Saturday, September 25

Baby Boy Birkholz



Yes, our little "princess/pink/girly" world is about to change in 4 months! We were so thrilled to find out that God has given us a little boy to look forward to. I had it in my head that this one was a girl, so it took me a few hours to get over the shock of it. :) But as soon as I saw him yawn on the ultrasound, I was smitten. We're praising God for this amazing gift and we can't wait to meet him!

*Names are still being debated. Adrianna's choices are Ginger and Peppermint.

Saturday, September 18

Natalie's Second Birthday

Time has gotten away from me again! With all the fun activities of summer, I haven't posted anything in a long time. But I couldn't go longer without posting about my Natalie's 2nd birthday. Natalie keeps us on our toes and has proven to me that two girls from the same parents can be entirely different. I could focus on a few traits that I must choose to love about Natalie: like the fact that she hates meat and veggies, or that she eats candles, crayons, chalk, spices and other oddities, or that she consistently loves to get into dirty, gross things. But since it is her birthday I will focus on the things that I can't help but love about her. :)

*The adorable gap between her two front teeth (I see braces in her future)
*Her uncontrollable curly, frizzy hair
*Any time I sit down, she's on my lap ready to cuddle
*She is obsessed with brushing her teeth and washing her hands with soap
*I have to spell words like "cookie, candy, cake, brownie, sucker, gum" because Natalie goes insane at the mention of those words!
*Adrianna is her favorite person in the world
*When I am disciplining her and trying to get a point across, she frequently plugs my nose and says, "PEEEEWWWW!"
*When I play the piano, she gets her pink Bible and sings at the top of her lungs
*Her high-pitched voice saying "Hi!" to me as I open her door each morning
*The fact that she's our second child and hasn't gotten nearly the one-on-one attention that her sister did hasn't stopped us from being completely overwhelmed with love for our little girl.

Thank you, God, for such a wonderful gift!!





Friday, June 4

Summer Favorites:

*no snow
*no coats
*Natalie's chubby legs in shorts :)
*sunshine and loud birds to wake me up each morning
*eating lunch on the deck
*watching the neighbor's puppies (notice my peeping-toms looking through the fence!)
*the farmer's market
*planting our garden
*sun, sun, sun
*taking Nate lunch at work and having a picnic behind the church
*our swingset
*the girls sleep so hard at night after wearing each other out in the backyard
*bare feet
*seeing family on vacations
*the beach
*garage sales!!!!!
*picking berries
*grilling
*It's only June!!!! :)




Tuesday, February 16

Reading Buddies





I've been looking forward to this time for the last year and a half: the time when Adrianna and Natalie would really enjoy doing things together. I'm sure every parent of two or more kiddos knows what I mean. Adrianna has usually enjoyed having Natalie around the house, but in the last few weeks, Natalie has become more of a buddy to her. On the top ten of my favorite things is watching Adrianna read to Natalie (not that we haven't had a few of those sweet times erupt into war). :)

My Valentines :)