Balloon Fiesta 2011

This weekend we went to the Balloon Fiesta!  It is one of my most favorite things to go and see.  Everyone was pretty grumpy getting up until the donuts and hot chocolate were in their hands ; )

GaGa (Steve's Mom Kim) came with us.  She is so much fun, always ready to go anywhere!

It is so much fun to walk around as the balloons are getting aired up. 

Miss Chloe Lynn and her big Brown Eyes.

Miss Ellie Tye and her Sweet Smile.

The men in our life ; ) Crew was only awake for about 5 minutes. 

The girls had a blast running through the balloons. 

Chloe and Me - Ellie took this picture.

 Ellie and Me - Chloe took this picture.

 Ellie LOVED this Balloon!

 Our "CREW" with Crew in the stroller.

Our sweet Chubba Bubba!  He is the best!

The Darth Vadar Balloon was a HUGE hit! 

Ellie said this was "Crew trying to get the force!"

 Love those cheeks!!!

This was MY Favorite Balloon!!!

It was the only one with a modern pattern.

This was Chloe's Favorite Balloon! The Kissing Bees

Chloe thought this was Crew's favorite balloon; )

This cracked me up!  They all needed to move up to the next size!

Future Firefighter

I love Groupon/Living Social Deals!

(They are great for a cheap 'cheesy' studio photos.)

Crew slept through the whole shoot.  There were other great photos,

it was hard to decide but we wanted a picture with the helmet ; )

Many faces of Crew

Chloe and Ellie are the greatest sisters!  This is BEDTIME at our house; )

 The following are some of my favorite pictures off my iPhone of Crew. 

I haven't been organized enough to get my camera out.

 Crew 5 weeks old.  He is such a chubba ; )

 Crew LOVES to be in the bath!!!

 He was 11.5 pounds at 5 weeks.

 Ellie and Crew have the same profile.  She loves to hold him.

Crew in his swing.

 Chloe is my biggest helper.  Crew smiles every time he sees her!

 Crew at 3 weeks.  He was starting to be more alert. 

 Sweet Baby

Crew 2 weeks old



He is finally here... ; )

Crew Michael Lien

born August 23rd, 2011

8.5 lbs 20 inches

 

Proud Lien Grandparents.  They arrived at the hospital right when Crew's birth was being announced to the front desk board.

 We all thought Crew resembled the baby on the bill-board outside of our hospital room window.

 First day home with the girls.  You have never seen such proud sisters and AMAZING helpers!

 He has his days and nights confused - but he is so cute we don't mind! 

 Gram and Baby Crew. 

(She looks the exact same as she did when she was holding Chloe 9 years ago.)

We are so happy he is here, healthy and strong.  We are so grateful for all the help we have received.  THANK YOU!!!  We are so blessed.   

Last outing before the baby comes

We went to the zoo one last time before the baby comes.  The zoo is one of my favorite places.  All the animals were actually out and moving.  We love this old Galapagos Turtle! He is huge and normally not moving, but he was eating and walking all around.

I love this Momma Giraffe.  And the girls love feeding her. 

Ellie feeding her.

That's Chloe's arm.

I just love her.  I think she has loving mama eyes. 
She is always tending to her baby when we are there.

Look at that tongue.

The girls always want to take a picture here!

We had a great time.  I was able to walk a ton.  Next time we go we will have the baby!!!