First Fish

During his first time fishing, Jason was the first person to catch a fish at our church's "Take a Kid Fishing Day" with the assistance of Pastor Drew.

Sophia's 5th Birthday

5 felt big, in a similar way to how 2 felt big. Still not very big, but seemingly a greater leap than a year.

When Sophia turned two it became clear that she was no longer a baby (amplified by the fact that her infant brother joined us that year) and all of a sudden at 5 we have entered a new stage as well.

The birthday celebrations began in New Hampshire on her Dad's birthday. While there are thirty years between them, the calendar dates of their birthdays are less than a month apart. On Joshua's birthday they spent some time looking through his baby book (they looked a lot alike).

Grandpa made birthday cakes out of the only snow left in the yard at the end of April.

And Grammie made real cakes, to celebrate the April and May birthdays in the family. 

Back home, Sophia designed her own cake with an oreo cookie crust, cotton candy and dulce de leche frozen yogurts, butterfinger topping and rainbow sprinkles. 

A few days before her actual birthday, we went to the Chocolate Buffet at the Langham Hotel to celebrate a big birthday for her Nana.

All three of us had dessert for lunch and discussed our favorites from the 200 featured items on the train ride home.

Birthday week festivities also included a sleep over with family friends Brittany and Kevin.

The morning of Sophia's birthday she came downstairs to the three items she had requested for her special breakfast.

A chocolate croissant, a chocolate milkshake, and a hard boiled egg.

She shared her pizza dinner with grandparents, godparents, parents, her brother, her Aunt Aimee and a little one who would be turning 1 just a few days later. Our prayer is that there will be many more Happy Birthdays for both of these girls!