baby brock is HERE!!!

what an incredible feeling to walk into a room where a baby was just delivered into the world only moments ago. raquel glowed... paul was proud... and baby was perfect. what a miracle. love this family :)

valentine's party

i love this holiday! my good friend stephanie put on an awesome v-day playdate. lunch was perfect, crafts were fun, and little friends were plentiful.


my little "helpers"
this is pretty much all gage's favorite foods
she napped through most of it.
sooooo many sugar cookies... lauren, they were a hit!
decorating bags
love these girls
it was party.

my favorite age... thus far

just for my own journaling i want to tell a couple of things that have made me want to just collapse because i thought it was so cute. of course, it's going to be a "you had to be there" moment.

• so we are walking in the mall and we pass a "little person". gage starred and said "he's little like me, no... i'm bigger."

• there was a little girl in the pool who asked him what his name was and out of nowhere says, "scooter".

• at church gage says hi to his sunbeam teacher and says, "do you have a baby in your tummy?"

• i'm sitting down and he asks me if i have a baby in my tummy, i say no, do you want me to get a baby in my tummy. he says, "yes, a baby brother." i say, "what should we name him". he says, "Buddy."

i can't leave anywhere without him yelling, "kiss, kiss". or when there is a pause in the conversation and he says, "i sure love you." makes it all worth it, right?

that's all that comes to mind, right this second.