Bailey, Brewers and Brats

Thought that I would post a few pictures of our spring so far. We've had a great spring, and are enjoying a change in the seasons, both physically and emotionally.

We had Bailey's headstone laid on Wednesday, and I'm really happy with how it turned out. It looks great, and it's a great place to go and remember her. The lamb turned out great, and I was really happy with the font that West Coast Memorials came up with. It's so "kiddish".

Our annual family Brewers picture. It's great to live in a city with a team close by.

I also think we have three seasons of this same photo. It'll be fun to see how Melo changes over the years, and hopefully, to watch our family expand.

The Brewers have a great play area outside the park. Melodie is finally big enough to go down the bigger slides, and she loves it. I thought that it was genius marketing to place the opening of the slide right through to see the Miller Park sign in the background. Now THAT was planning!

The Brewers aren't having that great of a season, but we were able to bring Melodie to her first game of the year on Monday, and she did GREAT! She got to meet the famous "Brat" sausage in the parking lot, and has since become a big fan of the sausage race. Melodie, Uncle Sunder and I went to the game on Wednesday, and Melodie woke up out of a sound sleep seconds before the race and started cheering for the sausages! It was hilarious. Apparently someone's internal clock knew when the race was coming.

Melodie's 2!

On Friday Melodie turned two! (Granted, we're working on having her raise two fingers instead of just one as she INSISTS that she's right, and we're wrong...) I worked the night before, so she spent the day with Uncle Mike, and then we went out to eat at Fudruckers. She opened presents: a hippo, playdough, some books and bubbles, and then we had our burgers as she ate a hotdog. We had a great time, and I was so excited to see her excited about the presents. On Saturday Ryan took her to the zoo to attend her first zoo class. Apparently she had a bit of a problem listening, staying sitting, and didn't want to give the toy birdie or the glue stick back. But when I asked her about it, she nearly toppled me over with her excited jabber, flapping her arms, running in circles while exclaiming, "BIRDIES, FLY, CARDINALS, I HOLD IT!!!, BIRDIES, FLY, CARDINALS!!! HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD IT!!!" My little girl is back! It's been a little over two months since I've seen her so unabashedly excited and joyful about something. It seems like she's starting to be more and more like herself again, and I'm so thankful. Thank you spring for coming into our lives. Thank you Jesus for giving us hope.

Melodie, we love you and cherish every moment we have with you. You are a blessing, and have been since we found out that we were pregnant with you. We pray that you'll know Jesus all the days of your life, and that you'll make Him known to everyone you meet. May your days be many, plentiful, and full of joy, blessing and love. You're a wonderful sister, and we hope that soon you'll be able to experience that blessing on earth as you will in Heaven someday. We love you so very much, you really are our Melodie Joy.