Happy Birthday, Gabriella Kate!!

 On April 11th we celebrated Gabriella's 1st Birthday! She is such a GIFT and we were so excited to celebrate her life! Her smiles are contagious and her spunky personality keeps us laughing! She is the most petite little thing (weighing in at only 17 pounds), but you would never know it if you watched this girl eat one meal. She literally eats twice as much as her 3.5 year old sister at each meal. HA! Gabi LOVES to dance and anytime there is music or singing she will start bobbing up and down to the beat. She has just started giving the most adorable (slobbery) kisses ever. She adores her big sister, who also adores her. The two are already quite the pair and play so well together. Gabi is a mama's girl, though she loves her daddy, too. She is a clown and loves to tease and give cheesy smiles. She is pretty content most of the time, unless she is hungry. She loves to cuddle and she loves to get baths. She is also a good sleeper (7p-7a each night with two naps in the day). And, she has recently mastered the art of walking! We couldn't be more blessed with our little bundle of joy!

Due to our travel schedule and life being a bit crazy this time of year we kept her birthday pretty low-key. Our friends came over on her actual birthday for dinner and cake and then on Saturday, our sweet church family in London, KY threw her a little surprise birthday party. We were thankful to be able to celebrate with some of our dearest friends who love Gabi so much!

Each girl has their own homemade birthday sign and month-to-month picture banner. It is a lot of work, but I enjoy pulling them out each year on birthdays. Here is Gabi's finish product.

Each kiddo also has her own birthday plate that I've painted and pull out each year. 

Love these little traditions.

So excited about the water table!!

This was on the afternoon of her birthday...I looked over and found her sitting on top of the container...when did she learn to climb?!?!  A great way to celebrate turning 1!

Emily blew out the candle for her!

She wasn't quite sure...

She really didn't do too much damage...but she enjoyed her cake!

This was at her surprise bday party...hanging out with Olivia and enjoying her decorations!

 

She loved her shortcake...or really just the whipped cream!

Road Trip!

A few weeks ago we packed up our little CRV and made our way south to Louisiana, with a planned trip to Texas, too! We had been looking forward to this trip for quite some time and we were thrilled to spend Easter with our sweet friends, too! We had so many people praying for this trip and we definitely could feel those prayers!! The trip down was about 14 hours. We completed it with only two stops and spent a lot of time in slowed traffic. However, the girls hardly fussed and were content or slept most of the way. THANK YOU for praying!! Even this pregnant mama survived the long trip. We arrived in time for the Easter egg hunt at the Bevil's church in Monroe on Saturday morning. We then spent Sunday and Monday there, celebrating Easter and catching up on life. On Tuesday we packed up the car for another trip (this time it was only 6 hours!) over to Texas where we got to visit with our dear friend, Natalie. We had such a great time visiting with her and getting to experience her life in TX. We also got to spend some good time with her parents (whom we love!) and share about Hungary with their small group from church. It was such a great time of fellowship and we enjoyed meeting such great people who love the Lord. We were sad it was such a short trip as we had to pack up and head back out on Thursday morning to make it back to Louisiana in time for Viktor to share that evening, but it was SO worth the trip!!

The last couple of days in Louisiana were spent relaxing and visiting the Duck Commander warehouse (for those of you who don't know, google Duck Dynasty!). Such a fun time! On Sunday we went to church with some dear friends and supporters who had wanted us to go the last time we were in LA and couldn't. Again, we were so blessed by such loving people who are excited to hear about what God is doing in Hungary! After lunch we got back on the road and made it safely to our beds around 2:30am!!

It sure did seem like a whirlwind trip as we visited with so many people and covered so many miles, but we are so blessed to have had this opportunity to visit and share life with these dear people! Our hearts are filled with thanksgiving!!

Enjoy some pictures of our time in the south!

Emily off to find some eggs!

She found the "golden egg" and won a basket full of goodies!

Gabi even found an egg! She loves her Missy!

Emily with her prize...ha.

Sweet Gabriella and Sophie with the Easter bunny.

Happy Easter!

Gabi's first Easter...two happy girls!

We made it back to the house before everyone else and it was a raining like crazy...time for daddy to teach his girls some driving lessons.

Our growing family... :)

We enjoyed some beautiful weather!

Bevil soakin' up some sun!

The water table provided hours of entertainment for all three girls!

Relaxing at Natalie's...is this not the coolest "chair" in her living room. Super cozy. I wish I would've taken more pictures of her renovated/decorated home...pretty sure it should be in a magazine!

Emily is not a fan of dogs...never has been...but she actually got this close to Stella! Her big eyes say it all in this picture!

She loves her "Nat!"

Natalie and the girls. Sweet.

Playing at the park.

Viktor wasn't going to let us leave without a feast of crawfish...

We put the girls down for naps and then enjoyed a quiet lunch...

So fun!

A visit with Grandma!

It had been way too long since we visited my grandma Carolyn in Indiana, so we had a free weekend in March and made the trip. The girls love their great grandma and we enjoyed a wonderful afternoon and dinner with her. We were also very excited to share the news of Baby #3 to her in person. 

 Happy girl ready to head to Grandma's house.

 Gabi and Grandma enjoying some time together.

This is Emily showing Grandma the ultrasound pictures and telling her about her new baby brother or sister!

Our little cheerleader!

Emily attends a small preschool in Lexington. They must assume that we are all UK fans (which is not the case, haha!). Last month, during March Madness, they had UK day at school and she was to wear UK apparel. A friend of hers had outgrow this cheerleader outfit (which apparently Em was about to outgrow, too!), so we borrowed it for the day. She was so excited and proud to be a little cheerleader for the day.

 But, these are her true colors...and make her even more proud!!

We are growing!

We are excited to announce that our little Rozsa family is growing! Lord willing, Baby #3 will be arriving in late September!! We couldn't be more excited about this precious blessing from the Lord! In the beginning of the pregnancy we went through some long weeks as we received some hard news regarding our baby. I will spare you all the details for now, but after many ultrasounds and visits with a high risk OB we have been "cleared" and told that everything looks perfectly healthy and normal. We thank the Lord, and SO many friends who were/are praying for us all around the world!! We are thankful that we no longer need monitored at the high risk OB and can see our midwife (who has cared for our other two pregnancies) as normal. We had an ultrasound last week to see if we could find out the sex, but sure enough, the little stinker had the umbilical right between his/her legs and we were unable to see whatever is there. HA! We'll go back in about 3 weeks for another scan to try and get another sneak peek!

We appreciate your prayers for a continued healthy pregnancy and for our family as we prepare to grow!! Or original plan for moving to Hungary was for this summer/fall. However, it will be delayed a few months with a new target date of February/March. Would you pray with us as we continue meeting with individuals and churches this summer to share about the ministry in Hungary? We will keep you posted!