Happy 7th Birthday Richard!!!!!

It's truly hard to believe that our little guy is now 7 years old. We still remember the cold day we got to bring him home after 7 days in the Northside NICU and 21 weeks of bedrest, numerous hospital and ER visits before that.

Richard loves sports, video games, sharks and really any animal that lives in the ocean. he loves to ride his bike and has been able to do so for the past 5.5 years. I have never seen 2.5 year old before Richard ride without any training wheels - pretty amazing.

Richard is in 1st grade and loves school and his teacher Ms. Heflin. His favorite subject is definitely math, although he does like to read a lot. His favorite book of the month is Leroy the Lobster. Yes the books he likes are mostly about the ocean.

He also loves girls. His favorite girlfriends are Megan and Juliette. Every time he talks about them he gets a little red. Too cute.

When we look over the past 7 years we are so blessed to have you in our lives. Hard to believe that our little preemie is now 120% for height and weight.

You are truly a blessing and we are so thankful you have chosen us to be your parents.

Love always,
Mom, Dad, Gracie, George & Henry

Cute pictures of the family!

Nekoliko slikica od djece.

Some pictures of the kids.

Love,
The Keller's

Happy New Year!!! Hard to believe it's 2010

Well we were not very good about updating our blog in 2009. It's kind of hard to do with 4 little ones running around looking for our attention and having full time jobs. Since we did not feel like we had enough on our plate Suzana also started her MBA in December but as always we'll try to update when we can.

Overall 2009 was a good year for us. It started with Suzana getting a new job at Coke and Henry spending a week at Children's healthcare of Atlanta due to bad infection. They took good care of our little man and he is doing great now.

Then our big boy Richard celebrated his 6th birthday. Richard and Grace played soccer in the spring and had a great time. They played on the same team and did well. Gracie sometimes chose not to play but we guess that's OK for her age group.

This was followed by the little boys celebrating their 2nd birthday. We then went on vacation to North Carolina and had an awesome time. Baba Vesna came and spent the summer with us along with Ujko Aco and Ujna Kaca. We all went to the Disney World and had an super time. This trip was also the first trip on the plane for the little boys.

In September Gracie girl celebrated her 5th birthday and started pre-K and Richard started first grade. Richard went back for another season of soccer while Gracie started ballet at school. This year we decided to stay at home for the Holidays and had an awesome time. Grandma Robin and Grandpa Richard both came and visited couple of times and we had a great time. Grandma Robin took us for some treasure hunts, played Sorry and brought us really cool presents. Grandpa Richard is still working hard on making us Tennessee Vol fans and thanks to him now we have the fan full gear including plates, spoons and forks. Maybe they'll do better next year.

Halloween was rainy and cold but we still had fun and went trick or treating - another first for the little boys. Thanksgiving we spent with uncle Kevin who always brings delicious healthy food.

Christmas was fun and we all got lots of cool presents and got to spend time together. Henry got the best present - new ears. Our little guy could not hear well so we were able to get him ear tubes which will hopefully bring his hearing back to normal. Based on what we see he is already hearing better. he goes back in 5 weeks for another check up. Fingers crossed.

Our hopes for 2010 are simple. We ask for health, happiness, good friends and lots of time with the family.

Love to all from
The Keller's

Happy 5th Birthday Gracie Girl!

Gracie and Sofia
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Our little Princess

Mommy and the Little Princess

Our little girl is 5 years old. Every time someone would tell us time goes by faster when you have children we did not believe them until now. our baby girl is 5 years old.

She is truly the best little girl in the world. She loves to give hugs and kisses and tells us she loves us at least 30 times per day. She also loves to tell us how she will marry a prince one day who will take her to his castle. The good news is he will also take the rest of us so we can all live happily ever after. She still believes in princesses and stories and we wish she can stay this way forever. Sometimes Richard tells her something is not real but she does not believe him as she has seen her favorite characters when we went to the Disney World. Every now and then she will ask us if somebody is “from this world” just to make sure.

