And you are?

(Madeline in her blessing dress)

She won't take a binky, but she loves to chew on her fingers.

Her hair is starting to get longer, so it isn't as crazy :)

( I love her crazy hair though!)

Um...yep; I am still here. Our lives have been crazy since October. I think we might have even skipped Christmas. (Kind of like last year.) I hope we don't make it a tradition :) I was just getting the hang of three kids when Haiti was rocked by that huge quake. Ryan was deployed there at the end of January to help with the relief efforts. Life is even crazier now...3 kids + 1 mom = not enough hands (or sleep), but we know that Haiti is where Ryan needs to be right now. They have spent the last few days helping at the orphanage in Port-au-Prince, and Ryan feels right at home holding the preemie babies and helping to feed them. We just sent a bunch of toys and it was hard for Elliot to grasp the fact that the kids didn't have mommies or daddies and that they probably had never had a toy to play with.

Elliot is doing well in preschool. I can't believe he will be headed off to Kindergarten this fall. Where does the time go? He just really wants to ride the school bus. Go figure! We signed him up to play soccer this spring...somewhere to use all that energy :)

Gabe is growing too. I think he is going to be our football player. I keep telling Elliot that he needs to be nicer to him because one day Gabe will be bigger.

Madeline seems to be growing the fastest of them all. I saw someone with a brand new baby at Walmart today and was kind of sad when I realized how big my baby is getting. She is so much fun though. She definitely has her own little personality. She LOVES it when we tell her she is pretty. Church is the best because everyone holds her. Spoiled.

We just got done playing church volleyball. I love it, but each year I am reminded that I am a little bit older. In my mind, I will always be a Laurel, but my body says otherwise.

I promise more pictures soon, but right now I get to go find my keys. Gabe had them today and he is good at hiding things that I actually need. Wish me luck!