Raising Arrows

So about 25 minutes ago I got a response to a email message I had sent about dates we wanted to visit Germany. And the reply was nothing but great news!!! The dates we chose work out with the church and pastoral staff we will be visiting with. :) It's an answer to prayers!! And it's funny what can go thru your head in just a short half hour of time … We have to book flights … and to get the price we saw, it better be fast! I need to apply for my passport and yours, Milo. We need photos for our passports. Does our credit card have that big of a limit on it to place our flights on it till all our money comes in? We need to start our support/prayer letter and get it sent out!! How do you start a letter like this? 10 days is a long time to leave you, Milo Man … (then you disobey me as I think this, then I think maybe it'd be a good, short vacation …) Theo, oh boy I pray Theo will do alright on that long of a flight! Wait, we will have ne...

So I finally start prep for your bday party … it's so unlike me to wait this long to start any planning, but I knew that we didn't have much money this year to put into a big, elaborate shindig and I kinda wanted to keep it simple, yet fun for you! So we decided to just invite the family that's here, and some close friends of yours (and ours) from church. I'm still working on finding the right person/place to do the cake – I want that to be the main thing. I have the picture in my head, I just don't know who and if it can be done... no worries it's nothing BIG or over the top, just taylored to you! And what you LOVE so much. :) But the funnest and biggest part of throwing this fun, simple party is the invites!!! So the other day we took you outside on a nice cool, sunny morning and took your “2 year” photo shoot (even tho it's a bit early). And to make them a bit more fun for you and sentimental to me and dad – we had Georgie join you. You lo...

Okay so I could NOT be more excited to announce this, but will let the photos speak first. (because they are just so incredibly good! Thanks Melissa!!) (And a side note … a big thank you to you Milo man for being SO good for them! And so incredibly cute for them too!! All your faces and reactions were real … you really had no idea what was going on, but in the photos you look so sincere in finding out with us! Melts this momma's heart!!!!) My incredible boss of Gregersen Photography , Melissa Gregersen, took some amazing photos and captured the look of our friends and family as they found out that we are adding another little BOY to the family!!! Oh Milo man, you're gonna LOVE having a brother – I just know it! And can already tell you guys are gonna have some fun together. I can only imagine the trouble too. Haha And looking at his profile from the u/s – he looks a lot like you. It's funny to say this early, but really your guys' profiles look SO simi...