My goodness, life is flying by so incredibly fast, I’m finding it difficult to keep up! We’re in the middle of enjoying a fun, busy summer…. but for now, here is our little Thomas as he turns 1!

This time, exactly one year ago, our teeny tiny Thomas was almost 3 hours old. He was born 6 lbs even, 18 inches long and is now 25 lbs and almost as tall as his 2 1/2 year old sister… I can’t believe that it has been a whole year! The time has flown by fast… and it’s been so very fun. Our “little” Bubby has brought much laughter, a fair amount of chaos, lots of mess, but most of all complete thankfulness to God for this gift He’s brought into our lives. Thomas, we love you so much! It’s such fun to watch you grow, change and develop right before our eyes. I pray for you each and every day and trust that God will continue to grow you to be a young man who will seek passionately after our Savior!

Happy Birthday, Bubby…

My wonderful husband took me away on a surprise, early Anniversary weekend last week… we went to Amelia Island! It’s such a beautiful, relaxing place. There’s an adorable historic district with lots of fun shops and cafe’s, the beach was just a short bike ride away – or if you got a little turned around, it could then be an 8 mile bike ride… We stayed at the Williams House bed and breakfast which was by far the BEST B&B we’ve ever stayed in… all in all, it was an amazing weekend away! Chris is far too good to me…

Ok, so this is just three of them I can’t believe he’s almost 1 year old!

We love our new camera! Each day is a new photo op I’m currently reading the manual to find out all the cool tricks it can do… so fun! Here are a few of us playing outside… Sophie loves “climbing” in her tree, and Bubby is… well, just too cute for words!

Here are a few pictures from our fun Easter weekend…

I’ve got more to post from Papa and Kaykay’s photo shoot and I’m sure I’ll have many many more photos in the weeks to come… we just got our new camera!!

It seems as though life is settling back down a little bit… however, as I say that we’re on the cusp of two family weddings, a possible job change for Chris, a family vacation in mid May, eventual potty-training with Sophia, and two new teeth for Thomas! I pretty much always say *or think – or complain* something to the effect of “I just can’t wait till life is back to normal…”, which is a silly and sinful thing to say because life in and of itself is never “normal”. Life is all of the above – and more! The feeling of desiring something else is nothing more than being discontent which Paul addresses in the Bible… oh Lord, thank you that your ways are so far above ours and that Your will will be done.

Here are a few updates from our busy, fun, crazy but blessed month… 

Valentines Day:

Each year we have a Thanksgiving/Christmas dinner with some friends… however this past Christmas with everyone coming and going it was impossible to schedule! So we went ahead and got together in the beginning of February to finally celebrate! We all had a great time, especially Chris who had been looking forward to frying his turkey for weeks:

A here’s a fun collage of the kids…  Thomas is crawling, scooting and sitting all over the house! He keeps us VERY busy and Sophie is a huge help and likes to believe that she is Bubby’s mommy:

My husband is too wonderful not to brag on… we decided that we were going to celebrate Valentine’s Day early this year because he’s working this weekend. So Chris booked a room out by Disney for us to have some time away (the first time since Thomas was born!), planned for my mom to come over and watch our kids; we were leaving Tuesday night and going to be back Wednesday late afternoon. We talked about it, planned it together and agreed that would be our “gift” to each other. So, Monday night after work, we’re sitting eating dinner together planning our time, what we’ll do, where we’ll eat, etc. I got up from the table for a few minutes and when I came back Chris had cleared the table, and there on the table was a gorgeous lemongrass, Le Crueset tea kettle that I’ve been hinting at and saving for (because those things are pricey!)!! I was SO excited, and hugged and chided him for his sneakiness and rule-breaking. THEN he tells me to open it and inside are some adorable Valentines socks, (because I love fun socks) some dark chocolate (my favorite!) and a gift card… to a spa… where he had booked me… a one hour massage!! I know, right? I couldn’t believe it! I told him over and over that it was too too too tooooooooo much, but he just smiled and smugly disagreed. So the next day while he finished cleaning the house and packing and watched the kids, he sent me off to enjoy my massage so I could be relaxed and rejuvenated for our time away together…. he is so good to me!

I definitely loved my husband the day we got married and knew that that love would only grow each year of our marriage… but what I didn’t know was that Chris was going to EXCEL so early on in our marriage as a husband and a daddy. He consistently puts my needs and the needs of the kids over his own. He routinely goes out of his way to do little things that he knows will bless me. He faithfully addresses my heart, shows me my sin and reminds me of God’s grace… sometimes several times a day if it’s “one of those” days. He works crazy overtime in order to get us out from under any debt so that we can serve God to the best of our ability with the finances He provides, yet helps me with the schedule when he’s home so that I’m not overwhelmed with the extra hours he’s working. He humbly seeks the Lord in the morning so that He can receive wisdom to lead his family… and he is mine. All mine. I can’t believe how blessed I am. I am floored by God’s goodness to me through my hubby

I don’t know who reads this or if anyone will, but I wanted to take a moment to honor my husband and thank him for how wonderful he is I love you, babe!

(the picture above is us nervously waiting in line for Rockin’ Roller Coaster… oh yeah, he’s lots and lots and lots of fun too