Wow! It has been a very long time since I have posted on this blog. I am checking in to let you know that I am, in fact, still very much alive!

Life has been really crazy lately. That mixed with us not having reliable Internet currently at our apartment has definitely not been all that great for consistent blogging!

This post is hopefully the start to the end of inconsistency and hopefully the beginning of some more posts ;)

So what has been happening in the meantime?

Life is so full right now but first to catch you up on the family :)

Elijah is growing like a weed. He is walking/running and constantly on the go! He has such a sweet spirit...most of the time-he definitely has a stubborn streak at times (which I am pretty sure he inherited from both Jason and I lol)!





Jason is doing OK overall. We have been struggling with some health issues with him for almost a year now and it seems we are starting to find answers. We know he is gluten and dairy intolerant which makes cooking a whole new creative challenge! He has been so patient though in this process. He is such a good man!


This week he is doing what he loves most: balloon making and juggling at our local fair! He has so much fun with it!! :)

I am doing well :) I am 22 weeks pregnant and am getting more tired as time goes on (although I think a little bit of that has to do with chasing my 15 month old around)!

My sweet sister-in-law threw a gender reveal party for us and it was SO MUCH FUN! She was the only one that knew what the baby was. We had dropped off the envelope sealed at her house right after the ultrasound so that we were not tempted to peek!

We got a video so these really were our reactions :)

I was team girl and Jason was team boy:





There are so many things that I have to catch you all up on but I figured that this would be a good start ;) What has been happening in your life lately? I would love to hear about it!

So when I was pregnant with my little man many of you know my husband and I were living in Florida doing ministry at a mission there.

Those first few months were very difficult in many ways. One of the harder things was being away from my family. When we found out we were pregnant we could not tell them in person we had to tell them on the phone.

This time around we are living in New York very close to both our families and I was able to tell people in person that I was pregnant! :) It was so much fun SEEING their reactions and their faces!

My good friend Rebecca and her husband were here visiting and so she got on film first Jason's reaction and then my families.

I had taken the test and when it was positive Rebecca and I went upstairs to "nap" and quickly threw together a one year video for Elijah but with a very big surprise at the end for Jason.

Poor Jason was sleeping on the couch but I was so excited we showed it to him anyway! It worked! He was totally surprised :)

Then that night we went to my parents and showed them the video. Funny thing is no one really got it right away!

Rebecca put together this video of both their reactions so I thought I would share it with all of you:


I am so thankful that I was able to be with my family to see their reactions this time around! It was so special and definitely a very special memory!

What about you? Do you have special memories that you have been able to share with your families? I would love to hear about them :)

The older I get the more I realize that not only is time seeming to move faster-it is starting to fly. We have been very busy these last few months.


 Recently some good friends of ours came and visited from Connecticut. We had a lot of fun together! You can read about the trip and see pictures from it on Rebecca's blog: Butterfly Days.

The day after they left was Wednesday, April 17th-Elijah boy's first birthday! We just did a small dinner at my parents house but it was still fun :)