water.

Jonathan captured the beauty of the water in a little video (you can see a camouflaged Reli bird and her momma at the very end). Unfortunately, he also caught poison ivy to which he is highly allergic. Poor Yano!

Reli still adores bath time. We can hardly wait to take a dip with her in some of the city's lovely spring water later this summer. Here she is enjoying the more docile waters of her bathtub.

We also had a great time at the Ingrams', playing on a blanket in the yard. The neighbor kids came over and so did the Christensen family. It was an impromptu party on a Sunday morning. Later that same day we went to a birthday party for Henna. Man, I love this town and this life!

We had an awesome time with Honey this weekend and look forward to many more visits - SOON!

We had our first big playgroup over last week. Aurelia's friends Callum, Elijah, Bode and of course, Koruna came over to play. We had a blast watching the older kids crawl all over the place while little Bode slept and Aurelia just hung out. Here are Callum, Elijah and Koruna playing. Aurelia was so jealous of their skills!

Some of you know that Aunt Whitney and I like to dress Aurelia up for each other. I came home one day last week and here was our little sailor girl!

Mirror, Mirror

Cute cousins:

Just plain adorable:

Story Teller

Aurelia finally got to meet her Gramma-V yesterday and boy did Reli have a lot to tell her. I think it is safe to say that it was love at first sight.

Of course we also got to hang out with the Ingrams, which was awesome. We are so lucky to get to be together as often as we like - and we like to be together a lot!

Here is Aurelia doing her Koruna impression. I think these girls look alike. What do you think?

Tummy time:

Hair update: You can see what it looks like from the front (above). Here is what it looks like from the back. Pretty crazy!

Reli with her Dad:

Peek-a-boo!

You are looking at my chins, aren't you?

Springtime Cuteness

Aurelia is getting much more coordinated. She can grab onto her toys and move them around at will.

This morning she had some fun with her rattles.

We have had some gorgeous weather these last couple of weeks. The other day was so warm Aurelia got to wear some adorable spring clothes she got from Grandma Becky and her hat from my mom's friend Nicki. So cute!

Identical Cousins: We had a surprise birthday party for Ian and Jonathan this past weekend. We checked on the girls via monitor and noticed that they were little mirror images of each other. So precious!

Reli in a cute little sun hat:

Sleeping on her way back from Aunt Berry and Uncle Ian's house:

Aunties Are The Best

Aurelia has the sublime pleasure of spending a great deal of time with her Aunties Whitney and Jeri Lynn. She has stolen their hearts and she is enchanted by them as well. It is a glorious sight to see her face light up when they talk to her. What lucky girls!

Grandma Becky gave Aurelia the ruffliest pink outfit I have ever seen and she is finally big enough to wear it. I had to get some photos of her in all of her ruffled glory. Thank you Grandma Becky!

Cousin toes: "They are so TINY!"

Backyard family picnic:

Sitting pretty: