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A Photo Series

* 'A photo of our child once a week, every week for a year'*

We had a fun 20 minutes playing outside. It was only about 10 degrees. But we needed to get outside. 

I got several cute shots of E. But this one I like A LOT!!

|| Happy Birthday, Elijah! ||

OUR BABY IS ONE!

This has been one of the best years of my life. Full of growth and change and sacrifice.

I am starting this blog post now even though we have more celebrating happening this weekend. We had a party planned for Jan 4, 2014, BUT the weather had other plans. And actually it turned out to be better than I could have imagined.

Go figure.

God had it under control.

It was a good lesson in feeling my feelings but STILL trusting God for a good outcome.

My sister, Blake (her bf) and Chloe (our close friend) braved the roads and stayed with us Saturday, January 4th. Having them here was such a delight for me. We do not get many visitors these days. We live far from our friends up in the Willmar, MN area. I had fun cooking for everyone. I made chicken chow mien Saturday night. And for breakfast the next day I made a potato, egg fry and sausage and bacon. We all snacked on chips and dip and nearly at the entire 9 X 13 pan of oreo cream cheese dessert! YUM!

I plan on making more tomorrow for the party this Saturday (11th).


We spent Saturday, eating, talking and watching tv. We enjoyed some yummy glasses of wine and relaxed. I took lots of photos, as usual.
I really enjoyed getting to know my sister bf, Blake.
It turns out Elijah does not like cake. He didn't like when we fed it to him. He really hated having sticky hands full of frosting. Poor thing. So we ended that quickly, and gave him a bath. He was much happier after that.
Enjoy the photos!

Elijah on his actual Birthday. January 2, 2014!

He did NOT enjoy his cake smash. Maybe next year,

see you later! 

||| Kaleb's Hobby |||

Kaleb loves to play paintball and is traveling to the cities every two weeks to enjoy some fun times! These are a few shots taken from that time. Elijah and I went one time to watch him BUT it isn't a very baby friendly place. Lots of paintballs on the ground which Elijah would love to eat! So we let Kaleb do his thing and we enjoy seeing the photos after.
He is traveling to Vegas tomorrow to play with his brother in a tournament! I am so happy for him! Wish we could go but we didn't have the funding to do that!

This is a photo I am adding here so Kalebs dad can see it.. I hope he does. 

this is for you, T!! Enjoy!