Yup! We're alive...

Well hello blog followers... I've been asked by a few different people when I'm gonna post.
So, here goes...
January and February were pretty slow months in the Austin house. It's been cold and rainy so we've been having a lot of 'family movie nights' which are a blast! Movie, popcorn, Matt, Eli, and me all piled in our bed.

Eli is getting SO big! He is now wearing 5T clothes and a size 11 shoe! INSANE!! He talks all the time which is so cute! I can't believe how much he's changed this past few months. He is however, NOT interested in potty training. Ha Ha Ha

Last month our van bit the dust! I mean BAM broke! After 2 mechanics looked at it
and we prayed about what to do, we decided it wasn't worth the $3000 it was going to cost to fix. So, we decided to sell it for parts or something. We then started the dreaded car hunt... Matt decided pretty quickly what he wanted, but I was on the fence and since this was going to be my car I wanted to make sure it was something I really liked. Well, after driving one at a dealership here in Owasso I fell in love with the Ford 500 (it's a 4 door sedan). There is so much room for Eli and IF God blesses us w/another child there's plenty of room for him/her too. And the trunk if GIGANTIC for anything a kid or 2 can require. Anyway, the one we looked at in Owasso was way over-priced. We found one online in Tulsa. Went and looked at it, drove it, made a deal on it, then decided we really wanted leather so we said never mind, well the dealership then told us they'd put leather in it for us (after some bartering on Matt's part the price we agreed on didn't change w/the leather). The best blessing in this whole thing is that we almost had enough cash in our car savings account to pay for it outright. But when you aren't planning on buying a car you kinda put that car account on hold... anyway, we only had to borrow a little money from our bank so that'll be paid off year. Anyway, we LOVE it!!!!! God truly blessed us.

Matt and I went to San Antonio for a few days a week ago and we didn't take Eli! I know I know I know, you can't believe I left Eli!!! I wasn't really sure if I could do it to be honest, but I did good. I knew Eli would be just fine at his grandparents' house. We had a blast, it did rain the whole time we were there, but we made the best of it. We even went to Sea World! So fun!! I hope we can take Eli this Summer. I'll post some pics. soon, probably tomorrow! It was so nice to be w/my hubby.

Well, guess that about sums up the past few months!

I'll try to do a better job posting!