Two Kids in Boston

Friday, January 10, 2014

New blog

So I think after 8 years I am changing the blog's name. Actually, I am simply starting a new blog! I think! Well I have started it for 2014. I might keep this one but since I have used it for 8 years I have to start paying for me blog instead of doing it for free! So until I figure out what I am going to do, I have started a new one! Can anyone guess the name of it?

www.fourkidsinboston.blogspot.com

Thursday, January 02, 2014

The EVE of the New Year

We went skiing at Bretton Woods and then headed to Waterville Valley to spend the evening! I love how much fun we have just hanging out with our family!

The kids went on a few easy runs with me before they ditched me for the diamonds!

We had a really nice dinner out then caught the valley's fireworks and ended the night in a little bar playing cards ( hearts, trash, slapjack)! It was the perfect New Year celebration! We have so much to celebrate this year! I think next year might be a bit wilder!

Always hard to say goodbye

We had such a great visit with Grandma and Grandpa! We miss them already! Thanks for always loving us, taking care of us, praying for us, treating us, and being a Godly example for us! We love you guys!

Just chillin

a couple presents

Kaitlyn was so excited about the gift she picked out for me! It is pretty amazing and we LOVE it!

Tim and I also received this puzzle from his parents who had gone to Africa this past summer. They had a theme with their gifts. Well Tim's bro and sis in law received one of these as well and theirs is already put together! It is a little hard but I have made some progress on it since this pic was taken. Might take me a few more months but I will get it done!! :0)

2 precious miracles

So the cat is out of the bag! I think this is my first post on this blog! I started a seperate blog for this journey we are on but I think I will start posting here! Stephanie is our amazing surrogate! We absolutely love her and her family! Crazy the journey we both went on before we met each other! I believe it is all in God's timing! So last week was Stephanie's 12th week of being pregnant with our 2 precious miracles! Yep 2!! God is so good! Not sure if everyone understands but these are our biological children. They took my eggs and Tim's sperm and then let them meet up and form these precious little ones. We let them grow for a bit and then put them in Stephanie's uterus so she can grow them for us! We are all so excited and beyond thrilled. 2014 is going to be a great year full of tons of surprises! Babies are due July 11th but I am figuring they will be a bit early!! Hoping they grow until at least 37 weeks before they make their appearance! I am getting so excited just typing about it!

Aren't they cute? They look just like their daddy!

Sugarwood

I have made some really cool friends here in New Enland. From neighbors, co workers, and parents of our kid's friends. God has place each one in our lives for a purpose! My friend, L, let us use her condo up north again! It was perfect!

We went skiing at Bretton Woods! Did I mention it was in the single digits? Crazy cold! I also realized how out of shape I am! My thighs were burning! I only went on about 5 runs over the course of the day and I had enough! Our kids are amazing! They were going down the diamonds through trees and all kinds of crazy stuff! I wish I was as brave as them!

The kids love showing off in front of Grandpa!

Proof I was skiing! Oh I also found a candy shop at the top of one of the lifts ( we went again a couple days after Gma and Gpa left-- wish i had found this earlier!) It is a famous shop and I plan on visiting the mother store a few towns over on another trip!

Our lil shark and Grandma and here I am below! Did i mention it was COLD?

The kids learned how to play checkers at sugarwood!

Such a fun visit!

our love bug

Kaitlyn has such a kind and giving heart! I love her to pieces! Sometimes I want to tear her into pieces but I adore her! What a blessing she has been to us!

Christmas Day!!!

We celebrated Jesus' birthday today! There is no better gift than that day so many years ago when God gave us his ultimate gift! I love reading the Christmas story! One of my favorite parts is when John ( Jesus' cousin left for joy in his mother when Mary while pregnant with Jesus went to visit her cousin! LOVE that!! We have soo much to be thankful for this year! We have 2 healthy kids. We are together as a family and we have 2 miracles growing inside of Stephanie! They are healthy and I can't wait to see them in Feb and know that they are truly healthy as well! God has definitely blessed us!!!

Gma and Gpa were absolutely THRILLED with their Red Sox gear!! Wear it loud and proud!

Stephanie ( our surrogate) and her family are beyond kind! They sent us all gifts for Christmas and we were all thrilled!

conner was so excited to have Grandpa wear a hat that matched his!

Playing with our new toys! Conner playing Battleship with Gma's help!

lego girl

Uncle Jeremy and Aunt Brenda keep the kids in stock in the shoe department! Conner is so happy with his new cool shoes! K's are adorable! Can't wait for the spring to wear them!

Love these guys!! Could not ask for better in laws! They are like parents to me and I feel so blessed to call them mom and dad!

Christmas Eve

Conner had two different parts and Kaitlyn had a handful of speaking parts! They both did so well and had their lines memorized! So proud of them. Below is one of Conner's parts! "Have you heard the good news, Good new that is true? Christ Jesus is born for me and for you!" How true is that? And hearing it from our little boy's mouth is so precious to me!

Kaitlyn felt so cool hanging out with the older girls! Actually the one in the middle is on her swim team!

Conner wanted nothing to do with pictures!

Look at our little guy!! He was the youngest with a speaking part! He actually was suppose to be Joseph which he was really looking forward and was a bit nervous and disappointed when he found out they needed him for a speaking part! We were so proud of him!