Happy Birthday Sweet Girl

I am certain now that I say this every time a birthday comes up, but it is always true.

This has been the quickest year of my life by far!

Since the moment we found out you were joining our family, 

we have been overjoyed!

And it's obvious from this post that I don't take enough pictures of you ;)

Oh my sweet Hadley Bear!

You bring so much joy and light to our family.  You steal the heart of anyone who meets you just by being you.  The curls on your head and your extremely long lashes make everyone swoon, including your Mom :)  Your brothers love you more and more everyday and can't wait for you to wake up, so they can come in and say hello to you.  Watching you (and your brothers) grow before my eyes is so magical!  You are the baby of my dreams Hadley goose.  We love you so much!

Happy birthday beautiful girl!

The Best Year Yet

At the beginning of each new year I look back and say the time flew.

 This year is no different.

I can say without a doubt that 2013 has been the best year of my life!

Here are the highlights through pictures :)

January

*Pregnant with sweet Hadley

*Enjoying our last warm winter in North Carolina

*Auntie Em came to visit!

 February

*The sweetest baby girl was born on 2-1-13.

Our precious Hadley Marie

March

*Adjusting to life with three

*Last month in North Carolina

 April

*Saying goodbye to the Army (Wooohooo!!), and seeing our friends and family

*Staying with Dad and Mom for a while

*Grandma Patty's 75th Birthday

*Sunday School Party

 May

*Snow.  Enough said.

 June

*A glorious 2 day/2 night child-free camping trip with Noah and Alex for our 5 year wedding anniversary!

 July

*Hadley is growing up!

*Moving into a home with a hilly yard: perfect for slip and slides!

*Chance got his first teaching job!!!

 August

*Chance started teaching (this is the picture I text him on his first day. Great movie!)

*I started back to finish my English Education degree

*The kiddos started school

 Septemeber

*Landon had his first real birthday party.  3 years old!

*Hoos family reunion at the Shull's (my grandparents)

 October

*First real pictures as a family of 5

*Isaac turned 5, and had a pumpkin patch birthday party.  Time is flying!

*UCM Homecoming parade with all the cousins

 November

*Enjoying the beautiful fall weather

*Being thankful.  Thanksgiving with the cousins!

*Puppy and Monkey's birthdays

 December

*Preparing for Christmas

*A growing girl!

*A trip to the zoo with our friend

*Celebrating the birth of Jesus!

This blog has been a great way for me to connect with my family and friends back home when we are away.  Since starting back to school in August, I have felt the need to get rid of the clutter in many areas of my life.  The online world has been one area I have let slack (gladly), and I plan to say goodbye to this blog in 2014.  Thanks for sticking around whoever you are :)  It's been fun.

We have been so incredibly blessed this year.  

I can't wait to see what God has in store for our family in the coming year!