Time Flies
Its amazing how time goes by soooo slowly when you are pregnant. Then after you have your baby you blink, and the first year is almost over!! It is truly incredible how that happens. Because we realize this crazy phenomenon, we tend to cherish each baby a bit more and more... Vera is certainly no exception. If you are following my FB page or Instagram, you can see we love taking pictures of this darling little girl.
Joel turns 6!!
We had an informal, McDonalds, Star Wars themed Birthday party for Joel 3. His favorite gift was the Flash t shirt he's wearing below.
RV trips to Vermont and Florida
In February, we took the whole family on an RV trip to Vermont and FWB, FL. The Vermont trip was ... COLD. The family did exceptionally well. We found a couple YMCA's to run around, and Vera couldn't have been happier. Dark, always bumping along, loud road noise, brothers voices close by.. its like an infant's heaven!
Our Annual trip to Fort Walton Beach, FL did not disappoint. We had beautiful weather, and ..because of Joel's amazing sister Emily Penton, we got some serious time to spend with like-minded friends. Oh yeah.. and the boys had fun too.
Vera was the perfect baby, as.. almost always. ;) and so we took her to the banquet and a fancy restaurant on Valentine's Day.
Anniversary
Joel and I had a little Getaway for our 10 year anniversary!!! Yes, that's right. Boy, don't I feel old? Yes. I do. Anyway, We went to Fort Wayne, IN (cue the woo hoo's!) and enjoyed some movies, a hotel suite and you guessed it.. a little Asti and treats as well. Yumm. Oh yea.. Vera was with us too. She likes to sleep a lot (just like me) so it wasn't a problem.
The boys have enjoyed a "Movie Saturday" with Daddy if they have good behavior all week. Most of the time they all participate but sometimes... 1 of them isn't allowed to participate in the reward. Any guesses as to who?
Judah. Yep, he's at a difficult age (4.5) but he is surprisingly turing into a big boy pretty fast all of a sudden. He finally took an interest in riding a bike (with training wheels), finally doesn't need a pull up at night, and finally sits well enough to take part in a reading lesson with Mommy - and does very well!!
Joel has been obsessed with Lord of the Rings... Yes, we allowed him to watch the real movies.
He is also obsessed with baby Vera... I guess we have that in common...
