A Wonderful Weekend at Home

Reed and I went to Boerne this weekend so that we could attend my cousin, Starre’s, baby shower!

We started off the weekend with the long drive and actually made pretty decent time, getting into my parents house around 7:30. We came in and within 30 minutes we started helping my mom and sister make pasta salad and quinoa salad for the shower. We ended up chopping, mixing and boiling until 12:30 when everything finally started to get finished. All of us immediately went to bed afterwards so that we could be ready for the shower the next day.

The next day we went to Starre’s shower…she is expecting her baby in October and our whole family is so excited to have another baby in the family :) Here are some pictures from the shower…

Starre opening some of her gifts

My sister, my grandma and me. Grandma Lu wasn't doing too well earlier (4AM) that morning so it was a blessing that she made it to the shower and was feeling okay.

My sister-in-law, Elizabeth, me and my sister, Kristen (we were missing Kassie and Rachel).

When we got home, this was the first thing I saw…(this made my heart flutter at what a wonderful daddy Reed’s going to be someday :))

And here are some other random things from the weekend…

Me and sweet Addison!

Then we went to this AMAZING, like best pizza I've ever had, place called Rochello's

All in all, we had a really really fun and relaxing weekend. We love our family and cherish the time we get to spend with them. Next big family shindig will be when Ben and Kassie (and Grace, Jonah and Oliver) come down in July!

Addison & Olivia

Yesterday at around 4:45 PM, we were blessed to have two new additions to our family...Addison and Olivia!!!

I LOVE my family and I LOVE that families grow. It is really a blessing to have so many nieces and nephews. The twins bring the total count to 8!! Isn't that incredible!

From what I can tell from my mom's giddyness, they must be the cutest little girls EVER....and I must agree, from the pictures I've been sent, they truly are the CUTEST little girls :)

I think I'm already in love :)

Well let's go ahead and introduce them:

Addison: 6 lbs 8 oz.

She was a little cold in this picture (hence the purple look) and I'm pretty sure this was less than an hour after she was born...My favorite part of the picture is her little chubby neck roll...SO cute :)

Olivia: 5 lbs 12 oz.

Poor little girl, apparently she was crying A LOT...but still, she is so precious wrapped up! Reed's reaction to this picture: "Those are some cute little aliens". Thanks sweetie :)

Here is a picture of them sleeping sweetly together :) I am so excited to get to hold them and love on them this weekend!! Yay!!