She's here!!

Our sweet baby is here!
Ava Ruby arrived at 8:37 this morning -September 30th- and is just perfectly beautiful! She weighs 7lbs. 6oz. and is 19 inches long. Haylee & Grace were very excited to see "baby sis" and gave her sweet little kisses.
All is well and we are so happy she's here!!
More to come....

they make me happy

39 weeks

I am so ready to have this baby! I feel like an elephant. Actually, I feel like Gus the mouse on Cinderella. Grace & Haylee were watching that movie yesterday and I just happened to catch the part where Cinderella puts the little shirt on Gus and it pops up over his big belly. Yeah, that's me. Nothing fits. Not even my big maternity clothes! I'm just ready to have this little baby! Only a few days now....

(and, no, we still haven't decided on a name....)

Let's hear it for the boy

Bruce has worked so hard the past few weekends on our house. He's done hours of landscaping, he put together a beautiful iron/canvas gazebo, he put down some outdoor carpet for the girls to play on (we only have concrete in our back yard...yuck!), organized the garage, and helped me pot flowers. He's been GREAT! There's so many more things we'd like to do to this house, (like paint over the ugly outside blue...) but we can't because it's a company rental. Oh, well! It's fine for us for the time we'll be living here in Australia - quite small - but fine.

We got a wide-angle lens for the camera and Bruce was trying it out....

So good...

Coleslaw, donuts, and beef jerky...these have been my top picks to eat during this pregnancy. I'll say it for you: "That's gross!"

Hey, my baby likes it....baby gets what baby wants ;)

Only 2 weeks to go!

We are so excited to meet our little girl in only 2 weeks! My doctor moved my c-section up to September 30th (from Oct. 7th) because she is measuring quite big. We are so anxious to hold her and introduce her to her fantastic big sisters!

We LOVE Trampoline!

Our favorite place in Melbourne is Trampoline Ice Cream! Ahhhh, it's the best!! It's on Southbank in the middle of the city along the river, so it's a lot of fun walking around down there. Lots to see and do! Our friends, Tim and Lauren, and their two little girls came along and we all had such a fun night!

Lily, Sienna, Grace, and Haylee watching for boats in the Yarra River

So cute!

You can eat your ice cream inside or sitting outside on these stools along the riverwalk

Tim and Bruce

Haylee was loving her ice cream....and annoyed I was taking so many pics of her :)

Cutie little girls!

Me and Lauren (lauren is also expecting a baby girl)

Spring is here!

Yay! Spring is here! It's still chilly outside, but it is warming up. The winter here in Melbourne is very yuck and very long, so I am really excited to see these beautiful blossoms....

Picnic in the city

We spent this past Saturday having a family picnic in the Royal Botanical Gardens in the city. The weather was just beautiful and the girls had a great time running around. Thank goodness warmer weather is here!

We spotted a parrot. It was beautiful!

So cute....Haylee was touching my belly saying, "Baby sis!"

Loving their bare feet