Tylers 1st Photo shoot

5 days old!

Tyler's First Bath

Tyler and I arrived home on Wednesday morning and we all jumped right into a couple of work appointments (yes, we may be crazy, but we really didn't want to reschedule anything for this week!). Thursday was a little busy too, so we decided that his first bath would be on Friday. My mom arrived Friday morning and was very excited to be there for bath #1! Here's some favorites from bathtime!

-L

Natalie's Animal Sounds (17 months old)

Introducing Tyler!

Maternity Portraits

Jon and I finally captured some maternity portraits recently, and I have to say, I am so glad we did them! I'm so close to the end that I didn't feel too great about taking them this late in the pregnancy, but Jon managed to have his talents create beautiful images that I love. The ones with Natalie are just precious, so I'm mostly sharing some of those here!

-L

Our Halloween Panda

Natalie was a panda this Halloween (in a costume actually from China from Uncle Andy)...enjoy these pics!

-L

Two Weeks or so to go!

I am just about to the end of my pregnancy and have had the "all clear" for Tyler's arrival for one week now. Still hoping he waits to come until closer to the due date of Nov 23rd, but I have little control over that timing!! We are getting excited to meet the newest addition to the family and excited to have my parents and sister here with us for Thanksgiving. We're busy, busy, busy getting things taken care of before having a newborn in the house, so hopefully the posts I've done for you today will keep you satisfied until we're announcing Tyler's arrival!

-L

My Little Pony Princesses Party

Natalie was invited to Adelaide's 1st Birthday Party at the end of October, and there were real ponies there to ride!! A little timid at first, but then I think she had fun. It was the perfect time too to wear our party dress from Nana with our necklace. Natalie loved playing in the backyard (we are really excited for swings and slides anywhere we find them, and we are getting very brave going down on our own and climbing up playground stuff) and with the balloons inside!

-L

Great Grandma B

Grandma B came up to STL while we were in town and got to spend time with all of us! Here's a favorite of her with Natalie...

St. Louis Zoo

Toward the end of October, we traveled to St. Louis to shoot the wedding of one of Jenny's good friends. We added time on either side of the job to see family and some friends and go to some of our favorite places. It was pretty cold and dreary on this day at the zoo, but it was a great day since it wasn't crowded and the animals were all really active. Natalie LOVES animals, but she's a little hesitant when they are REAL and not just pictures in a book! Jason & Lisa met up with us with their boys, Jacob and Jonathan (our first time to meet little Jonathan) and then we went and had our Imo's Pizza for dinner after the zoo! Our time FLEW while we were in town, so if we did not get the chance to see you, know that we miss you and hope to have more time when we are next in town!

Enjoy!
-L

P.S. As with the pumpkin patch, Monkey came to the zoo with us!



Riding the Zoo Train...








Sharing her thoughts on the huge hippos swimming around...




The Cole Family

Pumpkin Patch!

Early October we went to the Happy Apple Farm about an hour south of Colorado Springs. It was a great day for choosing pumpkins! Natalie absolutely loves her stuffed animals (she sleeps with about 3+ of her "friends" each night) and Monkey accompanied us on this trip! He was quite dirty after this outing, but pretty impressive that she kept up with him the whole time! Natalie is so active, it's pretty hard to get pictures of her lately, but here's some favorites!

-L





Natalie plays "peek-a-boo"










We LOVE being outside and finding leaves, sticks, rocks, etc...this is a REALLY cool stick!!