fox in socks

it's dr. seuss week. 

crazy socks was the theme of the day. 

i was lucky to play photographer for the day. 

here is a picture of miss ella..

and her sisters♥

just us 3

last night barth and i got to go on a semi-date.
one of the mom's from ella's class hosted a night of fun for the parents.
my baby sis and uncle wade lovingly offered to watch the little ones for us. did i mention my sister lives within walking distance from me now and i absolutely love it?!
knowing that babysitting three kiddos is alone itself quite the task, and only to add to that, child number 3 is experiencing {minor} separation anxiety, we decided to take miss riley with us.

she was of course the only child in attendance, but i think it totally worked to our advantage.
she was getting a ton of attention and loving every second of it.
her normal bedtime of 7:30 got stretched to about 9:30 with not one ounce of meltdown to report.
such a good baby she is.
here i am with some of the kinder mommies. yea for semi-date night!!

ps...thank you uncle wade & auntie j for watching our girlies. they had a blast♥

my sunshine

love her. 

love my girls

these little cutie pies have brought more joy to my life than i ever thought possible.

i feel so incredibly blessed to wake up to their sweet faces each morning. 

it makes all those challenging days worth every last second.  

just feeling really thankful that God chose me to be their mommy♥

chloe & samchoon

meet samchoon {which means uncle in korean}.
in june of 2010 he was struck by a car while outside of his own vehicle. he sustained major injuries, ones that nearly cost him his life.
God had other plans for his life that day, however doctors were forced to amputate a large portion of his leg in order to save him.
his road to recovery has not been an easy one.
last year chloe and samchoon's paths crossed. i didn't realize at the time how much of an impression he had left on her.
in the days following, chloe's concern for samchoon became more and more evident to me.
not a day would go by without her questioning how he was doing or without her saying a prayer that Jesus would heal him.
her faith that Jesus would bring healing was so steadfast and overflowing with certainty that he would be okay.
as her mommy i was both surprised and full of joy as i watched it all take place. it was completely moving to say the least to see my little three year old so full of love and hope.
the healing that has taken place, especially in the last year, has been nothing short of miraculous.
when chloe found out that samchoon had been healed her excitement just couldn't be contained.
she was even more excited that Jesus could really hear her. her ability to pray and have it answered by someone "way up high" was affirmed.
it has been such a blessing to see her spiritual growth in the past year. it has been huge.
she is a little prayer warrior.
my favorite is her love of worship songs. singing them at the top of her lungs in public places is pretty typical.

today samchoon paid her a special visit. she was beaming.

something new...

...everyday
seems to be the case with this age.
riley somehow got into the stash of bibs she wore during her spit-up days. much too small for her now.
she insisted i put it on her. so i did.
there was no taking this thing off for a majority of our day. nevermind the fact it was cutting off circulation.

oh and this is still going on....

  

Ooooooooo

i love this little girl.
she is becoming so independent and so sassy now that she can walk on her own two feet.
this is her latest...she walks around and makes this face and thinks she is the funniest thing ever.
my goodness i love you riley roo.