Happy Anniversary to us!

9 years!

19 weeks...

My sassy girly girls can hang with any boys soccer game!

Bathtime!

Swim Olivia!

Four months old has been so much fun! Olivia laughs out loud with this deep hefty giggle that makes you double over with laughter. So fun.

so excited for bathtime! Better hurry before Audrey jumps in too!

My girls!

close up...

Can you see up my nose?

such pretty blue eyes... just like her sister!

Loving on each other...

Audrey and Olivia have so much fun together. Olivia can sit and watch Audrey for as long as Audrey has energy to entertain Olivia. They are so patient with each other - they put up with just about anything the other wants to do to. What a blessing...

Soccer Star

Audrey is playing soccer again! She loves it! I'm not surprised...

four months old already!!

Audrey and Olivia are great sisters!

sweet sisters...

3 months old!

Olivia's 3 month picture beside my doll... she's laughing! This month has been the best so far. She laughs and smiles and makes sweet sounds. She sleeps through the night - sometimes... and has a good nap schedule during the day. aah..

The Materna"tea"

All of the women who had their babies in May/June came together at the Birth Center to tell our Birth stories.

It's Courtney and Landon's Wedding Day!

Audrey playing with Uncle Chris's phone at the wedding reception.

My pretty flower girl...

Uncle Chris and Olivia

Audrey had a mosquito bite on her foot that was "TOO ITCHY!"

Audrey and her baby Cousin Austin - who was the ring bearer. He looked adorable in his little tux.

Audrey getting ready to be a flower girl!

getting ready...

Marshele... love the hair!

Courtney getting her make up done!

it's almost time...

The Bachelorette Party... WOuldn't you like to know!

Audrey - the flower girl!

Rehearsing the walk down the aisle...

Audrey and her "new" Uncle Landon

Shannon and Heather at the Rehearsal

Jason did the wedding for Courtney... it was super special. He did such a great job.

The Bride...

Courtney and Shannon... My little Sis n law is GETTING MARRIED!

The Limo ride!

The GIRLS! Just one more thing to do as an unmarried woman... and then Courtney was off to get ready for her big day!

The Bridesmaids! You girls ROCK!

Visiting Lisette...

Audrey, Olivia and I went over to Lisette's house while in Albuquerque. It was so exciting to show off Olivia for the first time. Noelle, Mya and Little Armando LOVED playing with my girls. I love that they can be such great friends even though they are entire state away... I miss you guys ;(

Anna Audrey, JJ and Olivia

My friend Kelly came all the way from Florida to visit family - we had so much fun watching our kiddos play... and talking about "twilight"

I know... don't make fun of it til you've tried it...

Fun seeing old friends

Audrey had such a wonderful time seeing Anna and Olivia... good times getting to see old friends.

How cute are these girls!

Audrey Swimming!

This is a picture of Audrey swimming at Steve and Jane's house. She is wearing a floatie swimsuit... but she isn't scared by herself anymore. We are so proud of you Audrey! "YOU DID IT"

Whose Who?

okay, so clearly I'm not very technologically savvy - and it's clear to see that I can't even scan a picture in correctly - but I thought it would be cute to show the comparison in our "3 1/2" year old pictures. Audrey and I are exactly the same age in these pictures. You'll have to double click on the picture of me to make it bigger - but I think we look related at least... ya think? :-)

It's funny how Meagan was able to capture so many different moods within such a short period of time... Audrey is such a little actress - she would have posed all afternoon!

My sweet girl had to show her beautiful self off too during Olivia's photo shoot. I will have to upload a picture of me at this age... she is definitely my kid!

sweet NEW friends!

Today, Olivia met Libby - and they were instantly great friends! Libby slept and Olivia wiggled around. Great fun! Olivia is 6 1/2 weeks old and Libby is 8 days old today!

playdate with friends! Today we went over to Jana's house and Allison and her new baby and boys came over! Baby Libby and Olivia had fun getting acquainted!

Don't you just want to squeeze her!

My girls get prettier every day!

Happy 6 weeks Olivia! Audrey is such a proud big sister. She is always always up for a photo op... She is so proud.

going to church

Jason's not a fan of Olivia's bow.. but I think it is pretty cute!

look at her smile! ha ha!

mommy and olivia!

One month old...

what a pretty girl... she is one month old now!

Olivia lost her belly button on day 13... Audrey didn't lose hers for 5 1/2 weeks, so it was nice to finally give her a "real" bath.

sweet little family

Audrey enjoyed her last few days of school... I wish it were still going on!

one week old!

Olivia spent the first few weeks of her life asleep... day and night...

5 days old!

Welcome baby Olivia Kate Herman! May 8th!

Olivia was born this Friday, May 8th at 3:47pm at the Birth and Women's Center in Dallas. She was 7lb 8oz, and 19 3/4 in long! Labor began with regular contractions that morning around 11 am - while having breakfast at IHOP. When we got home at noon, we called our midwife and she said that since we lived so far away in Keller that it would be a good idea to drive in just to make sure. When we got there, I wasn't quite ready to have a baby - but on my way! We were sent to the park to "walk" and that is what we did for at least an hour. Around 2, we came in and sat on the birth ball, listened to music - breathed through some strong contractions and went to walk the park again! around 3, we came in and had a sandwich and a fruit cup... gatorade and some more contractions followed. At 3:30, we all made the decision to break my water. I was dilated to a 5 at this point...
At this time, I began having "real" strong contractions and they filled the sauna bathtub for me. This was helpful, but I was still in a great deal of pain from the contractions. At this point, I felt the baby coming and after about 2 more contractions (17 minutes after my water broke), Olivia was in my arms for the first time. Jason was able to deliver her (catch her) in the waterbirth. It was pretty much amazing. Thank you for all of your prayers for a "fast" birth. That is exactly what happened. We think she is beautiful, and a mini me of Audrey when she was born.
We were home that evening by 10, having pizza and watching TV as a family! ha!

Audrey and friends!