How Do You Measure a Year?

In special moments like these:)

 

Meeko gets in as much snuggle time as he can, wherever he can!

 I swear Kieran wears more than just jammies, but for the past two weeks jammies it has been through his flu and the extreme cold.  It's just more comfortable.  I finally put him in clothes again this weekend!

 He was enjoying the farm very much on this day:)

 Above and below are two fine examples of why he is called "the hurricane".  "Just hanging out Mom, having my morning coffee and checking my phone"!  If he isn't a mini Dan:)

 And here....Svea was quietly reading her book and here he came and tackled her from behind and wanted to wrestle.

 I asked Svea to take a picture with me and smile.  She loves sticking her tongue out for pictures and then can't wait to, of course, see them again.

 Dan and I went out for dinner on Friday night and Jackie/Kayla came over  to watch the kids for a couple of hours.  Both kids had a blast and so did the girls. We love the fact that we know our kids are well cared for and hardly notice we are gone because they are having so much fun.  The girls said they got Kieran to say "Kayla".  He repeats words every once in awhile, but then they don't stick with him. We went to "Indulge" in Spicer, one of our new favorites! It was a nice break, great food, and a relaxing time for both of us.

 We tried the Mohawk look on Kieran the other night for his bath:)

 And someone is obsessed with his glo-worm these days.  It used to be Svea's, but Kieran took to it much more. For awhile we had to take it out of his crib at night because at 2:00, 4:00, and 6:00 we would hear it go off in the monitor and it would wake us up.  It does bring him a lot of comfort I think.  Thanks Papa and Lynn!!

We've had a nice 2014 so far! Here is a cute story about Svea. Today at church the piano started playing and she came up to me and whispered very quietly..."I dance, Mommy"?  I said sure and she stepped out into the aisle and twirled and danced until it was over.  When it was over she asked when the next song would be so she could do it again.  She also wanted her to Dad to watch her again.  It was precious.  I hope when we read this post again someday we can picture her in her ponytail, hello kitty dress with pink ruffles, and polka dot pants.  So precious:)