Two Months

Hannah Kate is two months old now which is hard to believe. She is smiling lots, cooing lots, and so close to laughing. In the last couple of weeks she has found her hands and they are her new best friend. I am wondering if she may become a thumb sucker :) She also loves her swing and playmat. My one goal in the life is to have all three children asleep at the same time. At 7 weeks she weighed 10 lbs. 3 oz and was 23 inches.

So Parker has a monkey, Emma Jane has an owl, and Hannah Kate... has an elephant. I missed the one month shots, but here is her two month photo shoot!

Flower Girls and Random Pictures

Some pictures from everyday life...

One of Hannah Kate's favorite positions- on our shoulder resting on her arms

The girls have begun to like painting with brushes, particularly Parker who likes all crafts.

Holding Hannah Kate is more and more becoming a daily occurrence mostly because I can only say "no"so many times... Here are some of Emma Jane's first attempts. (note that Hannah Kate isn't enjoying the experience so much).

One of my dear friends Shannon got married a few weeks ago and the Parker and Emma Jane were the flower girls. This was their first wedding. We prepped for the event by watching the royal wedding (seriously), by making a HUGE deal out of their special white dress/shoes/headpiece, and of course having loads of candy. One of our other friends little boy, George, was the ring bearer. While the girls had met George before it was only briefly and I didn't know if they would walk down the aisle with him. Turns out it was love at first sight and they all three held hands and walked easily down the long church aisle. I wish I had a picture of it because it was just the cutest thing. Emma Jane and George also did some dancing at the reception where all three children lost their marbles. Fortunately they went crazy in a good silly way instead of a nervous breakdown/crying way. It was a sight to see.

Easter Weekend

Easter weekend was the fifth annual Easter at the Broges lunch. Once again it was a success and even though it was raining all 28 people that were crammed in our little house seemed to have a good time. This year was even more special because the Ernsts traveled back to St. Louis from Denver to celebrate with us. It was wonderful to have our small group family back together again. The Broge family's big accomplishment was making it to the 8:00 service on time. I personally am very proud of that! Here are some pictures from the weekend. They are in reverse order as I just don't have the energy to fix them right now :)

This picture is one of the reasons I love our small group so much. Everyone just loves on everyone else and their children. Emma Jane just crawled up in between Melissa and Sarah (who is holding Hannah Kate) and didn't think twice about it.

Drew Ernst trying to look like Mr. T and eat a slinky all at the same time.

Crazy Hair

Aviva being a good mommy

The five of us... Jason and I look exhausted...

On the Saturday before Easter our church has a huge Easter Egg Hunt and then tons of activities for kids. Here we are pre- hunt.

The girls Good Friday outfits :) I absolutely love both these pictures!!

Hannah Kate's Baptism

Today Hannah Kate is 3 weeks old. At the Dr today she was just shy of 9 pounds which is fantastic. I was finally able to get a picture of the three girls together... its not the best but the best we are going to get right now!

Parker and Emma Jane have been keeping busy. Nana had to go home this week (very very sad), but Grandma and Grandpa came so that has been exciting. We some boxes in the mail this week which proved to be an entire afternoon of fun!



This past Sunday Hannah Kate was baptized which was of course a special wonderful occasion. We were able to have family from both sides there and our church friends which was a huge blessing. This is the first child that I was actually able to see get baptized as Emma Jane and Parker were baptized while I was still in the recovery room.

Hannah Kate's godparents are John and Carla Hagan who have become a huge part of our St. Louis family. There isn't enough room on this blog for me to list the countless ways the Hagans have shown our family sacrifice and the love of Christ. We don't know what we would do without them and plan on never finding out! Here are some pictures from the big day.

Hannah Kate wasn't such a fan of the bonnet...

Parker and Emma Jane got a new dress for the occasion as well

Nana

The Broges

John and Carla Hagan= godparents

Only part of our large small group

We were so thankful that Pastor Bierman, who also baptized the girls, was available to baptize Hannah Kate as well.

Hannah Kate

Here are some pictures of Hannah Kate with her eyes open from the couple of weeks of life.... we are surviving... thanks to Nana :)