happy {22nd} birthday uncle chase!

today we are wishing uncle chase a very very happy 22nd birthday! thanks for being the fun uncle you are!

we love you!

to my little man...

jedidiah charles... today you are 1! it doesn't seem possible that it was a whole year ago that we met you for the first time! i remember being so surprised when i saw your full head of dark hair and how big you were! we feel in love with you the second we saw you! instantly we knew you were perfect for our family... at the same time... we were incredibly overwhelmed at God's goodness to us that He would choose to bless us with two precious, healthy babies, only 13 1/2 months apart!

this past year you have proven to us that boys and girls are just 'different' in every sense of the word. you just seem to find trouble a little easier than your sis every did. you keep us on our toes and we love every minute of it (for the most part)!

you have a very, very loud voice that fills a room, big boy hands and feet and have just been a big guy from the start! you try your hardest to keep up with you sister and are succeeding for the most part! you are taking lots of steps but still know you can get places quicker if you just crawl... and most of the time, quick is what you are after!

as tough as you try to be... you still like to cuddle, and get lots of loves from your mama. i'm good with that! keep them comin' because i know it won't be long and you just won't have enough time!

i cannot wait to see what is in store for you this next year. i can get wrapped up in the overwhelming feeling that this time is just slipping away too fast... but i truly do enjoy every step along the way. but time could slow down... just a little!

we love you so so so much! what a sweet little man you are... i'm blessed to be able to be your mama!

happy 1st birthday jed!

family pictures {2010}

once again, kim captured some precious photos for us on the bricks in downtown kearney! it was frigid cold out so we took breaks with the kids putting them in the warm car to warm up! i love being able to capture our family in this moment. to be able to freeze time in a picture so we can look back and remember these precious faces when they were almost 2 and almost 1. thanks kim for taking to time to shoot these pictures on a frigid november day! i love them!