Easter 09

The little man is starting to get the hang of egg hunting this year!



We are greatful to our saviour!

Spring Breakin'

We had a joyous time during a little trip over to the White River.
It was very peaceful minus our two bouncy energetic children.



The above is definitely a scene I can envision reitring to each evening for the rest of my days!





Is this sticker a test of your patience?




While we were fishing the little ones kept their cousin very busy!!



Baby Eli's cousins came down for a visit and Little Miss had a blast with them!!!
Otherwise we have just been busy figuring out how to downsize all our earthly belongings for our upcoming move. Had a big yard sale, sold a car, donated tons of bags of miscellaneous items, and our home still seems full. It all definitely puts things in perspective as far as what matters most in my life and it certainly isn't my possessions!!!

"The Lord is my God"

Little Elijah is such a special sweet new baby boy. He is keeping his mommy and daddy very busy, which I forget in those moments when I think awww maybe we should have one more. Then I return to reality and just really enjoy getting to hold him and watch him .

Delivery

Sweet baby boy born Monday. Pictures to come. Am so happy for my friend!

Stork

So, my BF is about to have her baby (due March 27th) and I am so excited. It is really hitting me tonight that I get to enjoy this and not actually have the baby--how cool is that! Life is so fragile. I am gleefully anticipating his sweet arrival.

Daffodillies

We've had some great zoo weather!



Our favorite seal lion window.




The good ole "daffodillies" as lil miss calls them are beautifully blooming.






Lil miss and her class put on a program at school for the grandparents --it was so sweet!

4

This is the year of Barbie cakes and frog cupcakes...that's what little miss requested and not just a general wish. She looked on google images and found exactly what she wanted. Daddy had fun decorating the cupcakes and mommy stayed up all night perfecting the Barbie cake.





The little lady herself...Four!




A real princess was even there. Her aunt is definitely a special princess to us all!!





We had a balloon lady come and make theme balloons for her little friends and it was such fun watching the shapes evolve into an actual identifiable object.








Here's what we caught the lil ones doing with one of her gifts. Interesting how fun it is to ride in a stroller unless your mom wants you in it. Sweet Lili gave her this and it goes round and round and round the house all day!(thanks)








Your cousin dresses you funny!







Building a snow man with some unexpected snow.

LUV

Valentine girl

The Beach and a Frog Potty

Well, this was one of those spontaneous we were going to Branson to have a break from the little ones but then watched the weather and decided it was only 2 more hours (in the other direction) to the beach and of course there's no way they would miss out on that kinda fun...and there we were at midnight getting checked in with babes crying...but little miss knew that the next morning would bring great fun because she loves to play at the beach!!! I definitely caught myself in one of those "Life is Good" moments, while I hit the boardwalk on the way to squish my feet in the sand.



Little man found a puddle and had a heyday!!





Back to reality, lil miss had a valentines day party at school. They got to put their own icing on their cookies and sprinkles too. You can't go wrong with that idea!





Little man began his maiden voyage into potty training today. So he got to pick out his very own potty chair (okay ,so I researched it a bit and steered the shopping cart in its direction and we drove 20 extra miles just to go to the store that had one in stock) but for all he knows today he chose this frog potty and he likes it!!!




Oh,and of course the almighty MM's as he calls them to help motivate the process.




Had to add a couple of clips of the children's joy!

Ahoy, a birthday party where the dad's cracked a smile is always worth it!!
The Homebuilders Pirates!



Little miss decided to be the fairy godmother instead of a princess at this party.




Little man is not sure about being a pirate yet.




Gimmie that paci... it won't be long before it's gone. Sweet boy!




How he is the happiest!! Choo choo.




Welcoming a little one to the fold. The love of God wraps His arms around this precious soul.

dialogue

I don't normally post these funny little conversations but sometimes you just can't help but be humored by a 3 year olds wisdom.

jma "Mom please can we go to a restronk"

me "We don't have any money to go , sorry"

jma "But mom I really wanna go to Chucky Cheese, please"

me " Well, where are we going to get the money?"

jma "Oh,mom that's easy just go up to the drive up bank and they will give us some"

me(thinking to myself...the sweet joys of being 3)

And a link to the right is a family to keep in your prayers...According to their doctors , their baby wasn't supposed to be able to survive out of the womb and he is still here with them...please add them to your prayer list.

My BFF's baby shower was so much fun. Her bump is really growing and yes I meant to crop her face out of the pic.



My wonderful SIL and I made these cookies (thanks to Stephanie for her awesome onesie cookie cutter). We used a book called Creative Cookies by Toba Garrett.
The icing took about 8+ hours to dry but the icing was really shiny. YUM!



Here's the cake we made going on a bluebird/storkish theme since my BFF wants to believe that's how the baby is delivered. I wish!



Snowy day today. No dance, no 2 yr DR visit, just snowy and hot chocolate! Think we'll make some cookies too. Below little man dabbles with the snow.

The party

Here is our little train enthusiast waiting for his family to arrive.
A look of longing and excitement...



TWO



After lunch came his favorite part... "cake cake cake!" he kept exclaiming. YUM!




Sister loves to help.




Jodi and Steven made an awesome funfetti train cake along with some delicious chocolate mold candies in the shape of trains...they are also responsible for the giant train balloon pictures above and much much more.




We also made a cake in the shape of a train and it was really fun decorating the train cars.



I feel so blessed tonight as these little ones sleep to have such special family and friends that are supportive and love us so well! A few pictured below, the rest held tight in our hearts. We have nearly made it to the end of a long road with many exciting journeys ahead. As duck season draws to a close (ie- only one more night here doing the parent thing alone) that is until turkey time. And with no heat since Friday...it is amazing how love can make me feel so warm inside!