Another Taste of St Louis

We went on a date to this yummy frozen custurd place we heard about and it lived up to the hype.  I got pumpkin pie custurd and Taylor got apple pie...I liked mine better :)

Lunch with Daddy

We met Daddy for lunch at the Danforth campus of Wash U.  It's a beautiful campass paterned off of Cambridge University. Nelli was just hugging her daddy, eating leaves (some real lunch too), and enjoying the outdoors. I'm so glad I caught these two top photos!

Iowa Comes to Us

Jason, Leah, Katie, Cami, and Oli came to visit us this weekend and it was oh, so fun!  Here are a few pictures of the kids playing with our couch pillows and at the St Louis Zoo.  A great perk of them coming...Leah made us some great Japaneese curry.

Nelli and Marlee

 

The girls enjoying Nelli's new music learning table.  Nelli and I have found some new friends.  We are loving hanging out with Meghann and Marlee.  The girls are 2 weeks apart and love playing together.  We all have so much fun!  We are so lucky to have met them! 

Happy Birfday Tay

We went out for steak burgers at the local "Steak and Shake" after Nelli fell asleep, then came home and had Taylor's favorite applesauce spice cake (Jana's recipe of course). 

Embracing Motherhood

Nelli's weaning herself off of my milk now that she's eating 3 fairly good meals a day and started using a sippy cup. She still nurses before naptime and bed. She talks for longer stretches of time and I LOVE it!  We've been reading a lot of  library books together and singing songs.

I love being a mom! I have now have embraced it, I know it took me long enough, but I did it and I'm loving it and her so much more.  Heavenly Father definantly knows what I need to be happy,  He helped me realize I was not letting Nelli in my heart.  I think I was scared to let her in.  Is that crazy or what?  This sweet, innocent, loving little girl needing my love and attention and I was scared to give her my whole heart.  Once I realized it I felt this faith come over me that I could do it.

I have to admit this move has been good for me.  Change has a way of getting me to do things I've been putting off or just wanted to do forever.  We're loving St. Louis with all the great people we live by and fun things to do!