Caroline's third birthday

Birthday kiss.

Birthday girl!

Sometimes birthday girls get brownies for breakfast.

A birthday picnic on the princess blanket Grandma made for Caroline. Notice Baby has a bottle of beer with her lunch.

A birthday picnic on the princess blanket Grandma made for Caroline.

Birthday balloons.

Dinner, homemade bread with salami and cheese.

Salami subs, crackers and cheese, and chips for the birthday girl's dinner. Everyone else approved too!

Black forest cheesecake.

She got the cherries, chocolate, and "cream cream" she asked for!

Waiting to open presents (and hiding from the camera).

Caroline and Grandpa coloring while we cleaned up dinner.

Caroline has been asking for a soccer ball for months!

We also got Caroline a tea set, something else she had asked for. It was a huge hit

Dress up stuff from Grandma!

She made Grandpa some tea.

Duke liked the tea set too.

The teddy bears Grandpa brought got dressed up, "I like playing dress up, Mama!"

Three years old photo shoot

Stefanie Cunnington shared a memory.

Yesterday at 8:52am · 

I'd like our children to be able to say that someday too. We try to make the Psalms a part of their every day lives. So far Caroline has memorized 100, 117, and is working on 133. 23 is next. I want them to know and love the Psalms as I do!

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Stefanie Cunnington

April 5, 2011 · 

I like this quote from the book I'm reading - "..she let the Bible fall open where it would....and was not surprised to find it had opened to the Psalms. In the Lowlands children were fed Psalms more regularly than porridge."

Migraines

Emergency room selfie. 
I've been dealing with migraines since I was at least 8 years old. I can't remember further back than that to know if I had them when I was even younger...The thing is for most of my adult years I had mild stress related ones every Sunday (while living at home), but the bad ones only came a few times a year and usually I could throw up, go to sleep, then be fine. But since I got pregnant with Caroline (and I've been pregnant or nursing ever since), they have been horrible. I get them at least once a month, and nothing but time seems to get rid of them. Sadly each one seems longer than the last. The latest one has lasted 10 days. 
This past weekend I finally went into the emergency room (twice). Even their cocktail of drugs didn't get rid of it, though I got temporary relief. The cat scan they ran did come back normal which is great, but also answered no questions. So it looks like I'll have the fun of testing and trying more drugs over the next weeks and months. I'm very thankful for insurance to cover it and the ability to get help, and praying for relief. It's hard to be in pain and exhausted so much, especially with little ones to take care of.

April

April is a special month for me filled with lots of good memories and much to be thankful for. This is the month John and I became engaged to marry, and the following April I gave birth to my first child, Caroline Grace .

"Yea, I remember will the works
performed by the Lord:
The wonders done of old by thee
I surely will record.

I also will of all thy works
my meditation make;
And of thy doings to discourse
great pleasure I will take."
Psalm 77:11-12

March days

Luke loves waffles!

Making Greek pizza.

Chocolate pudding girl.

Wow, does she look like John here!

Chilling.

Morning swuggles.

Burgers and sweet potato fries.

Hunter brought Caroline a Larry lollipop!

My helper. Pushing Luke's swing.She got tired and told me, "Maybe I should slow down and sit a minute."

No one will complain about this afternoon snack that John brought home!

The other day I had my jewelry making stuff out and came across these goat earrings I had completely forgotten about. I had to put them on :-). And yes, I'm also wearing my goat sweatshirt that one of the vendors gave me at the 08 nationals when he noticed me freezing to death, lol. I still wear it regularly.

Goat earrings!

March 24th. You got to love a nice spring day in Wisconsin, looking at the snow, feeling the cold, listening to the snow blowers clearing driveways......it's awesome.

The Brobergs came to visit!

Caroline took Peter to visit Grandma.

Sarah and Dukie.

Visiting.

Reading books after church.

Luke and "Rabbit."

The first flower of the year. Taken March 29th.