Cookie Time!

It seems like there's a lot of birthdays this time of year :) So, out came the cookie cutters, and I went to work. I made crowns for Keira
I did a few different designs

They were fun, and actually pretty easy :)

Julean gets Lightning again this year :) I only took 1 picture, because they were all the same :)

And Matthias gets a birthday cake for his big, bad first birthday :)

I did a few designs for him too.

Like the candle on the 'i'?) :)

I thought I'd throw in a few for Renae, who is recovering from surgery on her foot :)

Happy Birthday Keira, Matthias & Julean! And get well soon, Renae :) The cookies should arrive soon!

There are a BUNCH of May birthdays comin'...

Silly Little Boy

Just a few random pictures of Eli being silly... Okay...so the first one isn't so silly...I was just excited that he finally ate a PB&J...he hasn't liked those for a while. Makes picnic lunches easier :) He gobbled it down-apparently quite hungry.
Ummm...yeah. I put that on him. Poor kid...

Eli was enjoying cooking :)

Eli put this hat on all by himself. He loves wearing daddy's hat :)

Too cute for words!

Meet La-ia

Okay...so that is not her name. It IS currently the funniest name I've ever heard. In case you don't know how to pronounce it, it's 'La-dash-ee-a'. That's right...you pronounce the 'dash'. It's a name Jennifer recently proposed, and that's what I'll call her until we come up with the actual name. That could be a while, though...

Anyway, here are some (long ago) promised pictures of the ultrasound we had a couple of weeks ago.

Here she is! All snugly warm inside mommy:

In case you haven't looked at an ultrasound picture in a while, I labeled it for you so you could see which end is which :)
She even yawned for the camera ;)

And this is (ahem...) the current 'I'm a girl' shot. You can see her legs and her cute little bum.

That's all we'll see of her until the next ultrasound, which is at 20 weeks, I think. I'm looking forward to feeling her move soon-she was moving all over the place during the ultrasound. I have been feeling significantly better the last couple of days...I even cleaned out my refrigerator. Now THAT'S something! Now if I can just get to those bathrooms...maybe tomorrow :)

Fun with Katie

Today Katie came over to play. Eli and Katie are really starting to play well together. Eli was totally entertained the entire time she was here...which meant mommy got to get some papers graded, and when Krista came back, we had a nice afternoon hanging out while the kiddos played. Ummm....I think there are more than toys in that toy box!
Katie said she was going to take a nap inside.

'Katie! Come out and play!'

And play they did :)

Eli only fell down the steps once during the day...don't worry, he wasn't hurt. I think it scared him, though. I keep going back and forth as to whether to get a gate for 2 steps...it seems silly for just two little steps...but I suppose if he is going to fall down them, I should probably protect him...or maybe it will just toughen him up...
I took a few videos of the afternoon...perhaps they are only entertaining to me :) I thought it was so fun to watch the kids play together. SO, enjoy if you like...or skip the videos entirely :)

Oh...and GO TIGERS. YAY! Baseball season has started :) Our little girl should be born just in time to watch the Tigers win the World Series... :)

Easter Sunday

Sunday was, of course, Easter. Edgar and I taught Sunday School, so we weren't in the actual service at church, but in SS we told the story of what Christ did for us. It was a good reminder of what Easter is about and always interesting to look at from a kids perspective.

I didn't get my camera out at church, but Jennifer took a few pictures of Eli, which you can see here. Most of Edgar's family came over for lunch. It was fun to have everyone here.

This is a rather 'un-Easter' picture...but I wanted to let Jennifer know that the avocado tree that we thought was dead, has some new life. I think it will survive!

Eli was playing with a flower Krista had brought. I thought this picture was kinda cute :)

Those crazy lashes...I wonder if the next baby will have lashes like those...

So handsome!

Eli enjoyed playing with great grandpa's cane. It was pretty funny :)

Since Easter, this pretty much has been what Eli has been doing...walking around with his two balloons. Seriously...he plays with them all day...

We had a wonderful Easter Sunday. (Though we managed to forget to get a family picture...)

In other 'news'...we did have an ultrasound on Friday, and discovered that our baby is (most likely...it's still pretty early) a girl :) Oh boy....I mean...girl...I need to take a picture of the ultrasound picture so you can see her too :) I'll get to that eventually...

Easter Egg Hunt

Friday we went to an Easter egg hunt with the mommy group I'm a part of. This is a picture of most of the moms and the kiddos. It's really been a great group-it gives Eli and I a lot of options for 'weekly activities' :)
'Hiding' the eggs.

And we're off to find them! Edgar had the day off, and since dads were invited to this meet-up, he came with us...so I got some rare pictures of me with Eli.

Eli loved the eggs...though he didn't quite 'get' that they were suppose to go in the basket. He liked to pick them up and throw them on the ground :)

He DID like carrying the basket around.

Eli is getting so big!

Some of the kids playing

Edgar had fun playing with Eli.

One of the moms brought their dog-it was a BIG hit with the kids. Eli loved petting it.

We had a lot of fun. I will admit, it was really nice having Edgar there-he really played with Eli a lot, and I got a chance to hang out with the moms. It felt like a day off :)