Jennifer is getting married this Saturday...I can't believe this day is almost here!  As the Matron of Honor, I am supposed to give a toast at the reception and I am struggling with what to say.  I have 20 years of memories to pull from and so many emotions to follow up with those memories. The other factor to think about is will I be able to speak without crying...I get teared up just thinking about her in her wedding dress walking down the aisle. So I guess I will have to count on the Holy Spirit to give me the strength I need!

                                                

Our family loves Philip!  I am excited to have another brother.  He is so perfect for Jenn and I am so grateful to God for both of them!      

                                                        Emma loves her baby brother!

Sometimes she loves him a little too much. It is so cute, 

she just wants to play and she wishes he would play with her!

Uh oh, where is Kolbe...I have to remind her that he needs to breathe...

Peek-a-boo!

There is my beautiful baby boy!

Having two children is so much fun!

 I love spending time with them while they are awake and while they peacefully sleep. :)

After naptime Emma decided she wanted to put on her "bathing soup" and go "run in water."  Kolbe was still napping so I thought it would be a perfect time to go play in the sprinkler!  Emma's buddy Addison gave us a really cool crazy sprinkler that we love to play with. :)   So i went outside and moved the chairs around and got the sprinkler all ready to go.

We put on her swim diaper and bathing suit and then she escaped and came back with a stinky diaper. After changing her a second time, we put on sunscreen and we were finally ready to play outside! Suddenly the idea of running in the sprinkler wasn't a fun idea anymore...she didn't want to get wet... I was standing there thinking "you have go to be kidding me"...

I decided to call Dan and started sweeping the back deck. I look over at Emma and she found her broom and cell phone and was acting just like mommy. Of course my heart melted and together we cleaned and pretended we were Snow White and Cinderella. Just whistle while you work...too bad I don't know how to whistle!

Yesterday Stephen and Abby came over to play. It was a rainy morning so we pulled out the dress up box and attempted to play make-believe.

Super St. Stephen, Snow White, and Abigail the Rock Star made an appearance in our home!

Time just keeps flying by.  It's funny, Dan started our blog. He thought that if he wrote the first entry, that I could then keep it up. Well... four months later...

Our life has changed a lot since our last entry. Kolbe Francis came into the world on February 27, Emma's 2nd birthday.  I woke up in the early hours of her birthday with contractions every 10-15 minutes. The contractions kept me up for a few hours and finally around 4 I fell back to sleep.  I woke up around 6 and we began Emma's birthday celebration by bringing her breakfast in bed.


I had a feeling that Kolbe was coming that day and I was just trying to process the thought of having 2 children with the same birthday. :)

Emma's little birthday party was scheduled for 11 and at 11 my contractions were 5 minutes apart. Dan packed the car and we waited for our family to arrive to get Emma's party started. We sang, she blew out her candles, she opened her gifts and then Dan and I were out the door and on our way to the hospital!

                                              Kolbe was born at 4:30 p.m.   8lbs 5oz

Having two at home has been an adjustment, but so much fun!  Emma loves her little brother. She loves to hug and kiss him, except her affection can sometimes be a little too aggressive. 

She is learning how to be gentle...

Ok, so it is after 9pm, definitely my bed time, so I will have to continue my update later. Good night!