Madelin's 4th Birthday MINUTE Picture at 11:05 AM

And here she is....her First Picture as a 4 Year old!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Our Sweet, Madelin Anne!!!!  She lives life to its FULLEST every moment and brings so much LOVE and JOY to our Family!!  Madelin, Mommy and Daddy LOVE you and are so thankful that God gave you to us!!  You are a TREASURE to us ALWAYS!

In the picture, she is sporting Michaela's sparkle sneakers, that are still too big for Madelin to wear, but they look PRETTY so she chose them for her picture!  And as usual, a tu-tu is a MUST for her to have on!!!! In Madelin's world, you never know when you will have an audience to Dance for and thus, need to always be prepared to perform ; )

These are a few pictures we took back inside right after, so we could get some without her sunglasses on!! 
After we took these pictures, she looked at me and said, "So, I am four now, right?" And I answered, "Yes!" She then said, "Well, I don't really feel any different.  I don't feel 4!" Too cute!!

HAPPY 4th BIRTHDAY MADELIN!!!! 

Madelin's 4th Birthday Breakfast!!

We LOVE Birthdays around here and celebrate ALL DAY LONG!!  Daddy went out and got Madelin her favorite Dunkin Donut, Pink with Sprinkles, and we all enjoyed a yummy Birthday Breakfast together!! 

Madelin was THRILLED to see the special Birthday decorations too!!  While at the table together, we looked back on Madelin's old Birthday pictures and reminisced about her prior birthdays and how much she has grown!! 

We love you, Madelin!!

Michaela's 1st Dance Competiton

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Valentine's Day

We had a lovely Valentine's Day together!  Our day consisted of School work, taking Daddy a Surprise V-day gift to his office, Ice cream with friends, Dance class, a surprise visit from Daddy at Dance class, and flowers and a poem from Matt to me, and a visit with gifts from Mommom and Pappy!!  It was a Simple, But LOVE filled day with Friends and Family!!!

Here's Hoping for MORE Snow!!!

We have had a crazy mild Winter!!  With today being Ground Hog Day, I was so thankful to hear that we are expected to have 6 more weeks of Winter!!!  A chance to maybe get a few good SNOW Storms! 

So far, we have only had a couple inches of Snow that we woke up to 1 Saturday morning in January and with the heat the next day, it didn't last long!! The pictures above are from that snow! 

We are hopeful to get some cold weather and a heaping of Snow!!!

Our New Favorite Dessert

Our New Favorite Dessert.....Homemade from Scratch Double layer Chocolate Cake with our Semi-homemade Whipped Frosting!  Matt and I BOTH love to make this cake together and then enjoy it together!  Yes, we do share it with others too ; ) The girls love it as well!! 

Baby # 3

GIRL!!!!!!!!!

After 2 ultrasounds, our sweet # 3 decided to cooperate and let us find out the gender!  We are thrilled to be able to raise another Daughter!!!  We can't wait to meet our sweet Girl! 

I am at 25 weeks and doing great!  Now only if we can decide on a a name for her!!! 

Matt and I found out the gender together at the 2nd ultrasound and had family over to reveal the gender with either a Pink or blue cake!  Given that it was Christmas Vacation Week, I was unable to find a bakery open....so, we kept it simple and made our own cake!  Michaela and Madelin couldn't wait for 7:00 pm for us to cut the cake together and reveal the news to them!  They were Over the Moon about having another Girl for our family!!  

Sunflower Painting

Michaela painted this picture today at school during art time.  Her class is studying an American Artist each week and after they learn about the artist, they then have to paint a picture in the style of that week's artist.  This week the painter was Georgia O'Keefe!  I love Michaela's scale, colors, and concept of her Sunflower picture!

Rollerskating on Christmas Day!

Mom and Dad got the girls rollerskates for Christmas!  They tried them out right away and loved them!!

Christmas at Mommom and Pappy's!!!!!

We had a lovely time at Mom and Dad's for Christmas.  We were blessed to be with family and spend it together!