My Roomie's Sweet Baby Girls

Back in September I drove down to Cape Girardeau to meet up with my college roommate and run a half marathon with her and her family. When I arrived she surprised me with the news that she just found out she was pregnant. I was so excited for her and her sweet husband, Daniel. We had a great weekend and returned to our respective towns. We talked regularly as she went through her first trimester. Then, early one Sunday morning I got a call from her. I missed the call and was immediately worried that something bad had happened. I called Rachel back and she immediately announced that she was pregnant with TWINS! They had gone to the hospital that morning thinking she was having complications and found out she was actually having two babies. She was over the moon. I loved following her pregnancy and was ecstatic when the babies were born. I had to wait a month to see them but was just excited to spend some time with Rach and her precious duo, Elin and Elliette. Enjoy! 

Elliette Kate 

what a sweet snuggler

Elin's crib

Elliette's crib

Rachel and Elliette

Elin

Elin makes many awesome facial expressions

hanging out with my sweet girl, Elin

I had such a wonderful time with the girls. I can't wait to get back to Cape Girardeau and see them again.

Just some random

In the midst of a lot of craziness Tom and I have still had some time to just slow down and enjoy lately. Summer has been slow to heat up so we have had a lot of fun in the yard and taking some walks here and there. They even opened a Mobil on the Run close to us, so when "6 is a serious number" we can walk up there for a drink! 

Serious about our sunglasses and our 50 cent drinks

Although Tom loved his Audi we decided it was time to let that car go. Too many maintenance issues made it a burden we didn't want to carry. After much online research Tom knew what two cars he wanted to test drive. We went up to the car dealership on Friday of Memorial Day weekend to drive cars. He loved the Chevy Malibu but we decided to keep looking.

A hug goodbye

Tom on a test drive

After another test drive we went back to the Chevy dealership to get Tom's new car. He has never had a brand new car before so this was quite fun for him.

Hugging the new ride

 After some car purchases and a birthday party we were off to Memorial Day camping. It was a beautiful weekend minus an evening downpour. All in all it was just nice to get away and start the summer camping season.

The Mueths turned 30!

Last month both Tom and I celebrated our 30th birthday. Neither of us are huge on big celebrations so we decided to have a small backyard bbq with mostly family. It was a fun way to ring in our next year of life and celebrate with some of those most dear to us. Below are some of the pictures from the wonderful occasion. 

Me and my Godson, Dane.

It was a very sunny day so the party was moved to the shady part of the yard.

the kids ran around and had a blast

Joe asking Connor for forgiveness with a hug

my sweet niece, Eva June

Tom opening his birthday gift

A very sweaty Dane just adores Tom

Tom was thrilled to get a banjo for his birthday

my mom got me my very favorite cake from Lubeley's Bakery

We had a great time celebrating our birthdays and really appreciate the family and friends who made it so very special for us. Here's to many more celebrations in the future.