Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to you and your family!

^{10 ‘}But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. ¹¹ Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. ¹² This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”’
Luke 2: 10-12

I designed our card this year, and I love how it turned out!

Here are our cards from years past:

2012
 
2011

2010

2009

This was the first year that Ivy puppy didn’t make it onto our Christmas card. It was too hard to get Nolan to pose for the camera, let alone a dog too.
Can’t believe next year we’ll have a big 11 month-old! :)

oh, summer.

These photos were taken at random times this summer, and never got posted.

Visiting my family in Indiana in June. My cousin Lindsay and her husband Chris announced their first pregnancy while we were eating cupcakes here! Steve and I kept quiet that day, but it was fun to tell Lindsay later that my due date is only a week after hers!

My neopolitan cupcake, Steve’s doughnut cupcake, and Aunt Lori’s orange dreamsicle.

Watching the rain come down.

We bought this ice cream cake to announce to my mom and stepfather that baby number two is coming.

Tasting sweet-potato chips.

My blog friend Hannah in Texas sent me an adorable little package. So sweet of her!

Blowing bubbles with Grandma.

Our friend Alyssa took this photo of him. I love it.

Alyssa also painted these cute little rocks for Nolan. He liked to play in the rocks outside our apartment, so she put them there for him to find :)

My friend Briana threw me a little going away picnic with friends from MOPS. :)

I loved these Mason jar favors at my friend Carmen’s bridal shower.

Moving day.

We’ve taken many trips to Lowe’s in the past few weeks. Nolan loves to pull around these baskets.



Summer, you’re ending soon… but don’t end too quickly because we still have more adventuring to do…

happy 4th birthday, ivy!

Miss Ivy turned four a few days ago!

She was four months old when we adopted her from a shelter, and we doubted that she had a home before us. She and her brother were picked up by a cop car on a country road. After we got rid of her fleas and tapeworm, and after we crate-trained and potty-trained her, she was such a good puppy! We called her our Christmas morning puppy, because everyday she woke up as excited as Christmas morning. :)

Wasn’t she tiny?!

I miss that little puppy sometimes!

She has put us through the ringer with two horrible neck injuries and allergic anaphylaxis (after a vaccine), so we are grateful for every birthday that she has!

We love our big girl. And for her 4th birthday present—we are getting her a real yard! :)