Elsie is thrilled that she is going to have a brother...for weeks she has been going back and forth saying the baby is a girl one minute only to change her mind and say it is a boy the next! 
We have had both girl names and boys names picked out since the beginning...we could not agree on a girl name...we all agreed on the boy name right away...so soon we have a little James Hawthorne in our family...
Now if only we didn't still have to wait until the end of July...
One evening I took the box off the shelf in the closet the has my dress, veil and tiara...Elsie was so excited to try the veil and tiara on...she stood in the mirror admiring herself! She now says when she is older is going to marry daddy and she is going to wear mommy's veil and crown! Love the way a toddler thinks!
Elsie assured me she was not eating any...but I think I caught her red-handed...or is that pink-handed!
After Elise frosted the cake she insisted it needed some candles...and we had to sing Happy Birthday using various names...
After singing it was only fitting that Elsie blow out the candles on the Everyone Birthday Cake...I love these pictures...you can really see how hard she is working on blowing out all those candles!
The only time we have cake is on someones Birthday...so I guess it was only fitting that Elsie assume it had to be someones Birthday!
In the end we wound up with half the bag of sequins spilled on the floor under the table...but Elsie made 2 lovely (and very sparkly) hearts to hang up on the wall...
Elsie brings Daddy stacks of books to read...then cuddles in for story time...and when Daddy watches a movie Elsie needs to sit close by...
Elsie has always been more of a Mommy's girl...but when I have bad weekends of lots of contractions I relinquish all control to Daddy...and I guess it has proven to be okay!
Love this one...Daddy is always making goofy faces for the camera...
Cookies, a good movie and a great Daddy to cuddle with makes for one happy little girl!
This is my favorite picture of swimming...my brother Colter sitting in the hot tub (which is not deep!) with his flippers and snorkel...good to know he is prepared for anything!
I even managed to squeeze into my swimsuit so I could sit on the edge of the hot tub...my belly feels far larger than it looks!
The whole group...
And no pool time is complete without a snack...Emma and Elsie shared so many potato chips that Elsie got a canker sore on her lip!
Reading the paper, enjoying snacks, imagining we were sitting outside in the 90* weather... 
Had to post a picture of Jon...Jon is famous for making weird faces in photos...so when I have a good one of him I feel I must share it!
She sat very still for the trim...I think she was totally enjoying herself and didn't want to leave!
In the end the trim was less than 1" off...just enought to even up the ends and cut the fine baby hair off...but it was just enough to bring back some of the curls! Elsie even got hair gel in her hair and a blow dry...so it was a good day for her! 
Auntie Emma even got in on some of the pictures...so cute...
What a lucky girl to have so many crafty aunties...Elsie will never have an excuse of idle hands!
Elsie seems to think the best place to eat it is by crawling up on the counter and helping herself! I am just happy she thinks such healthy snacks are a good treat!
