Our Ordinary Miracles

There's been so much going on... where to begin?!
Wicked came to KC and we saw it with our friends Brian and Maia. What a great show. This was my third time seeing it and Shane's second. This production was fantastic! I'll be singing the songs in the shower for months to come. Before the show we grabbed dinner at the Power and Light District, which is a really cool place with lots of restaurants. It's been a while since we had a couples' night out and it was great!

We've been having our color themed play groups and Thursday was our turn to host.
10 + kids and their mommies all dressed in various shades of brown, eating brown foods (CHOCOLATE, pretzels, graham crackers), and making crafts. We always have so much fun with these friends!

Yesterday we celebrated Mothers Day early with Shane's mom by going to the zoo and then grilling for dinner. The kids had a great time at the zoo; especially Jules. She was somewhat frustrated that we wouldn't let her jump the fences to go and pet the animals.
Today is Mothers Day. During church I was reminded of the days when I would give anything to be greeted with "Happy Mothers Day" and be able to say "thank you," instead of being sad. Our prayers are with all the moms out there that are still waiting for their babes.
We did have a lovely day though. A yummy lunch and then spending time with my kids, my mom and Grammy. The kids wrote me the sweeeeeeeeeeetest notes and made me get all teary! Shane posted them in the previous post.
I'm so so happy to be a mommy and so so thankful to have the mom that I do. I'm blessed to have such amazing children and to have Shane as a partner in parenthood. Thanks for making this day special!
It is very hard to get a good picture with these wild ones! Jen's taking our family pics next Saturday. She has her work cut out for her. Jen, you know what 18 month old triplets are like! Gulp!

All of the kids are cutting teeth right now. Molars are particularly rough. I'm not sure it will ever end!
Sam is really into cars and trucks these days. He'll watch out the window and wave at all that drive by. At the mall the other day there was a car out on display and he ran over to touch the tires, the lights, the bumper.... He was in Heaven! Recently at a friend's house he played with some matchbox-type cars and really liked them, so of course I went out and got him some. He is such a snuggler. After he wakes from a nap you can count on a good 10 minute snuggle. Here's another picture just because I think he looks so cute in his little Royals track suit!
Julia has learned the word NO. She's been shaking her head for a while now, but recently she has added a cute little, "no no no" to her shakes. She's already a strong-willed child. She's not crazy about holding hands, which is a rule when we're out in pubic. Jules just knows what she wants. The nursery at church tells us that she's pretty quiet. It's so precious though - when we go to pick up the kids from the nursery, we can see them before they can see us. Julia will be just fine and then she spots me and melts down. It's like she just realized that we've been gone for so long! She's making new sounds all the time and really trying to talk.Silly girl:
Sophie is saying a few more things lately. She'll look at Julia's bee and say "a bee." She still deedle-dees (you just have to hear it) and cracks us up. She's our night owl and keeps the others up late with her silliness. We love having them in the same room. Listening to them laughing before falling asleep is such a gift! Sophie is usually pretty independent but lately she's been a little clingy. When we go to play groups, she really has to warm up before being put down or she cries the whole time. Leaving her at the church nursery is hard because the last thing we see is her holding the bars of the baby gate crying. Heart wrenching! But they tell us she does well after we leave.
Here's a picture from today. Don't they look like little school kids?

And this one is on my 365 but I don't know how many readers keep up with that. It's too cute to miss: