Sunday, April 4, 2010

Easter 2010

We had a wonderful Easter Sunday today! After waking up super early and finding that the Easter Bunny had visited the house, Ella was so excited to see what he had brought her. (The night before she was having major anxiety over the fact that he was going to put her basket at the end of her bed. Well, she did not want him to go into her room, so she asked if I could call him and ask him to put her basket on the kitchen table) We played a couple of games of Connect 4 (Ella's Easter request this year), got all dressed up in our Sunday best and headed up to North Scottsdale for church with my parents and the Mantle's. We made it through the hour-long service easily - Uncle Cody entertained Ella with a painting app on his phone and Jonah was passed up and down the row. Ella thought, "the church was pretty and the songs were nice". We then headed over to the Mantle's for yummy brunch, an Easter egg hunt, more Easter basket surprises, and even a nap for Travis and I (yes, I actually took a nap - the first in a long, long time). It was an absolutely spendid day spent with our loving family - we are sooo lucky to have them close by (and the fact that they like spending time with eachother makes it even better)

The Easter Bunny followed Ella's request and left the baskets on the kitchen table

Ella was so excited to get Connect Four, a couple pairs of jammies, Snow White,
and her favorite, M&M's

He was quite interested in what the Easter bunny brought for him: some clothes and books


Cuddle time



Yes, we were quite bright today :)

Love her...

My little man

Searching for eggs in Papa's amazing flower garden

Beautiful Girl

"More Candy and Money!!"

Fun Family Photoshoot

Daddy with his babies

LOVE!

Papa and Memaw with the kiddos

Friday, April 2, 2010

Catching up

Between working, crafting, housekeeping, entertaining, and my number one duty - being a wife/mom, I have been a bit busy...too busy to post but today is my day off and instead of enjoying the gorgeous weather outside, I find myself on the computer finally getting to post. The month of March was a fun and busy one. Jonah is now 4 months old. He weighed in at 16 lbs. 14 oz (75-90%) and measured 26.5 in. (95%). He grew 3 inches since his last appointment - no wonder he is already growing out of 6 month clothes. He is rolling over like crazy (back to front) and we have attempted rice cereal. He seemed to really like what actually got into his mouth but that wasn't much :) Ella is still the bestest big sister ever and is absolutely the apple of his eye - she can get him to giggle like no one else can. It is so awesome seeing the two of them interact - they were meant for eachother - she is crazy and he is happy - it works. I am back to work for 9 weeks and counting - it hasn't been so bad just exhausting. Trying to get the students that I haven't taught in 4 months to be prepared for the big state AIMS test has been killer but it will all be over soon. Travis has been working and working out a ton - getting that physic he has always wanted. He is eating way too healthy and pretty much said no more McDonalds - so sad.

Little miss getting ready to help daddy with the yard work

Sup...


Ya, I can read....just sayin'


Beautiful, blue-eyed boy at 4 months

Come on, I'm hungry!!!

The big first bite!

Can I be done now?

Hanging out in the exersaucer

Coloring Easter eggs on this wonderful Good Friday!