Happy Birthday Daddy!

Daddy's birthday was Thursday and he chose to go to Chuck E. Cheese to celebrate. Unfortunately they don't give out crowns to wear for adult birthdays, but he did manage to get a balloon for each of the kids. Our friends Marc, Sarah, Halle and baby Ellah helped us celebrate. We all had a great time, especially Daddy & Marc!! :-)

We want to say Happy Birthday to Aunt Shelley too!! Hope you had a great birthday!!!!

Nemo & Dory

Brandon and Natalie recently got their very own fishies. Natalie promptly named hers Nemo and when Brandon couldn't come up with a name quickly, Natalie named his fish Dory for him. He seems to be ok with the name and hasn't tried to change it yet. They love to sit and watch their fish swim around their tank and help mommy and daddy feed them.

Elmo's Coloring Book

Last Friday we went to see Elmo's Coloring Book at the Canton Civic Center. Unfortunately, Brent had to go to Atlanta for business last week so he couldn't go with us. Our friend Angie went with us and took these pictures of me, the kids and some of the characters we were able to meet. The kids had a great time and weren't nervous at all around the characters or with the loud music.

Easter Pictures

Here they finally are! The Easter pictures I told you about....

Easter Egg Hunt

We had a little easter egg hunt in our basement for the kids and Halle on Friday night. They had a good time and Brandon I have to say is quite the easter egg hunter. He probably got as many eggs as the girls combined.

On Saturday we went to an easter egg hunt at a park up here. It was FREEZING! Actually it was 25 degrees so it was below freezing. They had the hunts divided up by age group. Ours was 0-2 years. They had probably 1000 or more eggs just scattered around on the ground for the kids to pick up. More of an easter egg pick up than a hunt. Brent was with Natalie picking up eggs. He said she did pretty good. She picked up for about 5 minutes and then stopped. Brandon on the other hand was so cold he wouldn't bend down and pick them up. He just stood there and shivered the whole time. Finally when I opened one of them up and showed him there was candy inside he decided to pick up a couple - a couple being three in this case. Then he froze back up and refused to pick up anymore. So mommy and daddy along with most of the other mommies and daddys did most of the picking up. Afterward we were supposed to open the eggs because some of them had slips of paper for prizes. The kids were so cold that we had to really hurry through all that. Natalie just started crying hard and saying she was cold mommy and she wanted to leave. Natalie ended up getting lots of candy and 2 slips of paper worth 50 cents and one worth $1. They handed out 50 cent pieces and $1 pieces rather than bills. Brandon ended up just getting lots of candy, but Natalie shared some of here money with Brandon (whether she knows it or not). They probably got about 75 eggs apiece. They gave us buckets to pick up the eggs with, but we brought our own. It's a good thing because we nearly filled up all four buckets. There weren't just a whole lot of the little ones there, probably because of the weather. They also told us we could keep the eggs. So we have buckets, eggs and some candy. A lot of it is gone already. Guess I won't need to buy any plastic easter eggs next year! They also had an Easter bunny there. Natalie sat on his lap and gave him a hug. Brandon got pretty close to him. I think he maybe even gave him a partial hug, but he didn't want to sit on his lap. I will try to post some pictures when I get a chance to download them off of the camera.

No more pacifier????

Brandon hasn't had his pacifier since Monday morning and so far so good. Keep your fingers crossed for us. I guess it's just like the bottle thing...it was more me than it was him holding on to it. He's only asked for it a handful of times since Monday morning and I've told him I didn't have it and he's not really thrown a fit about it. He just kinda drops the subject and moves on. We haven't even given it to him at night or at nap times and he's doing fine. It seems like it takes him a little longer to settle down and actually fall asleep, but he's been doing it without the pacifier without putting up much of a fuss at all. I know some of you will be glad to hear the news (Ronnie!).

Mommies Flowers

My hyacinths were bloomed when we got back home from our trip to Indiana/Tennessee. It looks like my tulips may open anytime. I can't wait!

Playtime with Keira

Here are some pictures of the kids playing with Keira while we were in Indiana. Well actually it looks like I didn't get any pictures with Brandon in them. So these are pictures of Natalie playing with Keira.

Bristol

Brent and I had a great time at the races in Bristol. Here are a few pictures.

Baby Ellah

Our friends Marc & Sarah had a new baby, Ellah Grace, on March 7th. Here are a couple of pictures of us visiting the new baby.