The Brothers Family

It's no surprise that it's been a ridiculously long time since I last blogged. To be honest, I don't really read many blogs these days and it slips my mind that I should or could blog about what is going on in our little home and life. And just like the majority of families in the world, we are really busy with incredibly active children. To say that Julian and Alice keep me on my toes is an understatement and makes me laugh a little. I love how active they are but it doesn't slow down much around here so we live on the go a lot. Here are just a few snippets from our past year for a brief update.  We had family photos taken by a new, dear friend Kim in the fall. We hadn't had proper family photos taken since Julian was 18mos old. It was much needed and so fun. Now that Christmas is over, my focus is on finding walls and spots in my house to hang and frame these lovely shots. These were taken along the Cherry Creek Trail and are less than 5min from our...

Do you ever look back on periods of your life and think, "where on earth did that time go?!" 2015 has been that way since the start. Life is busy with an active 4 year old and an even more active 1 year old! I've missed posting so. many. things. So, rather than sit here and ramble on and on, how about a catching up post in photos. Alice turned 1 on April 14th. She is so precious to us. She started crawling at 6mos old and walking at 9mos old. She's been a little dust cloud ever since. She is so sweet and a little bit of spice. In May, Dustin turned 30 and I turned 33. One of the most fun secrets I've ever kept in my life, I planned and paid for a surprise trip to Seattle for a long weekend just the two of us to celebrate his 30th. On the night of my birthday dinner, I had Dustin open one of my gifts and it was his bags packed and our itinerary for the weekend. We caught a flight 12hrs later and enjoyed 4 days in one of our favorite places. Pike Place M...

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!

I haven't posted here in a long time for a couple of reasons. I'm even hesitant to post now for personal reasons. But to be honest, I miss being able to share our life with most of you who are reading. I can't explain all that has gone on over the past year or why it makes us uncomfortable even now. But I have friends out there that I want to share our story with and while I wish I could pick and choose who that would be, I cannot. So, here I am to catch some of my friends up on the past few months. Julian is 3 and a half and is full of energy and life. He is active and playful and fun. He is also a little wild and strong-willed at times. 3 and half is both my very favorite age of his so far, and also his hardest age so far. Some days are so wonderful. Some are incredibly trying. Alice is our wild girl. She's almost 8 months old and she's into everything. She is teeny tiny, but she is mighty! She started crawling at 6 months old and has spent the past two months...

{April} I think this April goes down in history as the best April ever. It's been an epic month for sure. 

Here are a few highlights from our first week home together. True it's taking some adjusting (I forget so many things about life with a newborn!) but everyone is doing so great and it feels good to have the whole family all here. Soaking it in and trying to savor it each day. More love than my heart can hold.  She's so tiny in his arms. This is what a happy Easter morning looks like in our house.  A boy in jammies with trains and eggs.  My favorite shot from the brief photo session I did with my kids.  This one is going on the wall. Snuggling with her daddy. He loves her SO much. 

Alice Olivia Brothers Arrived on 4/14/14 Born at 8:13 am 5 lbs 8 oz 18 1/2" long wonderfully perfect. A tiny little beauty. Brand new. The hospital hat was too big on her tiny head. 1 day old Going home from the hospital in sunshine yellow.  Alice arrived on Monday! She is a tiny little peanut but she is healthy and absolutely perfect. She has a strong voice and thinks she already wants to hold her head up and look around. Her doctor calls her "small but mighty." Julian loves her so much. He wasn't quite sure about her when he first came to visit us in the hospital but I think he was more distracted by the hospital and commotion than anything. He's really happy to have her home with us now and wants to keep tabs on her wherever she goes. We are so totally in love with her and are really thankful to have her in our arms.