Thursday, August 19, 2010

Our family has grown!!







It's hard to believe that last October we headed to Europe with high hopes and now our little Axel James is here and a month old today! We are so grateful both babies have been so big to help them sleep sooner rather than later. My friend Julianne took some pregnancy photos and I love this one of Austin hugging Axel through my belly. Austin is so in love with Axel. He hops on him like a little puppy dog and tries to make him smile. Austin gives Axel lots of kisses all day and runs out of his room each morning looking for Axel! He is anxious for Axel to be big enough to play with him and so are we:) The biggest challenge with a new baby has been finding the energy and time to help our two year old get his energy out so he is happy. Thank goodness for mygym which is a little gym for little kids and they have unlimited classes so we head over there about 3-4 times a week and Austin loves playing with other kids and working out his energy. We made a simple blog to offer information of the clinic we experienced success in the Czech Republic for invitro since so many people inquire for information. That blog is www.wewantchildren.blogspot.com if you are interested or want to pass the information to anyone else. Infertility seems to be the new epidemic of this age!
Austin's birthmother came to visit yesterday and that was so much fun! We got to take a couple of pictures together when I was pregnant with Axel and she looked really happy that it was me that was pregnant this round:) We can never express enough gratitude to her for carrying our son Austin. She is truly a part of our family and gave us the most amazing gift of our first son and made us parents. We are so happy she is doing so well and graduates with her bachelor's degree next June. Austin is so blessed to be so loved by her and her family. We are blessed as well as her family has become our family as well.
Aunt Jenny and uncle Daryl came out last week and it was so fun to see them! We wished they lived closer. Having children really makes us wish we had more family close. Thank goodness a good amount of them live in California which is only a 5 hour drive. So grateful for annual beach parties and family events that keep us all traveling to see each other. So excited for Tera and Quin's weddings in Utah next month! Lots of bonding time:)



Friday, August 13, 2010

Austin two year old pics!







Austin is seriously the most handsome little guy and here are some pics we took to remember when he turned two years old! We still can't believe how big he looks next to his baby brother. We love being his parents. He brings us so much joy every day!