i never posted about adam's first birthday (almost 2 months ago!), here are pictures of his "day of birth" and one of his first birthday. after three kids, it's still incredible and amazing to me to see their growth and development in the first year of life! he's been walking from room to room for about a week now. he was taking steps here and there for a while now, and then all of a sudden decided that this week was a good one to begin walking. he won't stop walking.

adam's hospital photo (24 hours old)...and going home (2 days old):


well, okay - he's 13 months old in this photo! it was taken on rowan's birthday:


a picture of rowan's 4th birthday cake. it's a design copied from Family Fun magazine - a great family magazine given to us from our friend Heather.


a few weeks ago, my brother (andrew) visited with his wife and daughter ramona. we met them at church down in the city. this is how sawyer, our free spirit, warmed up to his cousin. he loves to dance. and he has a very unique dance that he only does when he's happy or excited about something. here, he demonstrates for ramona:


and here, ramona's got the dance moves down:


after church, we headed over to a local outdoor merry-go-round and had lunch. the kids enjoyed two rides thanks to pop-pop! merry-go-rounds are rowan and sawyer's favorites:


"we all fall down!"