Happy Mother's Day!

All you want? Is for them to feel a deep sense of safety, that they are safe to trust people, safe to dream large, safe to believe, safe to try, safe to love large and go fly — and you need to know that you haven’t wrecked that. That they feel the certain, tender embrace of your love —- in spite of all the storming times you acted unlovely.
So… SomeOne?
Could someone just wrap up a bit of Grace?
What every mother wants, her most unspoken need —  is a truckload of Grace. 

Thankful for my Grace-ful Mom, Mother-in-law, and Grandmas!
Thankful for my chance to be a Mom! :)
 

Eleven Months

Big girl - she can *almost* walk - she's taken quite a few steps in a row but is still too wobbly to call it walking yet.  She loves pushing around the walker in the living room and out on the deck.  She goes between loving food and being picky.  She takes good naps and is a good night-time sleeper.  She laughs the best for her big brother and give hugs and kisses to everyone (except kisses for dad... the beard is too scratchy for her!).  She is, in a word, adorable.  We love you Brooke!

Emu visit

So... have you ever met a baby emu?

We had a chance to visit a day old emu at a friend's house.  In fact, there were two babies inside who had hatched the day before, and then there was a three day old baby who was outside running and eating.

Dad Emu sitting on the baby and keeping it warm

can you spy the emu?

cousins

Kylie and Connor are just the best pals.

This picture makes me smile.  Such a sweet boy and his fun-loving cousin laughing away at Easter.

She LOVES the camera

letting her touch the lens cap

I mean, she signs 'more' when she sees me take the camera out of the bag.

She is such a cheeser the whole time I'm aiming the camera at her.  I barely have any "candid" pictures of her for the last two months because all she wants to do is look and smile for me!  It's adorable and hilarious.

"out-takes"

 when we took these pictures we had a good laugh about Connor always wanting to have a "hand signal"...

Easter

Easter Weekend

started with a trip to the Science Center with the Hoffman side of the family

The next day was an egg hunt and lunch with Barton's and Ritter's and then a trip to the mall for a train ride!

Brooke's first Easter! 

It was a great weekend and fun to see everyone!

Sunglasses

We blue-eyed people love a good pair of sunglasses.

Brooke is learning to love hers!

June 2014

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March 2011

July 2015