Finally!

We have been SO busy lately and just made it back from Pennsylvania, but now it is FINALLY time to announce our biggest news! Baby Botts #2 will make his/her appearance somewhere around March 15th! I am 17 weeks pregnant today and time is just flying by! I have been more sick this time around and it has taken some time for the "surprise" to actually set in, but with out further ado... here are the first pictures of our little bundle of joy from the 8 week ultrasound!

Caroline isn't quite aware of all of the changes that are about to happen, but we just know she is going to be a GREAT big sister!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EMMA!!

We love you SO much and can't wait to see you next week!!

Love Uncle Josh, Aunt Kiki and Cousin Carrie

L.O.V.E.

My little 14 month old definitely knows what she likes! And when she likes something, she doesn't seem to let go. Above is her Bunny Foo Foo and this bunny hardly leaves her sight. We have tried really hard to not let this little guy leave the crib, but it is getting harder and harder for Caroline's little hands to give her up. I have been pretty adamant about not buying another one for a little while, but we found one in a store while we were shopping the other day. Caroline saw it and just had to have it! I figured that it wouldn't hurt to have two. The shocking thing is that these two bunnies in the picture started out THE SAME! Who would have guessed?! When given both, Caroline still prefers the original, but will carry both around and eventually drops the new one. If she only has the new one as an option, it is just as good! I'm not sure who is going to win the battle of whether or not it leaves the crib, but for now, we are covered if anything ever happens to Bunny Foo Foo! Ohh, the joy of first love!

Favorite time of year!

September is finally here! We had a wonderful weekend filled with (somewhat) cooler weather and lots of friends! Not to mention a little college FOOTBALL! We started the weekend with a 1 year old's birthday party where Caroline got to play with a lot of little ones. We had a great time and enjoyed Caleb digging into his cake!! We wore our purple all day and later that evening headed to the TCU/Oregon State game at Cowboys' Stadium. We had a fabulous time rooting on the Frogs and experiencing the new stadium. Caroline is definitely allowed to go to any college she likes, but if her dad has his way, she too will be a horned frog! I can't wait to keep taking these yearly pictures of her dressed up and seeing the way she changes every year. She sure is growing up quickly!!We had some friends over on Sunday and celebrated the end of summer with one last pool party. The water was quite cold and most of us didn't get in, but it was a good time to just be together.

To top things off, we still had Monday!! We relaxed and hung out as a family by playing and going to the park. We ended the evening with dinner at the Macha's and fun with the twins!

With all of this said, we are ready for Fall!!

Mr. and Mrs. Minder!

We had the honor of traveling to Cancun, Mexico and helping celebrate Michael and Rebecca's wedding! We had so much fun and are SO happy for the new couple!! Everything was just perfect!

Congratulations!!

Surprise Date Night!

I have an absolutely amazing husband who always continues to "wow" me every day! Last Friday Caroline and I really had no plans for the day except Amanda had said she wanted to come and visit. Well, that morning I received flowers delivered to our door. They were from Josh and said that every day should be a day to tell me how much he loves me! He told me that my "visitor" would be bringing the next clue. I did not know what was going on, but when Amanda arrived, she told me the clue "What would Harvey say?" Harvey is one of Caroline's favorite bath toys and has a pretty cool voice (Daddy's voice of course!). I followed several clues around the house to find a new dress hanging in the closet! He had bought me flowers, a new dress, was taking me out to dinner, and even arranged for Amanda to babysit! Josh always tries so hard to find "us" time and makes sure we have special moments. He always says it's easy and he tries to do what single Josh would do. So cute! Well, we had a great dinner at the new Ferring's restaurant in the Ritz downtown and then even made it to see Toy Story in 3-D. It was a great night and was so nice to get out and relax! Thank you Josh!! I love you!

This is one of my favorite pictures from my photography final portfolio. Josh and Caroline both graciously agreed to be my models and they did such a great job! I truly have such a stylish and amazing family! God has blessed us in so many ways!

Don't you wish you could be this cool? :)