Thankful for God's Blessings

So we've been keeping a secret for the past 6 weeks....waiting for Malachi's birthday to reveal that he is a big brother! We are expecting Baby #2 around June 13th. Couldn't be more excited, we feel so blessed!

To reveal to family we skyped/facetimed all of them throughout the day and told them Malachi had one more present to open for them. I had made the shirt he is wearing in the picture above and put it in a gift bag, he wasn't the best at showing it off after grabbing it from the bag as he threw it on the ground every time, but we held it up for everyone to see. It was so much fun and it feels great to have the secret OUT! It was not easy keeping that silent. 

We also took the picture below to post on Facebook, and the picture at the very bottom I posted on Instagram (man all these different social media venues!), forgetting that it says Malachi will be promoted to big brother...haha oh well. The secret is out!

Malachi's 1st Birthday Party!

We were so busy partying it up yesterday that I didn't get a post up. 

We are so blessed to have little Malachi in our lives. It has been a fast year full of unknowns (thanks to first-time parenting), joys, sleepless nights, moving (twice!)...but a year full of feeling God's grace and love in our little family and wouldn't want it any other way. 

Malachi is so fun but getting so big...I just can't believe he's one already!!!

First time meeting Malachi

Night before the big day

Celebrating at a Vancouver Canucks vs LA Kings hockey game, the night before.

Andrew and I made Malachi his cake

First gift, duplos from Daddy

Malachi had a friend over to celebrate too.

Thanks Malim and Jonathan for coming!

Present from Todd

Taking a break from the action with his new toy story sippy cup from Auntie Jen

Chatting with Robin on Skype...thank you everyone who called in! We saw our whole immediate family

Thanks everyone for the gifts: Jamie, Cathy, both grandparents, Jen. And everyone who's gifts we opened early.

Cake time!

It's okay Malachi, you can eat the WHOLE piece of cake if you'd like =)

And that's it for now...I'll probably do another post when I get some of the pics that my parents took.

It was a special day in more ways than one...more info to come later.

Kale Chips?

Who would have known...Kale chips! Malachi loved them!

 He liked them more than I did =)

For you mothers out there with little ones (if there are any following my blog) they are so easy to make. Just wash the kale leaves, tear into bite sizes, lay on baking tray, drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle with salt (I put way to much salt accidentally, so I rubbed salt off before eating) and bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. They are very flaky and basically melt in your mouth. Let me know if you try them and what you think =)

6 days!

First licks of a Sees Sucker

Malachi has now officially been initiated into the Higle family...haha, he had his first licks of my Cafe Latte Sees Sucker, compliments of my mother. 

The countdown is on...8 more days till the big birthday party!

Go Ducks

A picture of our newest niece in an Oregon onsie reminded me of the Duck game today (thanks Marjon). I just found Malachi's onsie yesterday, so of course I had to put it on him!

Yes he has started to walk!

For those who couldn't see his tooth in the other pics