1095 Magnolia Way

Wifey_

Three years ago today, I was the second most anxious I've ever been in my life...about to marry "Crystal Estanovich." [The first most anxious day was 12/24/03...the day I proposed to you. Nothing tops that sort of excitement and anxiety. I don't think my body produced saliva that entire day! And, my trachea narrowed every passing hour until evening when you said yes and I could breathe again. :) ] And, what an amazing journey it's been!

The vibrancy of our magnolia tree's bloom when we got home from our honeymoon was nothing short of Glorious. How fitting that every year our magnolia blooms over our anniversary. And, yesterday when I took this picture of our just-now-blooming tree, God reminded me that while we've enjoyed a handful of beautiful years together, our union is still very young. Very fresh. Very new. And, very ready to keep being shared with those in our lives.

We were given a story that began in May of 2003 when we met. That story, When 2 Become 1, reached an eternal chapter when we vowed our lives to each other in front of God and many friends and family. While thehaffnerhome blog isn't the platform were we given on that day...this is still an opportunity for me to publically grab your hand again and say, "I do." And, I always will.

I love you!
_the Husband

visiting my aunt and uncle

Landon and I are in Palatine, IL visiting my Uncle Eric and Aunt Debbie while Amos is in St. Pete for a race. We are having a great time! We are excited to head home on Sunday to see Amos, we miss him a lot! We only have 1 more day apart!



Landon is ready to hit the mall. He is doing great. Eating sweet potatoes, pears, and peaches this weekend and sleeping 12 hours in his pack and play. He is real trooper!!!




This is my favorite Aunt Debbie! Landon loves his Aunt Debbie. He does think she is quite silly. She dances around and snaps her fingers and Landon just laughs and laughs!

Daddy and Landon time

Amos was in Miami last week for the race and will be
in St. Pete this week. Landon loves his Daddy time!
Be sure to check out his legs in this pics. He is pushing 19 pounds as of yesterday.

Landon's and I have been strolling these days!

LA is about to have his first tooth!

Yes, he is still smiling and happy while cutting teeth. The evenings seem to bother him a little more, but orajel and cuddling seems to do the job! It has been about six days and still no teeth. His bottom gums are extra white. We know they are coming soon!!

Landon's play date with the Keller girls

Crystal took Landon to the Kellers for a play date with Lauren and Jillian on Wednesday earlier this week. Enjoy the pics below and check out the post on the Keller Family Four blog as well. Have a look at the bottom picture here. Landon is really living up to his middle name! :)

Aidan, Grant, and Landon

Sweet baby!!



Landon thinks Grant is pretty cute!




Aidan does not like when I take his picture, but I got him!!

Landon's 6 month photos

So, these are a few weeks old now because it took two weeks to get the photos back, but here are a few of Landon's 6 month photos for your enjoyment...

After reviewing the images, we decided that he's still absolutely adorable!

the Miller Procreation Celebration

We got the chance to bless Ty and Rachel Miller over the weekend the first-ever-in-the-history-of-man Procreation Celebration. Our artist friend Laura LaForge (who's Parables art show opens this Friday, see below post) allowed us to use her awesome art studio located in downtown Indianapolis for the wine/dessert late evening party. All guests were to wear party formal blacks with a hint of blue if they think baby Miller will be a boy or a hint of pink if they think baby will be a girl.


Voila!

the spread

Everyone had a tremendous time and wanted to keep having a tremendous time, but we had to shut down at 11p when everyone decided to help teardown so that we could continue the festivities at a pub downstairs. Thanks everyone for the help and braving the icy travel conditions to come out and celebrate with us. Awesome times! We're so excited for baby Miller to enter in a couple very short months!

Anyone who attended the party and didn't get a link to more pics via Snapfish from Amos, please post a comment here so that we know where to send them.

Parables by Laura LaForge

Our dear friend Laura LaForge is having another of her outstanding shows downtown at the Stutz starting this Friday, March 2nd. As you might recall, Laura is the one who painted Landon's room for us. Check out the info below and click on the invitation to link to the Stutz website for even more...

Splish Splash

Landon was grown to absolutely love bath time! In fact, he only cried the first couple times. Now, he thoroughly enjoys splashing and playing with his rubby ducky. At 18.5 pounds, he's outgrown his little tub, so we're probably moving on to the sink soon. Or the local moat.

cereal take 2

Oh, man! We're doing this again?



Ewwwhhhhggggghhhh



Wait a second....



This isn't so bad after all

And, check out this sweet caterpillar!

Alright!

Mmm. Maybe I got a little over zealous...

...Can I be done now?

Braeden's ONE already

Check out some of these outstanding pics of Braeden Amsler from their photographer's blog!