Nanna and Poppa's House

We're in Colorado visiting Nanna and Poppa and they have.....stairs! River's been loving them. Here's proof:

Growing fast...

April 17, 2010: Sarah would be two now. Here's a picture of Joseph and River where we buried her ashes, along with some flowers my parents sent for her. It was a really hard day, harder than we expected actually. A lot of healing has taken place in our hearts, but something in us still can't shake the "unfinished" feeling. Maybe we'll carry it with us forever, who knows...we sure do wish she was here with us. River would have loved having a big sister!

River is quickly on his way to being mobile! He's scooting around, but not quite crawling yet. It's fun watching him change and grow...and the smallest accomplishments feel so big! This is a picture of him standing in the VW on a camping trip we were on up north. 

River has pets! Well, kindof. Joseph and I worked night and day building a chicken coop and getting our yard ready for 6 hens. River LOVES them, plus we're loving the 6 fresh eggs we're getting every day. We live just blocks away from the ocean in a family oriented neighborhood, but something about these chickens in our yard transformed our "urban" feeling home to a "ranch" feel. We're loving it! We call them the ladies...each one has been named as well, but every morning when we go to let them out of the coop River is beside himself with excitement. What a fun adventure its been! Next stop, the veggie garden. (isn't River looking so grown up!?)

Time flies...

Well, River is 8 months old now! The older he gets, the more time consuming he is (which is fun and tiring!). I used to be able to get some posts in while he napped the day away...these days he takes 2 naps, and its usually time for me to run around and clean the house, do laundry, wash dishes, try to remember to eat, etc etc. Most of you have already experienced this yourself...its a full time job being a mom! Anyway, just wanted to add some pictures of him from a couple days ago. He's turning into such a little boy...don't know where my baby has gone! Time really does fly when you're having fun....

We're so thankful :)