Fifteen months, roughly 456 days, and close to 11,000 hours have passed since we welcomed our baby boy last year! Time is fleeting and I cannot believe how fast he is growing, the new leaps he is making in his development and milestones, and the eruption of his personality that has completely bloomed in the last few weeks. I’m mesmerized at his handsomeness, his intelligence, and his sense of humor daily.  I look at him and his sister and I cannot begin to describe the love that pours out of my heart for them. I remember feeling the anxiety that I assume creeps into all moms when preparing for the arrival of a second child in the…

Last week we had some pretty major storms in the Hampton Roads area. Several tornadoes touched down in the span of a few days with a series of severe storms that moved through the area. The first evening, when the alarms started going off simultaneously on our phones and home alarm system, I didn’t think much of it and proceeded with fixing dinner and our usual evening routine, finding out later that tornadoes touched down very close to us. The second time, I took notice and we “hid” from the storm with flashlights and books in a briefly fun adventure with the kiddos. That afternoon we were eating lunch, and…

Last week, our princess and first born turned THREE years old. Three. Three short, beautiful years of life in the books! I look at how she is grown and realized how quickly her first three years have flown by. We are surprised every day at her abilities. Addisyn never really took on a toddler role. She began talking so early that she’s been a little person ever since she hit one. I gaze at her…amazed by her beauty, her tender heart, her compassion for others, her love for Jesus, her sense of humor, and her intelligence.  How can so much awesomeness be packed into such a tiny person? Three-years-old finds us in…