March Madness

March Madness

Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Charlotte is 4!!

 Happy 4th Birthday Charlotte Marie!! We love your silliness, your ability to always tell funny stories and make us laugh, your independence, your enthusiasm for all things, your feistiness, and your contagious smile!  We loved celebrating you on your birthday - you counted down for an entire year to turn 4 and gosh were you just so joyful to learn the morning of your birthday that you were finally 4!!

I got such a special day with you and amelia on your 4th birthday because you were with Mama in Albuquerque.  We celebrated you with your siblings and daddy before we left, and you got to go to birthday breakfast with daddy!





For her birthday evening celebrating before we left for our trip, Charlotte wanted to have dessert and a play a family game of zingo - it was such a sweet night!



In ABQ I snuggled her up all morning and then we headed to the store to buy gum because all she was asking for her birthday was gum (Our family rule is you can start chewing gum when you are 4).  We also picked out some balloons and amelia and charlotte giggled the entire way through the store and in the car with their balloons - it was the BEST!



Then I took the girls to the museum and we had the best day playing inside and outside on such a sunny beautiful November day!


She looks so grown up - our new 4 year old!! 









She LOVES her Tante Amy - I don't think we will ever forget how special it felt to celebrate a birthday in ABQ with our Mama Charlotte trip with the Zhupikov family!





Thursday, November 2, 2023

Halloween 2023

 Halloween in Pleasant Ridge is just the BEST!  There are so many kids in the neighborhood and participating homes for trick or treating and we have the best time walking around with the kids and seeing so many friends out and about!  Halloween is also always Joe's birthday weekend so the whole week is exciting and celebratory - one of my favorite holidays of the year!



























Fall Photo Dump

 A collection of some favorite photos to capture the Fall! Lots of outdoor time, friends and family gatherings, picture day, some really sweet visits with Oma, a Fall trip to Cleveland, more outside time, enjoying the fall colors in the woods, alone time for Joe and me in Chicago when I ran the marathon, and other wonderful memories made the Fall another season to remember!