Friday, March 29, 2013

Happy Easter

We're wishing everyone a very happy Easter.  We're feeling the miraculous nature of this holiday with our own little miracle- more time with our Nanie.  My grandma, Nanie, is very sick.  Her breast cancer has spread throughout her body now and my family had to make the hard decision to start hospice this week.  We cried some good tears, that's for sure, but we're now moving on to the good part- cherishing Nanie and thanking God for every precious moment that we have left with her.  On Sunday we'll be visiting her after church service and having an easter egg hunt at the Leland home where she lives (followed by a nice family dinner at my Auntie E's). We're going to hug and kiss her as often as possible and remind her of how much we love her.  Please hold my Nanie and our family in your prayers.

Happy Easter to everyone.  We love you all so much and moments like this remind us to let our loved ones know just how important you all are.  

Here's a sweet little pic of Nanie and Abby.  We'll be sure to capture some Easter moments and will post them after the weekend.



Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Quick update :)

Oh my goodness, I'm not sure how this happened but we're about to be the parents of a 2 year old.  ;)  It is amazing how time flies by so quickly.  Abby is growing up so quickly and she is the most lovable, hilarious, bubbly, artistic, athletic, bookworm in the world.  ;)  This morning she was snacking on a couple cheerios before we went in to school.  She pulled one out of of her snack cup and said, "Tada!  I love cheerios."  I laughed the whole way in to school.  She keeps us in stitches.  She has quite the vocabulary and isn't afraid to voice opinions such as "I don't want to," or "No thanks."  We're proud of her strength and confidence.  Drop offs at school have gotten easier and pick ups have gotten more rewarding- she literally runs to us every day we pick her up from school with the biggest smile on her face- and that's not to say she isn't having fun, we usually interrupt her mid-dance, but boy it's good to feel that love after a long day at work.

Abby's recently been interested in dress up too- my Auntie E bought Abby a box full of dress up clothes for Christmas that we've thoroughly enjoyed and Abby doesn't go a day without putting on all of her necklaces that we have around the house. :)  Here is a picture of dress up the other day:


On Friday night we're driving down to Virginia.  We're spending the first weekend with Dianne and are driving out to the Virginia Tech campus to see Lauren on Monday.  We'll spend a couple more days at Virginia Beach and then will drop in on cousin Amber in Philadelphia over the weekend.  :)  We're really really excited to take a vacation and visit family.

We're having Abby's birthday at Drumlin Farm this year and on the morning of her actual birthday. :)  We really loves farm animals so we thought it'd be fun to spend the morning of her birthday touring a farm and celebrating her.  :)  Pictures to follow for sure!

Sending love to everyone!!!

xoxoxox