February

I've had about five people ask me in the just the past few weeks why I stopped blogging. I've been thinking lately that it's time for me to climb back on the blogging horse and keep a record of the happenings of our crazy little family, so I guess that was the push I needed to actually do it.

Life has been busy for us! I was having trouble getting the pictures off my camera and lost my motivation to blog without pictures. I recently joined the 21st century and got a smartphone and realized I could update my blog and send pictures right from my phone, so I am feeling motivated to get this thing updated! The last post I did was for Abby's birthday in January, so I will start with February and work my way forward. Here goes...

Chelsea and McKall made it here from Connecticut and the kids were so excited to meet their new cousin. Brett was here doing an internship and was thrilled to be reunited with his wife and baby after being apart for a few weeks.

And just because there is nothing better than a sleeping baby...here is our sweet little Reese.

My dad came back from China for a few weeks and was able to meet both McKall and Kate. Kate isn't in this picture, but she was born on Abby's birthday and her arrival makes for 7 girls and 1 Garrett on the Petersen side of our family.

One of my favorite things about having little kids is seeing their excitement about celebrating holidays. They live for holidays and seem to measure time by what holiday is coming next. We had a wonderful Valentine's Day and the kids loved making valentines, exchanging them in their cute little mailboxes and eating more candy than they probably should have.

We had a fun little dinner with a heart-shaped pizza, darling cake pops I got from a friend, and sparkling cider in champagne glasses. The kids loved doing toasts and would giggle every time they clinked their glasses together.

Holy short bangs/pumpkin-pie-haircutted freak (name that movie, anyone???) I must have cut my own bangs and gotten a little carried away or something...yikes!

Abby got this cute little Elsa dress-up for her birthday and wore it basically all day, every day for months. No complaints here...it made for a little less laundry and I am A-OK with that!