She loves to play ballet and is asking to play soccer again. She loves her brother Richard but babies she loves only sometimes J. They like to break things and play with her dolls, which she does not appreciate. She started pre-K this year and her teachers love her. She asks them what the rules are and then follows them. She cannot wait to go to Kindergarten as then she will be on the same bus as Richard. She loves dresses as this is what princesses wear but will sometimes wear princess pants. She has to have her hair done as this too is what princesses do. She also goes with Mommy to get her nails done and picks her favorite color purple with sparkles every time.

We cannot imagine our lives without our little princess in it. We love you baby girl and may all of your dreams come true.
Love,
Mommy, Daddy & your brothers Richard, George & Henry

Summer Update

The Keller's

Posing for Mom at the beach

Having fun at the beach

Having some more fun at the beach

Cool foggy photo at the beach

Self explanatory

Having fun at the pool

Kicking some butt in swimming (Richard did an awesome job!)

Celebrating!

Sleeping

Looking at the fish - Georgia Aquarium

"Learning" about Atlanta

Having Fun in the Piedmont Park

More Fun in the Piedmont Park
This has been an awesome summer for us. Baba is here with us and we are having lots of fun. We visited all kinds of cool places, some here in Georgia and some as far as North Carolina Outer Banks. Baba went to Chicago to get some rest and visit her best friend Teta Ranka.
We are now waiting for Ujko Aco to come with Ujna Kaca in less than 2 weeks. We plan on going with them to the happiest place in the world - The Disney World. We'll make sure to post pictures from their visit!

Love to all,
The Keller's

Happy 2nd Birthday George & Henry!

George & Henry are 2 years old!!! They celebrated their birthday with Baba Vesna and a very fancy cake that she made that was also very very yummy. We cannot believe our little boys are 2 years old already. Where did our babies go? We still remember the time we first saw them and now they are running everywhere and love to talk to each other in their own language. They also love Richard and Grace especially if they are playing with the toys that the little boys cannot have. They love to sleep in one bad even though they have two beds. They love to fight and then they kiss and hug each other. They love to sing songs and dance. Their favorite activity involves water and lots of splashing. So the pool is the place to be for the little guys. When they don't feel well they prefer Mommy but when they want to have fun they prefer Daddy. They also switch who they prefer; one month George loves Mommy and Henry loves Daddy and then they switch. George is definitely more agressive and outspoken of the two although Henry is not shy and he is definitely capable of defending himself. They also love their milk. They like to have it first thing in the morning and last thing before they go to bad. And they will only dring milk from their favorite green sippies. Their favorite activity is going to the ZOO and they love all the different animals, train ride and the beautiful playground.

Having twins is truly an amazing journey and we would not trade this for the world. Happy 2nd Birthday little ones. We love you more than you could ever imagine.

Mommy, Daddy, Richard and Gracie

Happy Easter!!!

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Keller babies

Mommy and Daddy - Richard took this photo

Daddy and the kids - the best photo we could get

Mommy and Gracie - the Girls

Daddy and the kids watching ducks

Kids enjoying their Easter baskets

Wow we sure are not updating our site as often as we used to. Not sure if the excuse of we have been very busy with the kids and enjoying somewhat of a nice weather in Atlanta works but that's the best we got.

We had a very nice Easter with our friends and the weather was just beautiful. This was between the two major storms the day before and the day after. We sure hope April showers bring May flowers.

Hard to believe Richard is almost done with his Kindergarten and we'll soon be First Grader. This makes him very excited. He thinks that being a first grader is very special. I am sure he is also very tired of people asking him if he is in 3rd grade :-). Our big boy! At his 6 year appointment he was the size of an average 8-9 year old.

Gracie is getting ready for Pre-K and is enjoying her Ballet Classes. She is playing soccer with Richard but that is not nearly as much fun as dressing up as a princess. We think she would be perfect for the Hollywood! Jennifer Aniston watch out :-).

As for the boys they are getting ready to enter the horrible twos. I just cannot believe my little babies will be 2 years old next month!!! They are now talking and running everywhere. They love each other and their favorite game is chasing each other or taking toys from each other.

Mommy and Daddy are also doing well. This fall is our 10 year wedding anniversary so we are trying to figure out what we would like to do. I still remember a couple on our Honeymoon who were there for their 10 year anniversary and I thought that was so long and they looked kind of old. Are we now the old couple? I sure hope not.

Love to All
The Keller's