Evan has arrived!

Introducing...

Evan Anthony

born

August 4, 2010 at 7:23 p.m.

8 pounds, 7 ounces

21 inches

We are all doing great! God is so, so good!!!

More details & pictures to come soon, I promise!

Girls Day Out!

Every year my sweet group of bestest girlfriends & I get together for our much anticipated & treasured Girls Weekend. Well, this year several of us are expecting babies & are unable to travel far distances, so we opted for a Girls Day Out instead. We still weren't able to get the entire crew together--we missed you so Sara, Katie & Steph, wasn't the same without ya!--but the majority of us were able to get together for a fun day of pampering & socializing. We started out the day with a DELICIOUS brunch where we stuffed our faces & spent lots of time talking & catching up with each others' lives. Then we did a little shopping and walking around some local shops & stores. From there we went & all treated ourselves to pedicures where we able to find some great time to sit back & relax while we all got pretty toes :) After that we had to part ways with a few ladies, but the rest of us did a little more shopping before rounding up our day. I so treasure each & every time I am able to get together with these girls. They are my long time best friends and we've been through the good, bad & ugly together. So to Ashleigh, Lauren, Emilie, Cori, Robyn, Sara, Katie & Stephanie--I love you all SO much & I am beyond blessed to have you in my lives!!!! Group Shot of the girls at Aspen for Brunch, so delicious!

Early celebration for upcoming Birthday Girl, Lauren!

Emilie, Cori & Lauren chatting it up at the nail salon & waiting on their chairs

Ashleigh, Robyn & me getting a start on our pedicures

Group shot of the girls getting prettied up toes :)

Family Hike

We have been making an extra effort to do some fun family things in our last little bit of time as a family of 3 as we wait on little Evan to get here. Last week we went to a new park (new to us, not a new park in general) nearby for a morning hike before it got too hot in the day. We thought it would be a good spot and we were right, it was so GREAT! Trails & open fields everywhere, lots of beautiful green trees & grass, & even a stream running right through the middle...which Owen LOVED of course :) The canopy of trees provided great shade & kept us nice & cool to enjoy our hike. At the last minute I packed my camera & I'm so glad I did!

4th of July fun!

We had a great 4th of July celebration with our neighbors complete with BBQ ribs, all the side dishes you could possibly imagine or want, and homemade peach ice cream! Everyone brought over chairs & blankets & we dined picnic style in Sara & Richard's backyard. The kiddos played all over the yard with their outdoor toys, the fellas played ladder golf & cornhole in between being grill masters & helping wrangle the little ones, and the ladies found time to relax & socialize in between chasing kiddos and getting food ready. We ended the night with a great fireworks show put on by all the guys. It was a great Independence Day celebration & as always, we had a fantastic time with our sweet friends!

Owen taking a break from running around to show off his patriotic colors :)

Love that sweet, sweet smile!

When did he get so big?!


Oh, how I treasure this amazing little boy!

Our attempt at a group pic of our ever growing bunch of kiddos
(only 2 cryers...not too bad!)

The Lott crew
They put themselves into this pose all by themselves...
can we say professional picture posers?!

The ladies with a few of the babies in tow

The fellas enjoying what looks like a serious game of cornhole :)

Owen & Austyn grabbing a snack

More cornhole & ladder golf

Adorable Molly!

Beautiful Mina trying her hand at ladder golf

Precious little Landry :)

Diapers & Desserts Shower

Babies, babies, babies!!!
So so many of my friends are expectant mamas right now! It has been such a blast going through my second pregnancy journey with such amazing, sweet women, sharing & comparing and supporting each other during this sweet time of expectation. Some of my amazing neighbor friends--Cori, Brianne, Lindsey & CoCo--threw a Diapers & Dessert shower for Sara, Elisabeth & I who are all expecting our second soon. These ladies did an absolutely beautiful job & we were so honored & loved on by our sweet family & friends. I am truly grateful for all the love that was poured over Evan & myself--we are so, so blessed!!!
Expectant Mamas

The gorgeous dessert table, so YUMMY!

With our sweet hostesses
Lindsey, Cori & CoCo
(missing Brianne!)

Our abundant table of gifts!

So many AMAZING friends!...
many of them expectant mamas as well, 8 in this picture alone!!!

Rachael, Sara & I all expecting baby #2
We were pregnant together & all had boys the first time around. Rachael & I are now having our 2nd boys, and Sara??? ...we'll find out when she delivers!!!

Expectant grandmothers :)

St. George Island

We spent a FABULOUS week at the beach with some of our dear friends & neighbors last week. All in all there were 5 couples & 4 kiddos--ALL 5 couples are expecting babies some time in the next several months!

Our good friends, Cori & Phil, invited us to come to their family's beach house in St. George Island and it was absolute paradise! Cori & Phil braved an entire week with 4 toddlers and "Aunt Cori" & "Uncle Phil" were absolutely AWESOME (not that we expected anything different!) with them :) They are expecting their first son in October and little Cooper is gonna be one blessed & well loved little boy!

We spent the majority of our days beachside, but when we weren't playing in the sand we were swimming in the pool, riding all over the island in the golf cart (Owen referred to it as the tractor), playing games, going on walks, getting shaved ice, eating delicious meals, and enjoying time with sweet friends. We even found time to have a night out without kids--the first night the ladies headed out while the fellas kept the kids and the next night we switched & the guys headed out while the ladies stayed at home. The guys even managed to squeeze in a little fishing too.

Thank you again Cori & Phil for inviting us to come to your beautiful beach house! We had an absolutely AMAZING time!!! I had way too many pictures to post so I created a sideshow instead...

Maternity Pictures

A few weeks ago, my sweet friend & business partner, who is also a professional photographer, Karen Baker of Karen Baker Photography did a maternity photo shoot with our family. We went to a local park nearby and had a great session with absolutely BEAUTIFUL weather! Karen really got some AMAZING shots of our family & we are so thankful that she once again shared her talents with us to capture such a sweet time of expectation as we await Evan's arrival. Thank you again, from the bottom of my heart Karen, there are no words to describe how grateful I am for this amazing gift you've given us! I apologize in advance for the amount of pictures I've posted, but it's just so hard to narrow it down! Here are some of our favorites...