IT IS OFFICIAL

We are homeowners.



We bought a nice townhome right here in our neighborhood. After looking at a variety of options, (house vs. townhome, close to work vs. longer commute, our school vs. new school, etc.) we decided to keep the kids at their school (and in the bus route!) and to stay close to work.

We are all happy to have more room (2000 sq. ft., woo hoo!) and the kids are just thrilled to have stairs. I guess kids are easy to please.

More details of our home projects to come soon!

NINE

That is how old Corinne is today.



Nine years ago the doctor laid this new baby on my stomach. My first thought: Wow. Her eyes are huge. Second thought (that I said out loud): She's cute! (as if I didn't expect her to be. Let's be honest, brand new babies aren't always so pretty for the first few hours.) Then I said, She isn't weird looking or anything! The nursed laughed.




I remember telling my parents I thought I would be biased about my kids, but I'm not. Corinne is the cutest baby at church, and not because I'm biased. She just really is!

Corinne is a sweet friend, nurturing sister, and tender-hearted little girl. We are so privileged to be her parents.






Happy Birthday Corinne!!

NO WONDER SHE WON'T TAKE A NAP...

Yesterday I laid a very tired Allison down for a nap. She started crying and crying and would not go to sleep. I finally went in her room and found this:






She had somehow tried to take off her shirt and got stuck. Of course I laughed hysterically and then had to get the camera. (I am sensitive like that.) For the record, I have now found her in her crib like that three different times!

IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING...

This is how the last two months of my life have looked:





Good times, good times.

IN 6 SHORT YEARS...

we went from this:





to this:




How is that even possible???

Happy 6th Birthday, Matthew. We love you!

BIRTHDAY BASH

We had Matthew's birthday party on Saturday. It was supposed to be a "short and simple" party at the park right after his soccer game. Yeah right. Why is it that even the simplest party is SO time consuming and crazy?!? It was the biggest party we had ever done (I think there were 16 kids there, NOT including my own), but Matt had so much fun and got some great gifts.









I think the biggest hit was the water balloon toss (thanks Tyson for the great idea, and filling 30+ water balloons). The kids also liked the crazy cupcakes I made, which didn't turn out at all like I had hoped, but oh well. Matthew had a great time and that's all that matters!

SISTERS

The girls wore some cute matching outfits today and I thought I'd share a few photos.





Matthew was making Allison smile for the picture. I guess she thought he was hilarious!