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Shiloh Grace

Zoe

Malachi

Words By Which to Live

"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."
-Theodore Roosevelt

Thursday, March 31, 2011

She is 3! Our Zoe is Growing Up!

It is shocking to me to think that it was 3 years ago today that we finally got to hold our beautiful little girl and welcome her into the world. She is growing up so fast and becoming quite the little lady.

She loves pink, babies (real and pretend), singing, helping in the kitchen, reading books and talking, though we sometimes need Malachi to translate :). She is very quiet and shy in new settings and takes a while to warm up to new people and yet she is also tough and has no problem sticking up for herself when teased by her older brother. She has spunk and is not afraid to let us know how she feels about something. We should have anticipated this with a 4 hour labor and naming her Zoe which means 'life' in Greek. She has a mind of her own and keeps us on our toes as parents. At the same time she makes us laugh and brings such joy!

Zo-ster, Zoe Girl, Sweet Pea...you are a bigger-than-life blessing. We love you! Happy 3rd Birthday!

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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

10 Years!

On this day 10 years ago, I married my best friend. Happy Anniversary, Babe!

God has blessed me tremendously with a dedicated husband and loving father to our 3 biggest blessings!

I am so excited to see what God has in store for us in the next 10 years...and more!

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Friday, July 30, 2010

Our 7 month old saved us $70 today!

Our sweet girl just saved us $70 today! She is acting like her normal self again after 2 days of a high fever and being very lethargic. Therefore I don't have to pay our insanely high copay to take her to see the doctor. Thank you Shiloh and Happy 7 Months!

This is a picture of Shiloh a week ago when she tried her first food, baby cereal, and did NOT like it!

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Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Wordless Wednesday

Shiloh Grace never ceases to amaze me. I put her on the floor to play and checked on her when I realized she was very quiet. She just decided to take a nap! 

...almost wordless :)