Discovered a few new readers of the blog lately, so have been inspired to post more frequently. Laney can recognize her letters, and most definitely her name, and was pretty excited when she saw this sign. She would also like everyone to know that she has two babies in her belly (one of her teachers is pregnant) and she is going to name them both William.

Spring time means Bulls season – we took in the first Sunday home game of the season with 14 of our closest friends. The Bulls lost miserably but the beer was good!

We had a lovely and delicious Easter dinner at Baba’s house, complete with beautiful spring weather and a romp by the lake out back. Many thanks Baba!

We celebrated the fact that winter *might” actually be past us by a trip out to Winterpast Farm this weekend. It’s a one-(wo)man farm with lots of animals to pet and feed. The girls (and I) had a blast and I appreciated the intimacy of the place. And the bunnies are SO CUTE!

We have some sad news to share this morning – our first baby Max has left us to romp in the big blue sky. Words cannot express how much we will miss him and we are forever grateful for such a loyal and loving sidekick for so many years. So many happy memories. We love you always and forever Max!

My little booger turned one last week (3/9)! Time flies unbelievably fast these days – a year passed in the blink of an eye. We had a low-key birthday dinner and Maggie got her own cake compliments of Harris Teeter. Happy one year Maggie!

For ease of quick potty needs, I had phased out the one piece pajamas for Laney about 6 months ago. Well, she found a pair and has refused to wear anything else to bed since. She will refuse to put on pajamas until I find her the “animal pajamas.” And it turns out, they don’t impair pottying at all. See how happy she is about that?

I got a new computer about 4-5 months ago, which has been great with one exception: I no longer have a SD card slot, so when we use our fancy camera (which is less and less often as it’s kinda hard to hold that big camera and 3 children), it is hard for me to get the pictures off without digging out my old computer which inevitably needs software updates or is out of power or nowhere to be found.

A long explanation for why posting of Maggie’s monthly pictures has lagged – but may I present you with Maggie-by-the-month. These were actually taken on time but just not posted, I swear. We took her 11 month picture this morning with 16 hours to spare!

A lovely NC weekend a few days ago with temperatures in the 70’s and we basically spent the whole weekend outside. Kaya apparently had spent the week pre-arranging play dates with her friends so we obliged and spent Saturday with her classmates. It’s really Kaya’s world and we’re just living in it sometimes

We actually have been taking Maggie’s monthly photos, but just haven’t had time to sort and post them. As a sneak preview, here’s a cute pic of Laney. Maybe the block age is a little bit off for her though.