January and February 2018 Recap

 "The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it."
Peter Pan

May 2018 be a year for taking flight, for falls, for standing tall, and trying again.

Praying for healthy days

My girl is so happy to be back at dance and practicing her moves before her ballet and "ninjanastics" class! I sure do love her excitement to move and groove.

 Our new year brought us many new adventures at our favorite park.

January brought many new fun birthday celebrations. We sure love our sweet mini, Miss Cassidy, and her adorable painting party at Michaels.

 

 From sleepy bear cubs to pajama days at school, our little cubs loved getting back to school.

 February Home Depot Valentine's Fun with our friend, Mellie.

  

 A New Year means...

 Bicycle Rides

 A visit from our favorite groundhog... who helps us to make fun crafts and eat delicious treats.

 

Chick-fil-a dates with our besties

 Make fun new years resolutions.

Ray and his yoga poses.

 February brings a month of LOVE

 Kisses for my loves 

 

A visit home to celebrate my sweet sister in law's upcoming wedding gave us a wonderful opportunity to love on our sweeties.

 Giving love to my precious niece, Harper!

 

 Cousin LOVE

 Hand and Heart Crafts for Oma

 My workout partner. She is beautiful and STRONG!

 Texas Week at the CDC

 My little COWboy

 Breakfast with my favorite dinosaur

 Our 2018 Oscar Date night

 Lunch visits with Miss Leynor and our favorite Mascot, Walley the Wallaroo

 Salon Fun with our Tran friends

Hugs from our Zellner crew. May this year be a year of exciting adventure!

Liam Owen's New Year's 2018 Review

Dear Liam Love,
What an exciting, crazy, adorable, challenging, but overall unforgettable year (almost) two that we have spent together. You are my littlest love and I thank God daily that we were gifted you. My rainbow baby, there is an incredible bond that we have and I know God has such a perfect and wonderful plan for you. You have made so much growth in the last few months. I can't keep up. You are my rough and tumble, my speed racer, my giggle box, strong hand thrower, you are my silly and my wiggle. You love to run circles, spin around, fall to the ground, go bonk. Your current favorite is shouting "ta-da!" before you do something naughty. You love wearing sunglasses upside down, a sock or glove on one hand, and are sadly a huge biter. We definitely have our defiant struggles but mommy knows it's a phase and I'm praying a special book I bought off Amazon might make a difference. Teeth are not for biting. I mean we are working through it. You love to laugh. Love anything round or a toy that can be thrown. You love cars and ramps. You call your paci a sassy (previously a pappi). You have been off bottles for month but are finally loving your cups. You are my eater and are not picky like your sister. Thank goodness. You finally found your sleep but sadly have lost it due to cold and congestion. This Christmas you were green for most of our two week break, but still you were filled with energy and spice. You have so many new words. Some of your favorites are, yes, sassy-paci, mik-mlk, Auby, sissy, yogut-yogurt, ta-da, book, monkey, car, puppy, down, stair, up, sak-snack, hat, hug, etc. You attempt saying almost any word. In regards to activities you love to give hugs, blow kisses, wave high, throw things, play with your sister. You love to sing when I rock you which may be my favorite thing in the entire world when I enjoy your snuggles. You have begun  holding hands recently and it's beyond words adorable. You enjoy watching movies, eating snacks, running through the house, playing ball, going to the park and climbing, etc. You still want to be carried downstairs and will throw a fit but you can easily slide on your belly yourself. You do not like to be told no and still have a very loud octave range. You may not be a fan of traveling but are learning to enjoy it. You LOVE chapstick as much as your mama and are the best little snuggle bug. Your peek a boo is adorable. Sending love and hugs to our youngest and thankful for your crazy and fun personality. You will lead one day sweet boy!

Aubrey Rose's New Year's Interview 2018

Aubrey's New Year's Interview
January 16, 2018

These are a few of her favorite things...
Age: 4
Color: pink and blue
Letter: Jj for jewels and juice
Number: 5 and 4 because I'm four
Movie: Frozen and Elsa (She also likes Baby Boss, Secret Life of Pets, Trolls, Tangled, Zootopia)
Favorite TV show: If you Give a Mouse A Cookie (We also like Bubble Guppies, PJ Masks, Umi Zoomi)
Princess: Cinderella
Super Hero: Super girl
Food: Cookies
Favorite Place to go and play: Old MacDonalds (she means McDonald's because she just enjoyed a date night with daddy there)
What do you want to be when you grow up: I want to be a big girl and a bigger sister
What job do you want: I want to clean up toys and share them with brother
Stuffed animal: baby deer named Bambi
Animal: elephant from the zoo
Teacher: Miss Wolfe
School: Preschool (The Heights)
Book: Moose and the Princess with the deer?
Favorite toy: felt pizza with 6 pepperonis
Bible Story: It's about the fisherman. They fish all day and didn't catch one single fish. Jesus got in the boats that belong to Simon and the net was breaking because the fish they were coming out. Jesus got all the fish for the people.
What do we know about Jesus: He's God's son because He's so really good. He loves everyone!
Mommy is - a teacher.
Daddy is- my father.
Brother is- my brother.
Aubrey is - a sister.

FOUR has to be one of my favorite ages. To my beautiful, kind-mannered and kindly defiant, energetic, cautious, silly, honest, daddy-loving, empathetic, sassy pants, I absolutely adore you. You are my big, little girl. You want to do it all yourself. You are our home body, miss dress up, hoarding obsessed, love all purses and bags, as well as all things pink. You take on the big sister role so well. Lately you have been asking for your bother to go upstairs and play with you. You both play together so well. I am loving your cuddle times. While you have always liked helping us cook, you have loved being your daddy's little seux chef lately. You love to play, to build, to craft, to do "big jobs," and to write your name. You have gotten so good at writing your name. I cannot wait to continue practicing writing and more academics with you this year and summer. You love going to Lucky Duck Kids Club and making fun crafts with free goodies. Each month we have started a new Home Depot wood crafting tradition and it's kind of a big deal now. You love cereal but are starting to dislike milk. You are a picky eater but LOVE your sweets (like mama). You love to read. You have such a good memory. You point out your letters and are starting to sound them out. You sounded out bus today. From a song you sing at school, we practice counting to 100 in the car each day. You can pretty much do it yourself. We are super proud of how hard you work. You love to jump on your bed. You love to sing and dance. I love that you are you and God make you special!

Daddy Daughter & Mommy Son Date Night

Something that is very important to us in our family is making quality time for each other as well as  quality time for each of our kiddos. This past weekend, the husband went on a fun daddy daughter date while mommy enjoyed my little man at home.

I just love the way she looks at her daddy. Daddy is definitely her first love. I am so thankful for this special bond and loved watching as Aubrey was so very excited to get ready for her date with daddy.

She may not get McDonald's very often but she she does daddy knows how to do it right... cheeseburger, fries, and of course a stop at Nom Noms for ice cream. This little girl was full of sugar and smiles.

While daddy and Aubrey were away, this little boy and his mommy sure did play. Liam LOVES to color. He loves all things arts and crafts, stickers, crayons, but more importantly... markers. We colored for over an hour as we enjoyed a bit of Moana and lots of snuggles. I am so thankful for a special and happy night with my little man.

Love this special time with our littles.