Happy 5th Birthday, D!!!!!!

A very happy 5th birthday to Dylan!!  Hard to believe it's been 5 years already!!  

Dylan, 
Thanks for making me the luckiest mommy in the world.  I think to myself on a daily basis how incredibly blessed I am to have you as a kiddo.  You make me laugh, and your smile is contagious!  I can't wait for many, many more adventures with you!

Love,
Mommy

p.s. I know I am so far behind on the blog...we really haven't been up to much...oh wait, that's completely untrue!  We've been our normal, crazy, busy selves!  I have tons to post about (and a TON of adorable pictures)...promise to get them all up soon!!  

AHHHH!!!

Has it really been 2 weeks?!?  I WILL get better about posting more often...for now I'll let my very cute almost 5 year old save me :)

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow

We got hit with a big snowstorm on Tuesday...luckily we were well prepared and camped out at Namma and Papa's.  They played with Dylan during the day, while I worked with a few breaks for playing in the snow.  Even though snow is a pain, it's awfully pretty...but I could do without these 5 degree days!!  

Baby Sydney and Aunt NiNi enjoyed the snow in NYC!

D's new favorite game...Sorry :)

D likes ice cream regardless of temperature...wonder where he gets it :)

HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY 6th birthday, Ella!!!  More on this later!!

Tough week around here...thanks for all the texts/emails/prayers and support.  It means so much to us to have so many people thinking of us and sending us love...it truly does help and we are very appreciative.

Here are a couple of (super cute) reasons to keep smiling...

Big Huge Slacker?!?!

I know, I know, I know!!  I'm a HUGE slacker!!  Life has been insane...but lots of FUN things happening as well!!  Leading the way is the birth of Sydney Vivian Roberts!!  That's right, I have a new niece and D has a new cousin.  Sydney is perfect (did we expect anything less?) and Chris and NiNi have transitioned into parenting seamlessly and perfectly!!  Here are a few pics, and I promise some catch up posts soon!!

First cousin video chat!

Even all 3 kiddos couldn't wake Sydney up :)

I got to go out to NYC on a business trip and meet the little one!!  As hard as it is to believe, she's even cuter in person!!

Never fear, D was in great hands back in KC with Namma and Papa...and he somehow convinced them that a M&M cookie for breakfast was just as healthy as if they had donuts...look how excited he is!!

MLK Day fun :)

Getting Our Christmas On...

It has been a busy time of year...(then again, when are we not busy!?!)  We have been having a lot of fun getting into the Christmas spirit this year!  Dylan is VERY into it this year and it is fun to watch things through his eyes!  He very nicely asked Santa for new golf clubs...but a few days ago asked me if he thought that Santa would bring him an iPad...I told him not this year, but I think he's already plotting for next year!!  Here's a bunch of pics of what has been keeping us busy :)

For the first time since he was a baby, Dylan sat on Santa's lap without a problem!  

I took Maggie on her special date for her birthday (yes for those of you tracking, it was in February!).  We went to Build-a-Bear and McDonald's.  We had a GREAT time and I really love the one on one interaction!!

Meet "Paggie" :)

We had the girls spend the night, so we renewed our tradition of making Christmas cookies :)  We also made our own pizzas.  The kids were great and we had a blast...although, I'm still finding sprinkles on the floor!

Chocolate chip (pink) pancakes...Ella made my day when she said they were the best pancakes she had ever had!

D was SO proud of this card he made for Uncle Chris!  He did everything on it himself!!  He's getting so old!

Sophie (our elf) was in a birthday hat on my birthday, so D wanted to wear one too during breakfast :)

On my birthday, we had a fun day of kiddo performances! First Dylan's holiday concert in the morning followed by Ella's ballet recital in the afternoon!  And then dinner and cake at Craig Street :)

This past weekend, Grandma Toni came into town to celebrate Christmas.  She and Dylan had a special date on Friday and had a blast!  We had dinner with my fam on Friday night...then on Saturday, we went shopping to pick out a mattress for Dylan's new race car bed (thanks Grandma Toni and Grandpa Karl).  The weather wasn't great, so we hit up a movie as well...(is it weird that I really liked the movie Frozen??)

Playing with the bathtub race car toy!!

At IHOP...I blame Aunt NiNi!

Snow angels, shoveling and some sliding followed by hot cocoa with Ella :)

I hope everybody out there has a fabulous Christmas!!  Thanks for being a part of our lives!!  I'm sure I will have many many pics to post from Christmas!  But until then, we love you all and have a great Christmas and a happy 2014!