Kari, Betsy and I had a great sister's "retreat" the first weekend in May. It was so fun to get to hang out, although I really wish it had been longer! Betsy brought Live and Gwen and Kari and I just brought our babies. I took the train down and we met in St. Louis. It was the first time we had all seen each other's babies. Dan and Meredith came down too, but I think I must not have pulled out my camera until after they left for some reason!

We got hats for Elise and Gwen at the St. Louis Zoo. (I'm loving Elise's double chin in all these pictures!)

Uncle Dave is practicing for his future triplets! Good job Dave!

Elise and Luke are only two weeks apart and they were so sweet together. They were both completely oblivious to the other--hey look--matching chin chubbies!

Elise playing with Papa Kent...

We're just missing Spencer to have a complete picture of the 2006-2007 batch of Holt Grandkids! Spencer was born March 2006, Gwen in September 2006, Elise in January of 2007 and Luke in February of 2007.

Elise Three Months Old

I had so much fun with these pictures. I even managed to snap one of her smiling, which is very rare! Elise is really chubby for her size but she is overall only in the 10th percentile so she is just like a little-bitty-butter-ball!

A-Choo!

All Four Kids in March

This picture was taken in my kitchen and the kids all look so sweet. Lauryn wouldn't look at the camera because she was upset that she wasn't the one holding Elise :). What a funny girl. We are having a great time together but I have yet to get a picture of Elise smiling. As soon as I get one I'll put it right up!

Portraits of the Three Older Kids

Elise's Two Month Pictures

Here are some sweet pictures of Elise and her Lisi-Lamb on her two month birthday in March.

She is getting so big! She weighed 10 pounds and 4 ounces at her Doctor's appointment. It's hard to believe that this is how big David was when he was born!

Spur of the moment photo shoot

Elise and I were sitting on the tailgate of the van watching the kids play baseball and the lighting was so great that I had to grab my camera and get a couple pictures. Elise is laying on my coat which happened to be back there, and she was all snuggled up in her pink blanket from Meredith and Danny. I thought they turned out really pretty. I think loving pictures must be in the blood!

Lauryn was so cute at her kindergarten spring concert. They sang some adorable songs like "Brain Freeze" and "I woke up in the morning on the wrong side of the bed". We had a fun time listening to it, they worked really hard all year to get ready for this big night. :)