Saturday, February 22, 2014

Hope's First Birthday

 Our little Hope girl turned 1!!! Wow, a year goes by fast.  I'll never forget holding our sweet newborn baby in the hospital while watching the Super Bowl!! And now she is walking everywhere, climbing stairs, saying Mama, Dada, More, Hi,  feeding herself meatballs, chili, crackers, sweet potatoes, yogurt melts,  and bananas (her favorite foods), and just making us smile every day.  She is such a sweet little girl, but also such a go-getter.  She has to keep up with the big kids and is very determined when she wants something!  She just takes everything in with stride and hardly ever cries.   She has been the best addition to our family.  We love you Hope Ann!!

Below are a bunch of pics from her birthday.  Above and below is our morning birthday song and balloon in her crib!


 Eating a cupcake on her actual birthday.  She wasn't too thrilled with it.  Hannah & Seth ate most of it.
 Opening the new toy Hannah and Seth picked out for her.  She really does like this new little music box!

And her "Hearts" Birthday Party!  The older two helped me make lots of heart decorations to hang everywhere.  They were more excited about her party then she was :)

Beautiful Hope
Heart Cake


With Both Grandmas



Messy face
 Cupcake time...she liked this strawberry flavor better!
All the cousins helping her out


Birthday girl with Mommy and Daddy

Family pic

Hope with some of her Aunties

Seeing how many cousins can fit in Hope's new swimming pool!

All the cousins (minus Sam!)

Grandparent pic with all the girl cousins.  They all got the pink and red memo :)
 What a difference a year makes... awwwww!

My favorite scripture to pray for Hope each night!

And a little video of Hopey when she just started walking (around 11 months)!!

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

More Christmas

 Christmas 2014 Part 2 :) 


Hannah and Seth singing in our church's Christmas program. They held hands on the way up and down the stage...awww.

Ringger Family Christmas

Grandma and Hope
 My mom borrowed the nativity costumes from the preschool she works at.  Kids loved having a nativity pageant!
Hannah as Mary

Hope as the little lamb

Seth as a shepherd

Cousin nativity pageant  (Hannah, Jed as Joseph, Josiah as wise man, Seth, Joey as the star, and Hope

opening presents...Seth LOVES to shave with this monster inc set



Thanks to PawPaw, Hannah learned how to play "Joy to the World" on the piano

PawPaw and Grandma with all the grandkids

Clark Christmas

all the girl grandkids

Seth and his cousin buddy Josh making silly faces

The whole family...a lot of grandkids!!!

Cousins!!!

Sweet Baby Hope...1st Christmas

Clark Christmas craziness!
So thankful for wonderful times with family!!

And a few more random Christmas pics...

Hope with her 1st ornament.  Little manger scene says 'hope" on it!

Beautiful Hannah at our Church's Christmas Eve candlelight service

Nate and Hannah Christmas Eve
Christmas Cookie Decorating!


Hope All bundled up

Christmas Eve dress...Hope's 1st Christmas!!!

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Christmas 2013

Nativity Scene
Picking out our Christmas Tree
After the tree was decorated

 We had a really wonderful Christmas!  The kids are at such a fun age. Everything gets them excited!  They love the mystery of Santa, looking for "Boxy" our elf on the shelf each morning, completing the advent activities each day, and most of all talking about Jesus and his birth.  I think they understood the real reason for the season :)
sleeping by the tree
Christmas morning stockings





Leaving cookies and milk for Santa on Christmas Eve
Christmas morning breakfast
Opening presents
Hannah's favorite gift...her new doll "Hannah"
Seth's favorite gifts... Pirate toys!
Sprinkling reindeer food on the lawn Christmas Eve
Putting out decorations



Christmas curtsy


Baby Hope's First Christmas!!

Opening presents


Family pic Christmas 2013




 Meeting Santa and Mrs. Claus...no tears this year! 



At Hannah's pre-k Christmas party



 More nativity pics! 
As soon as Seth saw this life size nativity, he asked to have his pic taken with it!