Happy 2009!

Wow, I don't even know where to begin to catch you up over the last 2 months of our crazy lives!!! We are now a family of FOUR! Our beautiful new daughter, Alexa Marina, joined the world on November 23rd, just in time for her first Thanksgiving celebration. She is a perfect baby, just like Cariana was...we are so blessed. Alexa is now 6 weeks old, and Cariana just had her 18 month birthday. They are such great girls, and Seth and I are in love with them!!!

Here are some recent pics:

Halloween 2008 with our little kiss!

She was too cute as a Hershey's kiss for Halloween! Thanks to our friends, the Nielsen's, who let us borrow this adorable costume that all 3 of their kids have worn...she was cute enough to EAT!!

Enjoy!

Two in One Month!

Can you believe it?! I'm actually posting TWICE this month! I wanted to share our Pumpkin Patch adventure from last weekend. We had a blast...picked our pumpkin, caught the tail end of the pig racing, and were in amazement at how many people were out to get pumpkins!

Here's our cutie pie:

Summer's End...

Well, with the first official rain yesterday, I guess Fall has begun...

We are counting down the last 6 weeks until our new addition is here! Meanwhile, we are enjoying every last second of Cariana being an only child! She has no idea what's in store for her...! I guess we don't either!

Here are some photos from the last days of summer. It was a great one!

Summer Fun!

I KNOW! It's been MONTHS since I've posted on here!

We've just had such a busy summer that I haven't gotten around to it! I have some pictures to prove how much fun we've had so far!

Among some of the highlights, and some not pictured, are:

- Fun Memorial Day weekend in Tahoe
- Taylor's graduation from high school
- Our trip to the Monterey Bay Aquarium
- We have a new baby in the family, my cousin Jorgi's daughter Gianna!
- Cariana's first birthday!
- Cariana got to spend a whole week with her Grandma, she loved it!
- She also began to walk that week, no more crawling!
- Now she's ALL over the place, I hope to post a video on here
- And more to come this month, I'm sure...enjoy!

Cast Your Vote!

Hey folks,
Were you way off on your birth predictions when Cariana came over a week late? Now is your chance to redeem yourself. Go to: www.expectnet.com. Enter ‘BabyStoutTwo’ as the name of the game and you can enter your prediction for the little Stout. It is case sensitive and you have to spell out two –unless you want to check out someone else’s game for giggles. My guess is that this one’s going to be a boy, but I can’t wait to see what you all pick.
-Lindsey

Cariana's Big News!

I guess that sums it up!

Due November 19th.
Feeling GREAT.
We aren't finding out the sex again.
Yes it was planned.
They'll be 16 months apart.
I know we are nuts.
Thanks for all your love!

Spring Updating...

I know I know I know...thank you for the reminders that I need to get some new pictures up here! I can blame it on computer issues, but I know you won't believe me. We've had a busy Spring so far. It's been full of sunshine, family time, stomach flu, trips to the zoo, playdates, Giants & A's games, swim lessons, and just hanging out! We're heading to Vegas this weekend and Tahoe next weekend, so the travel will keep us busy. It's supposed to hit 100 degrees in Roseville on Thursday, just in time for us to escape to Vegas where it's only in the 90s...doesn't that sound backwards?

I hope you enjoy the photos. Cariana is just more and more fun everyday! She hit the 10 month mark on May 2nd...it's hard to believe her first birthday is right around the corner. Save the date for our July 4th/1st birthday party celebration!!!

Ann's 60th Birthday Surprise Party

I'm still working on posting more often...once a month isn't too bad though! Do you really need more updates than that?! We do have some exciting things going on around our household though!

- Cariana is pulling herself up to standing...all. the. time.
- She can go from ottoman to couch, and back to ottoman, all on her own!
- She also knows how to give mommy kisses! (open-mouth, of course!) :)
- She has a tooth on top and the one next to it is on it's way out.
- She's been sleeping through the night for months now, so we love that!
- We start Guppie swim lessons next month...yeah!!!
- We have a new part-time nanny, Megan, who just started and is great!

Enjoy the slideshow from our trip to Santa Cruz for Ann's 60th birthday! I will be posting a video soon...once I figure out how! :)

Feb 2008 Updates

So much to catch up on! Time flies when babies start moving all over the place! Here are some recent highlights, to catch you up quickly:

*We had our first trip to Las Vegas with Cariana, she did awesome (no gambling)
*Cariana had her first Super Bowl, got to witness Coe Coe and Athan jump in the pool naked
*Solid foods are going well, we've even learned how to get Cherrios IN our mouth
*Crawling has begun, which Sydney is excited about because someone is on her level
*We survived a week without Seth (work trip) but had lots of visitors (thanks Cat, Marissa, & Ann!)
*Seth and I actually had a DATE for a whole day! We went skiing while my grandma watched Cariana - a win/win!