Olivia is 3!!

Happy Birthday Sweet Girl!! You are growing up so fast and it is so much fun to watch you change everyday. The past 3 years have gone by so fast and my baby is now a big girl. You have had several milestones this year: potty trained and you gave up your bedtime paci. You are a great big sister to Noah and I love to watch you two play together so well.

Here is a little interview Olivia and I did this afternoon...

1. What is your favorite food: pizza, purple hull peas and chicken.

2. What is your favorite sport to play: skateboard

3. What is your favorite thing to watch on TV: Max and Ruby

4. Who is the coolest person on earth: Me

5. What is your favorite thing to learn about in school: letters

6. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go? The beach

7. What is your favorite color? Pink and purple

8. What do you want to be when you grow up? Zoo keeper

9. What is your favorite song? My God is so Great
10. Book I'm Loving Right Now: nursery rhymes ( we read this book several times a day)
11. Three words to describe me: No answer from Olivia so mommy will give a description: Strong, Energetic, Thoughtful

12. When I was little I used to: love my paci

13. Favorite season: Summer (swimming)

14. Absolute best thing about camping: playing in the water when it rained.

15. Favorite snack: peanut butter crackers, yogurt, cookies and apples

16. Food I really don't like: green beans

17. My best friend is: Levi

18. One wish: baby sister J

19. My best memory: going to the beach
20. Is there anything else you want to say? I love you too J

We will be celebrating Olivia's birthday Friday night. She has requested a Princess party this year. I will post pictures of the party later..

It's my birthday and I'll blog if I want to...

So as you can tell I have been absent from this little blog for awhile. My life with two toddlers is my only excuse and it's a darn good one too! :-) Today is my birthday and even though my house needs a little TLC right now, I shall blog instead. Because it's my birthday and I'll...ok you get the picture.

Most of the pictures are from last week when we were enjoying warm temps and sunshine. This week has been cold and rainy and I thought I would reminisce over the good ole days. :-) My kids love Playdoh and I love that the weather is finally warm enough to take it outside. It's so messy and I'm just thankful that we don't have carpet in this house. I love my wood and tile floors!

We bought a Wii recently and the kids have a blast "pretending" to play with daddy. I'm just glad they aren't old enough to know that it is all pretend.

This face seems to be her new camera "smile." I was scrolling through my photos today and she has this look in almost ever picture. Must work on that soon...

This little dude is still battling allergies and runny nose. I'm afraid he is going to be allergy prone like his mommy.

THE FACE!! :-)

Last night my parents threw me and my youngest brother a birthday party and today I am enjoying a lovely day filled with cards, little surprise presents and a yummy lunch with friends!

 Birthdays are the best!!

Be back soon...

Noah's 1st Birthday Celebration

Noah turned 1 on December 16th and we celebrated that evening with family and friends.

We started off the day with a birthday breakfast of Chocolate Chip Pancakes.

(This was a very special treat.)

Not quite sure what I was serving him. "Where is my oatmeal, Mommy!!"

Not to bad after all. He finished every bite of that pancake!! :-)

Next he had a bath and put on his birthday outfit. This was a quick pose with daddy before he had to leave for work.

We had his party at my in-law's home and the kids spent some time outside playing while we got everything ready for the party.

Running away from mommy and that camera. :-)

His theme was Construction and Dirt :-)

My dad and Noah. We were singing the Happy Birthday song.

He was a little unsure of what to do at first...

but he soon figured it out and we had to sneak it away before he finished it off.

After a quick bath it was time to open presents!!

He got lots of trucks and cars. He really needed some boy toys. So far all he had was Olivia's kitchen set. :-)

Be back soon with pics from our week of Christmas chaos!!

Guess Who Is Turning 1 Today?!?!

My sweet little man is turning one today!!

