Cousin Nate was born in March-
Our other cousin Emmai was born in February
Seeing the Easter Bunny (mom and dad are a little worried about Kate in DisneyWorld this summer)
Loving the snow (back in January:)
Dying Easter Eggs
FINALLY! Sold!
Valentine's Heart Pizzas
Moving in
Making Chocolate Bunnies
Fun with Shaving Cream (good thing Daddy wasn't home- it was a mess!)
Fun at our new neighboorhood park!
Extra highlights:
Ryan had an indoor soccer clinic and basketball class
The kids LOVE watching the train by our house : "Goodbye train, have a nice day" everytime
Ryan officially was passed the torch at Easter from cousin Ashley- he now gets to lead the prayer:)
Kate is talking up a storm now: she mumbles the prayer with Ryan, insists on certain clothes, like PJ's and shoes "Wear my crocs".
She puts on her own jacket- "I do Momma!"
We have two beautiful, energetic, ever growing kids. I am trying to ground myself in the now as I can now see for myself how time truly flies. Until Ryan turned 4 1/2 on Valentine's Day, I had embraced every milestone Ryan had reached with pride and angst to see what is around the next bend. However, 4 1/2 hit me hard, making me realize that he is growing up so quickly...my baby will be 5 this summer! As Joe and I now realize our children are closer to entering high school than we are leaving it, we realize as our kids have grown in an instant, so have we. Love this caption from Pinterest:
While Joe and I feel like we just met (almost 14 years ago), feel like we were just at Madison, feel like we just got married and bought our first home, feel like we just had our first baby...we realize that we are beyond those years/stages in life and agree that we woudln't trade anything for the world. The wisdom gained with experience, the comfort in our careers, the confidence in our decisions, the family we built, the growth as a parent (really as a human being), the memories created along the way...while older in age than we sometimes feel, we are so happy with where we are (maybe we could just stay here a little longer!).
