my heart and soul

lately my little pear has my heart. she has the most infectious smile and low (sounds like she's fake laughing) laugh. she is saying so many words now and repeats almost anything i ask her to, in her own way. her little brain is expanding everyday and it's such a blessing to be able to see her grow. i love being her mommy! though she's been overly fussy and needy lately (thanks to teething), I just still love her to pieces. she makes me laugh, smile and multiples times a day I can't help but to pick her up and squeeze her. love my little princess pear pear!!

Our Summer

Well I know I've been missing for a while. Decided to take the summer off but I know in the future I'm going to regret it because I missed out on documenting our summer.

Our summer can be summed up by one word, WATER.

More to come later!

my little pear is one...sigh

It's hard to believe that a year ago today I was going to the hospital to be "flipped", not knowing that we would bring our little girl into the world. She has the brightest eyes, the softest spirit and I just love her. We all do. She is such a blessing and I know I am a better person for being her mother. Love you little Pear and happy happy birthday to you!

i found this poem i wrote for steele on his first birthday and wanted to share it again. i remember feeling all those same feelings when perry was born. i thought i'd share it again.

one year ago today

april 4, 2010

{by: mommy}

.....

one year ago today,

our lives changed forever.

after trials drove hard

we thought this day would be never.

.....

one year ago today,

we knew the time was then.

our spirits overflowed with joy

what a blessing our journey had been

.....

one year ago today,

on an early April morn

God sent a little spirit

to us so safe and warm.

.....

one year ago today,

he was welcomed with open arms.

emotions overwhelmed our hearts

could our love keep him from harm?

.....

one year ago today,

his breath was soft and mild

his spirit beamed through deep blue eyes

we knew he was meant to be our child

.....

today one year has past, 
each day filled with love 
we know our Father in Heaven 
has sent Steele from above

sunny easter sunday

{ward easter egg hunt}

 {beloved sister varney}

{easter morning}

{church goin' folk}

{the hunt}

my steeley wheeley turns three!

i haven't been in the mood for editing pictures lately.
kind of just liking raw natural pictures right now.
not sure if it's laziness or that i purely like the freshness of it.
that said, here is steele's third birthday celebration...
all.day.long...
first was a little friend get-together.
we had all the neighborhood and a few friends celebrate with us.
sorry i didn't get pictures of everyone who was there.
we loved seeing everyone and having steele get to be with all his friends.

 we played some fun easter games.

steele decided months ago that he wanted a 'captain america' birthday party.

i tried to find captain america stuff but couldn't.

we went to zurkers and still couldn't find anything. 

then we walked past the 4th of July section and steele went nuts!

he just kept picking up everything with a flag and saying 

"look it's a captain america flag!! oh mom look! it's captain american cups!!"

he was so excited to get a few things for his party.

{the invite}

 {nothing more american that coke...}

 {the food}

steele just kept saying he wanted chicken so i went with a pasta bar...with chicken:).

{this sums up gift opening. complete chaos!}

we practiced what to say when someone gives you a gift for days.

we would wrap one of his toys up in his blanket and he or i would

"open" the gift and pretend to be so surprised.

i always emphasized how important it is to say thank you. 

so funny how much you have to do to get a kid to understand manners ha!

what a day!
it was just perfect for steele.
he got to play outside most of the day
and be 'captain america' at his party.

my heart just can't take that he is three.
he is already changing and becoming a TOTAL hand full.
but that is an entirely different post.
for now i will just say that i love my steeley wheeley more than anything!
he is my best little friend and has such a sweet heart.
my favorite thing he says lately is
"mom, guess what?.................(whispered with a smirk and shoulders shrugged) i love you."
usually followed with a kiss.
melts my heart.

love you steeley!!