Happy Easter from Santa Clause

Yes, Santa Clause. Just watch the video!

Egg Oops

This year the Easter Bunny almost got herself in trouble. She decided that she would bring Julia her Easter basket after Julia was in bed and before she hit the sack herself, that way she wouldn't have to be up before Julia to do it in the morning. So she waited until it had been quiet in Julia's room for a while and then set up the basket. She then decided that she would leave a trail of plastic eggs from the basket in the living room and down the hall to Julia's room. She started at the basket, setting down one egg at a time, moving toward Julia's room. As she set the last egg down right in front of the door she heard an excited little voice proclaim loudly, "EGG! I SEE A EGG!" The bunny snatched up the egg and jumped back from the door (trying not to die laughing!) and called mommy so she could go in and put Julia back in her bed.

Honestly, Julia was laying on the floor in her room, peering under the door. I can only assume this was an effort to see the Bunny that Mommy made the mistake of mentioning before bed! Too smart for her own good, my child!

Surprises

Little surprises round every corner! I love the little things I come across every day. But if you happen to take your shoes off in our house, beware! That is Julia's favorite place to hide things!

Mama princess duck and baby princess duck, two of Julia's favorites.

Kissing cows!

Three Cheers for Park Weather!

Having a baby in December was good in a lot of ways. It's difficult to leave the house with a newborn, especially when you have a toddler to get ready and out the door as well. So while Christmas was more than a little crazy, it worked out that those couple months that I was homebound with Jenna were January and February. Those winter months can be depressing, but not so when you have a fast-growing newborn to entertain and delight you! Learning how to adjust to being a mother of two helped pass the time. But as March dragged along, we all came down with a bad case of cabin fever! We couldn't have been more happy to be treated with gorgeous spring weather in April! Jenna is older now, and we are happy and grateful to be out of the house more!

On April 2, Kristen came over and we took the girls to the park.

"One... two... three... I come!"

(You'd better hide fast, because that's all you get when Julia counts!)

Tay tay is tricky, she hid on top of the rock wall. Julia wandered all around the playground calling for her, it was adorable.

"There she is!"

Julia was terrified of the swings that day. Even sitting on Kristen's lap, she was hanging on for dear life!

Thanks for playing with us Kristen, Julia loves you so much!

No Foolin'

I love all the chubby rolls on my Jenna Hope! And I love this warm weather that allows me to see more of that chub all day long because it isn't covered up!

April 1st was such a beautiful day. The girls and I did some shopping with my mom and played at the park for a bit.

But the best part of the day was after the sun had set. My brother Brian and his wife Tiffany called and asked if they could stop by on their way home from Bible study. They gave us the news that Tiffany is pregnant! I was hesitant to believe her, being that it was April Fool's Day, but it's no lie! She just found out and she is due in December, near Jenna's birthday! We could not be happier for them! My girls will finally have a cousin! And should this cousin be a girl, she will have more clothes and "accessories" than she knows what to do with! But of course, a boy would be lots of fun, too!

Congratulations Brian and Tiffany! We love you guys, and we are praying for all three of you!

I'm Back

Well, I think that like so many others, I am finding that all I can make time for are some one-liners posted on Facebook and blogging has been neglected! I do so love to blog though. So... I'm going to try to make an effort here. Catching up is probably too difficult, so how about if I just go back to the beginning of April? :) Stay tuned!