Sneak peak of pictures that a friend of mine took of the kids...can't wait to see the rest!

All settled in...

We are 99% box free:)  We have been working hard to unpack all the boxes and make our new house into a home.  We LOVE it here.  Both kids are doing wonderful.  Lucy got ear tubes and she is SOOO much better.  Talking up a storm, no more ear infections...yay!  Summer is here and the kids are living it up!

 

May is finally here!

I just realized I am a month behind on blogging.  Opps!  Life has been crazy (in a good way) lately.  Our most exciting news...we SOLD OUR HOUSE!  The house that we bought 8 years ago, before two children, has been sold.  It is definitely bittersweet.  This is where our story began.  This house is where we built so many memories.  This house is where I brought my two babies home.  This house brought us many years of happiness, but life moves on, and we are excited to move to our new house in Carmel and begin our next chapter.  I will update with pictures once we are unpacked and settled...hmmm, that might be next year, haha:)

In the meantime, here are some recent pictures of the two cutest kids I know:)

Easter 2013

What a great Easter we had!  Bill took off Friday and we took the kids to Conner Prairie.  It was a beautiful day.  Lucy was playing, tripped, and bumped her head...you will see below on the pictures:)  We took the kids on Saturday to the egg drop in Westfield.  Barrett was speechless when the helicopter dropped all the eggs.  Sunday we went to church and then had the family over for a nice Easter dinner.  We are so blessed!

Lucy last Easter at Riley

 Lucy this Easter at HOME!

 They love each other:)

 secrets...

Mom (Gma Gooch) is 60!

We had SOOOOO much fun celebrating my mom's 60th birthday.  We went downtown to Howl at the Moon.  Even though mom is 60, you would never know...:)
 

A year ago today....

I still remember like it was yesterday.  I can remember the smell, the tears, the prayers, and me having to trust in everyone and hand over my baby girl at 7:35 am on March 22, 2012. It was the worse feeling in the world.  I looked over and saw Bill crying...he is my rock, he can't cry I thought. Looking back, it all worked out and Lucy is healthy and happy as ever.  God is SO good, the doctors are amazing, and the nurses are fabulous.  We LOVE Riley.

Lucy has entered the "handful" stage

Lucy has become quite the stinker lately.  She is miss independent....she refuses to sit in her high chair and does not let me feed her.  She got her way as you can see. She just likes to eat like a dog now:)

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She and Barrett love to wrestle.  She just giggles when Barrett pins her down.

 

She likes to hide from me when she is doing something she shouldn't be doing...example, being a paci thief.