It's My Birthday!

I still find birthdays exciting, I don't know why - I like celebrations of all kinds! Saturday we went to Elizabeth and John's to see Millie and give Soren a chance to fly. More friends came over the next day for dinner and my friend Sarah made a YUMMY chocolate cake that barely lasted two days! We had a great time just relaxing and being together as a little family. On Sunday we went out in the boat for the first time this year and AnaSofia LOVED it. Soren went fishing and caught a small perch and AnaSofia was so excited. She found a branch and was poking it into the water saying "I'm trying! I'm trying!". She never fails to make me laugh.
Here are a few photos of me as a little one - these are some of my favorites of my family. I am starting to see a resemblance with AnaSofia - she isn't all Soren anymore! Yay!!!
With my grandparents at less than 1 year, Heather over 3.

My 1st birthday! What a sweet pool!

The family! I LOVE this photo and want to work on restoring it, I am 2, Heather is almost 6.

With my Mom, so sweet. Must be around 3.

Almost 5. I DISTINCTLY remember this night at my parents' friends house. They gave us milano cookies with ice cream and I had NEVER had anything like it and was SO excited. Ha ha!

Poor Hubs!

Some days it seems like everything is a chore. I think that is how the man felt this weekend. He had noticed the deck sagging when he walked on it (and NO he isn't a big boy!) so decided to take off a board and see what was there. Sure enough, the deck was built HORRIBLY and it is starting to rot out the side of the house. The real killer of it is that Soren is SO talented at so many things that he CAN fix anything, but it all takes time. Somedays I feel like he is going in a hundred different directions and working SO INCREDIBLY HARD. It is a wonder to know when it might end. Sniff, sniff. Poor fella. So here are some shots of the drama and work, AnaSofia did her best to cheer him up. It is impossible to be down around that little monkey!

Islwyn Is In The House

AnaSofia was very lucky to have her best bud Islwyn to hang out with for a few days while his Mom attended a conference. They had a blast together tearing around the house and learning to share toys. It was also great for me because AnaSofia was so tired at the end of the day! We had such a good time! I have asked Sarah many times if we could just adopt Islwyn instead of going through the headache of having another child because he is so great. Unfortunately she hasn't given in... yet!

Bike riding!

The little gorgeous girl and I have been heading out every afternoon for a bike ride to enjoy the nice days and have a snack by the lake or travel to the nursery and see what plants are out (thank goodness I have the basket to buy a few too! Ha ha!). She LOVES the bike and is so excited to put on her helmet and go. It is really fun. We researched the trailers, back attachments and front attachments and I LOVE this one. It is a great comfort to have her right next to me. Soren is working on attaching a snack tray/drink holder so we can use it for long trips this summer. We are planning quite a few camping trips this summer to drink in the beauty of Maine and check out the few places we have missed. The Mom's Club is doing a trip to Baxter with families in tow and we currently have 25 people signed up for a weekend trip in July. Should be fun!