Ok... so we have been busy!

Yes, we know haven't posted in a while, but the light speed jump from two kids to three along with all the other busyness, has really taken us for a ride.  Here are some snapshots from the past months...

Celebrating 5 years of marriage!

Thomas Edward was born on Nov. 21st

Happy to have our boy!

A little peace in the hospital as it was only Thomas and me

Thomas celebrated his one month birthday with a trip up to Northern California to be with family for Christmas. He was a champion traveler and basically has slept most of his first few weeks of life. He is just starting to observe and take in his world a few times a day. He is pretty mellow which makes taking care of the girls much easier.

Muira loves her brother and enjoys giving him big hugs. She always says he is saying "What's going on here?"

Grandma Bernice and her grandkids during Christmas....best we could do with all the moving bodies

Muira enjoys liking the spoon after we make muffins. She is quite the little helper

Adelae is starting to walk, using some words like apple, baby and agua. Her little personality is starting to show. She's determined to do what her sister does and loves sitting down and reading books to herself.  

These snuggle times never get old.

Muira is as active as always. She narrates her life constantly and uses new words that surprise us daily. She has recently started to play mommy with all her dolls. 

Adelae loves her poppa. She yells and jumps up and down when he comes home from work each day. 

Muira had a blast with her cousins during Christmas!

Adelae is growing up

Muira's Birthday - the big 2 years old!

 

Breakfast in bed

 

Mac and cheese dinner (her choice)

loving the cards and gifts

fun day at the park

Festive Adelae watches on

Playing chase with dad

Lately, Muira and I have been having fun games of chase.  She has just about worn a path in the hall with the amount of times back and forth!

What a loving big sister!

Summertime fun with the family

We have enjoyed the summer immensely! We are fortunate to be teachers and have the summer off. It has been fun spending time with Muira and relaxing before heading into a busy fall, back to work and with 2 kids! Some highlights were our trip up north to visit family. It was fun seeing Muira play with her cousins and we were excited to meet the newest member on the Bornstein side... Lillian Peyton, who will be only a couple months older than our new one. It is great to have cousins so close in age.

Mark and Finn hanging out with brewing with Josh and Dominic

Fun times with the extended family. So many babies!

Muira and cousin Serin

Quality reading time with Aunt Katie

Muira showing off her new dress Granny Peg made

Mark meeting his newest niece

I can't believe how quickly she is growing up.  I love how she points everyone out in the room, even our friends that she doesn't see that often...  So fun!

Busy and Moving

We've neglected our blog for quite some time. But, alas, FINALLY, we are on summer break and ready to relax, swim in the pool, and bake this second baby.
Muira update:
She is on the move and so full of life. She has turned into such an adventurous little lady. Once she got the hang of walking, she wanted to go higher and started climbing. She throws herself down slides and would jump into any body of water if we'd let her. She is starting to communicate more with the few signs she has learned and has a few babbles we can understand like poppa, momma, hi and today she said baby. She is such a joy and we are looking forward to spending summer with her. We're so thankful for jobs that allow us that precious time.
So here she is now.......

Our second official camping trip. It was a bit colder than we expected

 Desperately waiting for the sun to touch our campsite:)

Fishing with Poppa at Kennedy Meadows

And now for one of Muira's favorite activities....climbing into her drawers and taking everything out.

She makes keeping a clean house a slight challenge:).

She loves playing on our patio and likes to help dad water the plants

Enjoys climbing up on the rocking chair and can spend lots of time looking through (and tearing up) books

We love our Muira!

Still a champion eater!