Uggggh. Some days.

This is our sweet and loving child after waking up from a self-induced, abnormally short nap. 

Most days I love this age... but some days have super annoying moments. 

Attitude much, girlfriend?!  Yikes. 

We still love you baby girl!

The sun does exist!

After being [urgent care] sick a couple of weeks ago and having [what feels like] a billion rainy days in a row...

I'm so thankful for the sunshine we had yesterday and today.

Old picture but super cute none the less.

Old picture, but super cute none the less.

Mothers' Day Tribute

Happy Mother's Day to the beautiful and strong women in our lives!

Thank you for your unconditional love and support.

Through you, Christ has shown us what it means to be

present, empowering, and engaged in the lives of those you love.

Our ability to parent Norah well, is because you laid the foundation for our lives.

May we never take each of you and the precious moments in life for granted.

Thank you, Lord... for the gift of mothers!

"Grandma always made you feel she had been waiting to see just you all day

and now the day was complete."

- Marcy DeMaree

"I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me.

They have clung to me all my life."

- Abraham Lincoln

"Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible."

~Marion C. Garretty

"A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens ar"ound us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness,

and cause peace to return to our hearts."

- Washington Irving

"The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before.

The woman existed, but the mother, never.

A mother is something absolutely new."

~Rajneesh

"...She is clothed with strength and dignity;
she can laugh at the days to come.

She speaks with wisdom,
and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
She watches over the affairs of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.
Her children arise and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her:
'Many women do noble things,
but you surpass them all.'
Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
Honor her for all that her hands have done..."

Proverbs 31:25-31

Lord, may I be that wife for Marshall and mother for Norah.

The Big 2!

HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY NORAH RUTH!!!

Where has my baby gone?!

Norah I love you more now than I did a year ago.

And I know I will love you more and more as each day passes.

You are at such a FUN age; I'm trying to relish every moment with you.

Through you, God brings us so much joy and love.

WE LOVE YOU!!!

Poor Norahbabe is sick today, on her birthday. Bummer.

Here's to hoping we can celebrate in a couple days!

More pictures/video to come when we are feeling better.

SLK