father's day.

I am truly blessed to have some wonderful fathers in my life. I am especially blessed to be able to share my life and love with one very special guy in particular. I am not an eloquent enough writer nor do I have sufficient words to explain how great of a daddy Mikey is - all I can say is that he's the best and we're so lucky he's ours! You will always be able to find Mikey wrestling on the floor with the kids, picking them up in giant bear hugs and swinging them around or chasing them from one end to the other pretending to be a "monster." Wherever he is little kids laughter and screams of delight (and sometimes screams of sheer terror) abound. He is loving, kind, firm, steadfast, silly, goofy, funny, caring, sweet and overall just amazing! We love you Daddy! This Fathers Day we celebrated Mikey with the "Father's Day Egg Drop" at Logan's school, a day golfing and breakfast in bed. We joined Mikey's family over at Katie and Erik's house for a Fathers Day "surf and turf" cookout and a friendly daddy sporting competition between all the fathers (Mikey tied for 2nd with Erik). Overall we had a wonderful weekend with an even more wonderful guy. So happy Father's Day to all the amazing Dad's out there but especially to the first boy I ever loved, my Dad, to my Father-in-law, Chuck who's caring nature always surprises me and to my one and only husband, our rock and the glue that keeps our family together. I am so grateful for these incredible men in our lives to help mold and shape Logan into the man he will become xoxo

Super Daddy!  Mikey swinging around 4 kids.

Father's Day Egg Drop:

Finding the best egg.

Daddy & Logan's Masterpiece: It doesn't look like much but that baby kept our egg safe and sound :)

Logan giving Daddy his Fathers Day gift that he made.

touch a truck.

While the boys worked on our deck, Logan and I went to the Morgantown Touch a Truck fundraiser to support the WVU Hospital Cancer Center.  Logan was in heaven!  So many trucks, so little time!  I think it may have been slightly overwhelming for the poor little guy.  He had a blast visiting all of the different vehicles and "driving" them.  This will definitely be on our list of annual things to attend for many years to come!

avery's birthday.

Our oldest niece Avery Joy turned 6 years old on June 1st.  I cannot believe that she is six!  We celebrated with her party at Big Bear Lake on Saturday and then went over to Katie and Erik's house on Sunday for some water play and her birthday dinner.  As expected the kids had a wonderful time up at Big Bear Lake.  They went swimming in Baby Bear Lake, which we as the parents were not entirely prepared for but we went with it, they enjoyed rides on the golf carts and just running around the campsite being kids.  I think Avery had a great time at her 6th birthday party, especially when she opened her presents.  She asked for nail polish and I have never seen anyone more excited!  Happy Birthday Avery Joy, we love you!!

Again poor parent planners of the year here, Logan + water - swimsuit = swimming in his undies...Please don't judge! :)

The Girls.

I LOVE her facial expressions over her new nail polish!

"Cool Dude" playing in the pool.

surprise! it's a girl!

Mikey and I are so excited to announce that we are expecting a BABY GIRL this August! After the complications we had with Devan's pregnancy we are taking all the necessary precautions with this one. I am seeing a high risk OBGYN at the hospital and I really love the practice. That was one of my main concerns moving because my physician's back in Arlington knew my history and story and they had a plan. But right from the start my new OB set my mind at ease and it has been nothing but positive experiences. I had the cerclage placed at 14 weeks and so far everything has been stable with no issues. I am on restricted activity but no bed rest so far and I'd definitely like to keep it that way. We are so unbelievably excited to be having a girl! She is perfect in every way and growing strong and healthy. We are a little nervous, but everything has been going so great that we decided to announce that we are expecting a girl at Logan's 3rd birthday party. I made some homemade "gender reveal" cupcakes with pink frosting in the middle and told everyone when they arrived that there was something "special" about the cupcakes.  It was a fun way to include our family and friends and very memorable.  We are so blessed and thankful to God for a healthy pregnancy so far and continue to pray that everything will stay that way resulting in a healthy full term baby girl. We truly believe in the power of prayer so please keep us in your prayers.  In the meantime I am going a little "girl crazy" planning the nursery, picking out girl clothes and accessories and let's just say my Esty cart is getting slightly out of control with monogrammed and embroidered items! Yay for little girls!