February in Review

February was a busy month for us.  Which was a good thing because without a lot going on, we would have just spent a lot of time watching the snow fall.  Lots and lots of snow.  We had some great times--Mommy-Big Kid date night to Disney on Ice, a special day out with Tate and TWO Daddy-Daughter dinners for Rowan and Lance.  And, of course, my favorite little boy turned FIVE!  But that deserves an entire post.

Big kids at Disney on Ice.  The perfect mix of girl (princesses) and boy (Toy Story, Incredibles) and fun for all of us.  Great seats, snacks and fun.

Dancing with her glow butterfly 

Loving his orange glow trident

A day out just me and my boy

Daddy-Daughter dance at school

Rowan wanted to wear a dress with a very full skirt so she could spin and it would fly out.

Rowan, Caidence and Katelynn

Rowan and Lance at the 50's themed Daddy-Daughter dinner.  

 Rowan in the 50's car getting ready for the drag race

Cheers!

Our snow family

 Tate and Lucy in our snow tunnel

January, in Review

So, it snowed in January.  Quite a bit.  And in February.  And in March and, sadly, even a bit in April.  Admittedly I'm not one for getting out in the winter much.  Especially not with a little baby.  But I made a few exceptions and had fun doing some winter "sports" with the kids--ice fishing, sledding behind a 4-wheeler, sledding behind a snowmobile, making giant piles of snow.  It helps that our church has a winter sports festival because the only one of those things I'm really qualified to do is make a giant pile of snow.  And I did.  The other things I left to the professionals (and ice fishing was left to Lance).  The kids loved getting out in the snow, but we also had some quiet time at home and we celebrated 3 months of Sullivan with some cute pictures.

 Tate on the climbing wall at the Children's Museum

 Making a giant bubble

 Tate loves holding Sullivan.  And he can always make Sully smile.

 Sledding behind a 4-wheeler

Yee-haw!

 Tate and Daddy ice fishing.  They caught one (but I didn't get a picture)

 Rowan jumping into a giant pile of snow

 Rowan and Tate riding on a sled behind the snowmobile

 Sully all bundled up for a day outside

 A little down time inside.

 Sullivan's dedication at church

 There's nothing better than Grandma Jackie

 Rowan had fun ice skating

 Tate, not so much

 Sullivan Jack, 3 months

December, in Review

It's now the end of April and I'm just getting around to posting pictures of December.  It snowed yesterday, though, so it still kind of feels like December.  I'm hoping to "catch up" on at least a few more major things that happened in the past several months, but in missing many days, week and months, I'm finding that I'm already forgetting the little things that made this time unique.  So once I'm caught up, I'm really hoping to do weekly updates, at least.  So I don't forget things like Tate's complete obsession with The Wild Kratts game on pbskids.com that I somehow started when Sully wasn't feeling well and is now a daily battle.  Or that Tate and Rowan each had a birthday and deserve a look back at the year.  Or the funny things the kids say that are, of course, now slipping my mind.

December is a pretty busy month around here.  Full of school programs, seeing family and enjoying our own family Christmas traditions.  So, here's December, or at least what I remember of it from pictures:

 Happy kids on Christmas morning at Grandma Jackie's house

 Rowan always saves her own money to buy presents for Tate.  She loves giving gifts.

 Lance making Sullivan laugh

 Sweet-talking Santa--the year's big wish was a Dream Light for each of them

 The whole family on a horse-drwan wagon ride

 The kids loved the horses.  The poor horses look a little tired, though!

 Getting ready for Tate's Christmas program

 Petting reindeer

Sullivan slept through the night for a week straight.  He was the happiest little guy!  Unfortunately that hasn't happened again.  We're all pretty tired around here!

Tate and his gingerbread house

 Rowan and her gingerbread house

The kids in front of the tree we cut down.  It was, once again, gigantic.

November, In Review

The highlight of November was probably Tate's Thanksgiving program--where he sang every song with such gusto I almost couldn't contain myself.  It really was the cutest thing ever.  I must find a video to post.  I was also able to get away for a few special times with Rowan--muffins with Mom at school and a fun American Girl night.  Lance took the kids to meet Alex Morgan when she was in town.  Lance was super excited to meet her.  The kids were super excited that they were handing out Sprite in line.  We spent a nice, relaxing Thanksgiving at my mom's and, true to Pellow form, took no pictures at all.

 Tate loves trying to get Sully to smile.  Clearly he's pretty good at it!

 Rowan and I at Muffins with Mom.  

 Lance and the kids met Alex Morgan--Lance was much more starstruck than the kids

 Bonding with bedhead

 Raspberries!

 Tate's adorableness in his Thanksgiving program costume

Rowan and Emma at an American Girl event

October, in review

Clearly I haven't updated this blog since Sullivan's birth.  He's now 5 months old.  So I'm going to do my best to go through these past months and at least write down some highlights.  I don't want to forget the fun, adorable stages of my kids (but I might want to forget the sleepless nights, seemingly ceaseless crying and the few bouts of mastitis).

October was our first month as a family of 5.   I spent a while recovering from a c-section, holding a sweet, tiny little newborn, and attempting to keep things as normal as possible for the older kids.  In addition to Sullivan's birth day, we celebrated my mom's birthday and my own birthday.  We celebrated Halloween and first smiles.

 Sweet pea Sully did not think the costume was such a great idea

 Jack-o-lantern pancakes for breakfast

 Cutest little soccer player

Sullivan's first smiles

Pumpkin carving

The veterinarian and soccer player