Light at the End of the Tunnel

It's a busy week for many people and our family is definitely included. Here's what we have going on...

• i am recovering from strep
• johanna is recovering from ear infections
• abigail has 3 1/2 days of school
• henry has 2 mornings of school, with an early pick-up one day (please let me remember this!)
• i have one night of work
• we have abigail's speech tonight
• we have abigail's conference tonight
• colin has conferences every night this week for at least three hours each night
• we have a new baby-sitter tonight (due to abby's conference)
• we have her again tomorrow night (due to me working and colin at conferences)
• four of us are leaving for a 20+ hour drive to florida on thursday at 1:00
• johanna is leaving thursday afternoon for a flight to florida with yoyo and papa
• i have to pack for four of us for florida
• and pack for johanna for thursday and friday
• i have medications to fill
• groceries to buy
• mail to stop
• car to clean
  

BUT...in four days I'll be in Florida. With family. In the sun, on the beach, by the pool, even visiting Mickey for a day. We are blessed. Busy, but blessed.

Welcome Mila Quinn!

Welcome to the world, Mila Quinn! Mila made her entrance on Wednesday, March 17 in the morning. She weighed 6 pounds, 15 ounces and is adorable! Joel and Kelly are doing great and everyone is home now and doing well. We are so excited for the new little girl in our family and it's even more fun that she and Johanna share a birthday! Welcome, Mila, we love you so much already!

More Birthday Pictures

It was a gorgeous day on Johanna's actual birthday so we went outside for a while. I decided to take the opportunity to take some pictures of her. She didn't really want to look at the camera, but there are still some adorable pics of the Birthday Girl!

Happy First Birthday, Johanna!

Happy Birthday to my sweet Johanna! She turned one on Wednesday, March 17. I cannot believe that it's been a year since she joined our family. She is such a sweet girl and we cannot imagine our lives without her! We celebrated her on Sunday with family and friends. The theme of the party was "cupcakes." We had lunch and cupcakes and just enjoyed Josie! Here are a ton of pictures from her special day. Happy Birthday, Sweetheart!

Not so sure about the party hat.

I made this banner for her.

Johanna loves her stroller and Baby Stella!

Downing that cupcake like a pro!

This is what Josers does when she's tired.

She LOVES her tea sets!

Where have I been?

Life is busy around here. We've been busy with:
-School for Colin, Abigail and Henry
-Work for Colin and me
-Coffee Break for Henry, Johanna and me
-Doctor appointments for everyone
-Dentist appointment for me
-More work
-Drawing pictures for Henry
-Preparing for Spring Break in Florida
-Cleaning
-Cooking
-Grocery Shopping
-Adjusting to the time change
-Trying to get the older two to sleep in their own beds
-Having a birthday party for JOHANNA!

It's been busy. The blog has been put on the back burner...even further back then the back burner. We celebrated Johanna yesterday with family. Her birthday is Wednesday...my baby will be one! I'll get some pictures up on here by Wednesday.

Have a great week everyone!