Our family was so blessed to welcome Noah Silas into the world this time. And just like his older sister, he gave us a bit of a fright right after his birth. I had a uneventful labor and delivery with Noah and was able to have him naturally with no pain meds of any kind. He was a healthy baby boy, weighing in at 8lbs 10oz. We brought him home a week before Christmas and were very excited that he was here to help us celebrate with family and friends. On Christmas Eve we bundled up our little crew to head to Eric’s grandparents for a Christmas get-together. Noah had come down with a mild cold the day before, but other than that he seemed fine. While we were there he became very lethargic, would not eat, and started running a high fever. Within 30 minutes he was having trouble breathing. We immediately drove to the ER. They took one look at him and started breathing treatments and told us that after test he would be admitted to the hospital. He was diagnosed with RSV and we spent 5 days with him in the hospital hooked to a heart/oxygen monitor and doing breathing treatments around the clock. He finally started improving on the 5^th day and they sent us home with lots of meds and a breathing treatment machine. It took the little guy and few months to completely recover and we praise God that he didn’t develop any lasting health issues.

Noah is a very happy baby (when he isn’t teething) and has made our home a wonderful place! Olivia adores him and when he is asleep or away from her she is constantly looking for him or calling his name. He is affectionately called “bubbe” in our home and we all love him so much. I praise God every day for giving us such a sweet baby boy. My prayer for Noah is that he will know Jesus at an early age and live a life pleasing to his Savoir. That he will learn to be obedient and to put others before himself. And that he will be a strong leader in his home one day and hopefully raise up a godly family.

Happy Birthday Noah Silas!!

We Love You Little Man!!

Daddy, Mommy, and Olivia

Olivia's 2nd Birthday Party

Life had been very busy since we got back from vacation and this blog has been put on the back-burner for awhile. I'm thinking that things will slow down this coming week and I hope to be able to share with you a little bit of what we have been doing.

Olivia turned 2 while we were on vacation, but we celebrated with family and friends the weekend before we left. Here are a few pictures from her party.

We had a Minnie Mouse theme.

This is Minnie's bow :-)

Her birthday gift from Mommy and Daddy.

She loves her new bike!!

Olivia is 2!!!!

She is turning 2 today and I just can’t believe how fast the years are going by. I remember the day she was born and the little scare we had immediately after. She had a low oxygen count in her blood and one of her legs was very white. They thought she might have a hole in her heart so we had to take a few x-rays and test. She was put on oxygen and an IV and I couldn’t feed her for a few days. Thankfully she didn‘t have a heart defect and they decided it was an infection. After several days in the nursery, we introduced my pumped milk and then started nursing the day after that. She came home after 4 days in the hospital and it was a day that changed my life. I was a new mother and this was reality. Over the past two years, she has grown from a sweet little baby into a beautiful little girl. I’m so thankful God has made me her mother. I pray He gives me the grace to raise her up in a way that is pleasing to Him, that she would come to know His saving grace at an early age, and that she would live a life that is sold out to Jesus Christ.

Happy Birthday Olivia!!

We love you very much. You are a wonderful blessing to our family.

Mommy, Daddy, and Noah



Birthday's and Somewhat Normal Day's...

This is our little man on his 1 month birthday. Isn't he handsome...I'm pretty sure his eyes are going to stay blue like Olivia's. It is hard to believe how much he has grown already. Today he is 6 weeks old and weighing close to 11 lbs!!! He is smiling a lot and even tries to "baby babble" a little.

We have had so much going on lately that I just haven't had time to sit down and write a decent post. Adjusting to two littles can be a lot of work and difficult at times.

Olivia is curious and really want to "help" with Noah. She is learning to be gentle and soft when it comes to touching the baby. Sometimes we have great days...

and other times we all look like this.

Life with two under a year old can be full of surprises...

but I wouldn't trade them for the world.

Last Friday night we celebrated my mother-in-law's 50th birthday and my sister-in-law's 24th birthday.

Lots of fun was had by all. :-)

What fun would it be without gag gifts?!?!

They may seem a little bored but we really had a great time.

We love you Mawmaw and hope you had a wonderful birthday!!