one!

one. she's one, people. 

how did this happen?

one moment she was a helpless baby

and now she is a determined, silly little girl.

she gets herself ready for photo shoots now ;) 

 first of two good pictures

 (had about 30 like this)

 not moving but not gunna smile

food- noodles, smoothies, berries, really just food in general!

toys: big brother's cars, balls, the farm, her dolly
loves: to snuggle (but only for a second), rock in the rocking chair, play with parker, sing and dance, eat, climb stairs, and splash in the tub.

can we just recap the past year? as i shed a tear...

10 months!

happy birthday missy moo! we love you so much!

madalyn's baptism

on mother's day we had madalyn baptized! it was a wonderful day!

she was great spirits! she loved getting the water on her head ;)

 parker at this point "mama, i kind of want to make a loud noise right now!" 

"um, no"

 WATER!

so glad that nana and papa could be there for this special day!

baptism is welcoming a child into god's family. what i love is that is also a promise from the church family to love and encourage and help raise this child in god's family. i love that it reminds us all that we are all responsible for each other and that we should be involved in one another's lives. it shows that we should share in lives ups and downs and god's love.

oh, and i should have a video of this special day soon! hope to share it with everyone :)

eleven months.

Ahh...technology difficulties! i've had these pictures on my camera for a month! madalyn turns one tomorrow but here are the 11 month pictures!

new teeth! (two top teeth...the eye ones not the middle! fangs!)

standing up on your own!

into everything!

lots of babbling...mama, baba, dada, uhh,

signing: more (always more) thank you

hawaii!

at the end of april brandon and i took a trip to maui! we went for 10 days without the kiddos! a huge thanks to garth and mary for staying with them :)

we went with our good friends and had such a good time! beautiful beaches, excellent food and sun!

 huge turtle! we got to swim with some too!

 sunrise from the top of the mountain

 my morning view

 dinner at hanu, yum!

 sunset

 one of the seven beaches we went to

 paddle boarding

 lounging and reading (i read 4 books over our trip!)

 best tacos ever!

 it got cold (like 80')