National holiday.....

Anyone who knows our family knows that today is a national holiday of sorts.....opening day!  While tax season gives opening day a whole new meaning since we aren't actually able to go to the game, we still make sure to get all decked out in our Brewer gear and prepare for the next 6 (hopefully 7!) months of non-stop "brewgame" on the TV. 

Gotta love that baseball butt!

This is what happens when I get a **little** too anxious with getting a cute picture of the kiddos in their Brewer gear..... Um, mom - I REALLY need to eat first!!!

Lol - yes, people he does cry.  Loud!!  But not for long and once his belly was full, he was back to his smiley, happy self!

Daddy even got to join us this morning as he has been working super late and then getting up with us in the mornings so he can spend a little time with the kids before work.  He had his morning talk show on the radio and Makenna walked in to them interviewing Bob Uecker and before he could say anything she says - "hey daddy, it's Papa Uke!"  Yes, she is her daddy's girl!

We ended the day with Makenna trying to teach Alex how to sing 'take me out to the ball game' 

and enjoying her first bag of Cracker Jack!

Go Crew!!

One year ago....

Little boy, one year ago you gave us the biggest scare of our lives.  One year ago, mommy and daddy were worried they lost you.  Mommy was 11 weeks pregnant, just getting past that "scary" first trimester and starting to feel comfortable that maybe, just maybe we were actually going to have a second baby the "easy way".  No, not the old fashioned way, lol, but the easy way.  I kept thinking from the day I found out I was pregnant that this was way too easy - we had one embryo.  It survived the thaw.  It implanted.  It grew.  Nothing was this easy for us when it came to building our family.... nothing.  With your sister there was the years of trying, the tests, the procedures, the first match, the failed transfer, waiting for a second match, and then finally after all those years, our prayers were answered and we were blessed with  as sweet girl.  So when we had just one frozen embryo left, I doubted it would work.  I doubted God would bless us again.  Yet when I found out I was pregnant, I remember I kept telling myself - Laura, Trust in God on this.  Proverbs 3: 4-5 had been my verse for so long - "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.  Seek His will in all you do and He will direct your path."

So there I sit, in the emergency room on Good Friday with your daddy - your over-worked, super stressed, end of tax season Daddy.....and after a massive amount of bleeding, the nurse practitioner did a quick exam and proceeded to tell us that we lost you and shoved a box of kleenex in my face.  I am tearing up just thinking back to that night...that horrible night when I feared that our "easy" baby was not to be, that when I had finally let my guard down and allowed myself to really start believing that you were going to join our family, our hopes came crashing down.  I cried.  And cried.  and cried.  Yet a part of me knew that I needed to keep trusting in God.  I just kept reciting over and over in my head - Trust in God, Trust in God - I don't know if I knew that you were ok or if I just got to the point in my walk with God that I knew that even if you weren't ok, God would take care of me and get me through this.  Either way, I decided to put my trust in God once again that night.  And once again, God carried us through.

They decided to do an ultrasound just to "make sure" you were gone and I'll never forget the relief I felt when my sweet ultrasound tech showed my your little heart beating away.  You stole my heart that day, buddy.  That ultrasound tech wasn't supposed to tell me what she saw, but she knew the pain of infertility and I'm pretty sure God brought us together that day (as an aside to all of you that remember that post from last year, I am happy to report that my ultrasound tech gave birth to a sweet baby boy earlier this year!).  However, your poor daddy wasn't allowed to go back to the ultrasound room with me and was still trying to figure out how in the world we were going to get through this - and especially with just 2 weeks to go in tax season!?!  I can't even imagine what was running through his mind as he tried to not only cope with losing you, but figure out how in the world he was going to run an accounting practice in his own mental state with an emotionally devastated wife (and employee) 2 weeks before the deadline.  Needless to say he was SOOOO very relieved to hear that you were just fine.

Little boy, we love you more than you will ever know..... and if you EVER decide to scare us like that again, you are grounded for life!  Ha! Ha!

Well loved

Thanks for taking such good care if me Oma and Grandma!!!

Go Bucky!

Someone was REALLY excited to wear her "badger game" tutu to school this morning!

Although I must admit she thinks daddy is TAKING her to the game tonight not just watching it with her. Lol. 

This week in pictures....

We were blessed to see daddy home to put Makenna to bed just about every night this week.... pretty sure that won't happen much more from now until April 15th so we are REALLY enjoying it when we can!

These boys decided to dress in flannel for church on Sunday

Aren't they handsome?

Quite the little stud.... and even GREEN for St. Paddy's day

This little guy got all ready for his first selection show with daddy...

He was pretty excited about it...

Here they are waiting to hear what seed their Badgers will get and where they will play....

Yay!!  A 2 seed!

Someone is getting a dimply butt..

Daddy taught Makenna to write her whole name!

We paid a visit to Daddy's work on St. Paddy's day

This little girl discovered her little brother's sock lint....

We discovered the value of "chores" around the house and learned that she will do just about any chore in order to earn a few more dollars to buy her Frozen DVD!

We stopped by Daddy's office to bring him lunch

Not sure who was more excited to see who...

Oh no, here we go again with the sock lint....

At last, brother is napping and we get to snuggle and watch FROZEN!

Alex got to take his first trip to the Pirate Park

Oh, how we've missed you  Pirate Park!

Alex got to go on his first swing ride

And loved it!

And Makenna go to take Alex down the slide... well, sort of

Love this!

It was "royalty night" at Awana cubbies!

 Friday Daddy went to the Badger game so me and these cuties had a little fun at dinner... I brought subs to Makenna's school when I picked her up.

She attacked it....

While he attacked his giraffe..

And then we headed to Kopp's to attack some custard together:)  Makenna's "zerts" as she likes to call them were taken away for the last week so when I told her we were going to Kopps she was SOOO excited to get a dessert!

Oh wait.... more sock lint... this kid is going to have the cleanest toes around

And tonight.... she decided to surprise him and put on her Badger jammies just for him..

What a great week!!

Photo shoot

What a handsome fella we have on our hands....

Ok, mama - let's go!

Smiles, yup, I got reallllly drooly smiles

Hey look, I can fly!

Charm them with the baby blue eyes and cute piggies....check and CHECK!

How much longer?

I'm gonna eat the camera!

You wanna see that little dimple I have under my right eye... ok, here it is!

Hmmmm, what else do I have?

Silly face... ok, here it is

Pretend I'm resting.... ok - this is a good one of my blue eyes again

You want me to show off my pipes.... here you go!

Ok, now I'm really getting sleepy

On more silly face...

Makenna, can you rescue me.... is she for real with all these pictures?!?

Ok, phew....it's over!