A Few Easter Pics...

Our Sweet Allyson

Our sweet Allyson turned 5 in April. I can't believe it! Nor can I believe that she will be in Kindergarten in the fall! YIKES!

She was so excited to get a Nintendo DS & a Build-a-Bear game for her birthday!

After the Easter Egg hunt at Preschool...

Each year at Preschool, they have eggs in an incubator that the kids get to watch hatch & then they get the opportunity to hold them. Ally was very hesitant to hold them, but Mommy helped her and she really did well & ended up excited that she held one!

For some reason, Mommy doesn't quite trust this little guy alone with the chick!

Ally shares a birthday with a lady in our church, and to celebrate their birthday's, they went to the The Gilbertsville Tea Room. Ally had such a wonderful time and is still talking about it. She wants to take the whole family, although I'm not quite sure it's the place for our young family! Thank you, Lisa & Jenna...Ally will always have these fun memories!



Loving Technology!!!

My children have always loved technology, electronics, you name it....

and Anderson hasn't missed a beat.

For Anders' 1st Birthday, Grandma sent him a smart phone!

He loves it!

And He LOOOOVES Laptops!

...and I just had to sneak this one in of Daddy wrestling with the boys ~

I loves this smile (really giggles)!

Some Spring Break Fun!!!

This year we took a day the week of Spring Break & headed to the Please Touch Museum for a fun family day. The kids had such a great time....

Building a Fire

Our Pianoman...Anders!

Cooking Up Some Grub

Alice in Wonderland

My Baby is Growing Up!!!

Ready To Work Some Construction!

Grocery Shoppin'

Time to Check Out

Aidan, Ally & Abby

We're Alive!!!

Yes, we are alive! I know it's hard to believe...but we really haven't fallen off the face of the earth. I can tell you that I think about blogging every day, and for some reason or another it always gets pushed to the side & now 9 months later...here I am...finally blogging! I guess I really have a lot of catching up to do! There's so much to say, I don't know how I will ever catch up, but we'll see! :) I hope to be blogging a little more now!

We are all doing very well! Life with 4 kids within a span of 6 years is overwhelming! Don't get me wrong...I love every minute I have with my kiddos and am so thankful to God for entrusting us with these 4 very precious little lives. I think I feel overwhelmed the majority of the time & not sure how I'm going to get it all done in the amount of time there is to get things done, but I'm constantly learning & being reminded that my time spent with my kiddos is ultimately the most important. The past year definitely hasn't been an easy year for me as a wife & mom. Lots of learning & adjusting & growing, and I will forever be learning & adjusting & growing. I'm so thankful that God is patient with me & continues to guide me out of bed each morning reminding of the little lives that he has given me to take care of and to teach to follow & depend on Him. I've always thought and said, "God will never give me more than I can handle", but when I was pregnant with Anderson, I remember David preaching about this and he said "God can and will give us more than we can handle.....(ME: ahhhhhh! noooo!!) for us to learn to follow and depend on him fully!" This is so true....I don't think I will ever tell anyone again that God will not give them any more than they can handle....because He does....and I am a true picture of this. I could never have gone through this past year without His hand literally holding me up. He has definitely given me more than I can handle with 4 very young children, but I think He's wanted to see how I would handle it...would I turn to Him for help? Some days, yes...other days, not so well. I'm still learning & I'm still trying & am so thankful for a God Who understands & is patient with me & doesn't give up on me, despite all my mistakes!

Stay tuned....more updates to come!

Anderson Has Found His Tongue...

And so has Ally! :)

4 Months Old!!!

I cannot believe my littlest man is really 4 months old! Anderson is so precious. He is such a happy, smiley little guy who loves his family, but loves everyone who will talk to him. He rewards them with huge smiles! Anders is really doing very well...he's still very small, but he is developing right on track & I can't quite believe we are already ready to start cereal! We went for Anders' 4 month well-check today & the doctor mentioned giving him cereal whenever I was ready & I just wanted to blurt out how "NOT READY" I was. I almost couldn't believe myself. With all of my other kids, I was/am ready & excited about helping them develop and grow into the next phase of growing up....but not Anders! I am truly cherishing these times with having him so little (& he's extra little). I think it might be because my chances of having any more are pretty slim, since the hubby is "DONE". :)

Today's Stats @ 4 months:

Weight: 11 lbs. 10 oz. (up from 9 lbs. 4 oz. @ 2 months)

Length: 24 1/2 inches (up from 22 3/4 inches @ 2 months)

We go back in a month for a weight check. Not necessarily to see if he'll catch up to a more "average" weight, but just to see if this is just the trend he will be keeping. The doctor is not at all concerned, especially since his length is in the 50th%. I am so thankful for my healthy little man.

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Anderson's 3-month Pictures