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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Quick Update

There is so much to update everyone on. Sammy is officially crawling! He hasn't actually made it out of the family room yet, but time to start baby proofing. He is the loudest little man too. If he is awake he is making noise. Luckily he's moved on from moaning constantly to at least occasionally throwing in a "ba ba" and other more enjoyable sounds. He still has the cutest smile you'll ever see and I adore him to no end.

John has a job offer on the line and they are just working through the details. It's one he is extremely excited about and I'm thrilled for him. I'm officially back on weight watchers and my efforts have been rewarded. I'm down a pant size which is huge b/c my clothes get progressively more stylish as I move closer to my normal size.


Loretta and Caroline continue in their attempt at being the poster children for sibling rivalry, bickering and fighting over every possible thing. Just the other day I pulled Caroline's ponytail in an effort to show her what it's like and why dogs don't like having their tails pulled. Loretta immediately came over and insisted I pull her hair too. The competitiveness coming from miss L is beyond ridiculous. But, both girls continue to amaze us with their wittiness and clever brains so we've decided to keep them on for another year. We'll reconsider if we want to re-up them next April.

Lot's of love to everyone and an extra wink and hug to my dad who got some great news today. Sammy will be bouncing on that knee of yours in just a few short weeks! We can't wait to see you all! I'll close with a bit of picture commentary.


The Easter Bunny was kind enough to leave Sammy a wiffle ball
since the chocolate bunny was out of the question.


Loretta has decided that this is the proper "cute" pose for pictures.


YES! I HAVE PROOF, THE GIRLS SHARING...WILLINGLY!!!


Super sunny Easter morning.


Easter Egg Hunt!



Those tricky Easter eggs were hidden everywhere!
Luckily we had a gorgeous day to search for them.


Ah, our little negotiator. She recently woke up one morning and
assured me if I let her have one big bite of her chocolate
Easter bunny that she would eat a very good breakfast.


Sam found an Easter egg!



I'm pretty sure John wanted that egg for himself.



Family photo opt!




I can't stop kissing him.


Sam is TROUBLE



Doesn't look 4 does she? More TROUBLE



Caroline was still snoozing so Loretta, Sam and I spent some time at a playground near the house.



A little swing action.


This is the girls "Taylor Swiff" hair.
They beg to sleep with their hair in braids after bath then
spend the next day breaking their necks trying to flip it around.



More later!

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Happy Easter!

We kicked off our Easter celebration in the usual way this past weekend by sharing a pancake breakfast with the Easter Bunny and the family. Caroline is still a little leery of the big guy but in the end she gave him a high five so all was good. Both girls were so proud of their beautiful fancy dresses from Grandma and later when I asked the girls what their favorite part of the day was Caroline said it was wearing her fancy dress and eating breakfast with the Easter Bunny, so basically the dress got higher weighting than the Bunny!







Later, I took the girls to swim class and Caroline had her first official parent free class! She's ready for the next swim level up and that means mommy and daddy can watch from the side of the pool drinking a coffee. Sometimes it's the little things that mean so much! And look how proud she is!

Loretta is kicking butt as a starfish these days.



The worst flooding in over 50 years or some craziness. We need a boat to get the mail.


I just couldn't decide which one of these I liked better so I had to share both!





That's all for now, but more to come.
I'm sure I'll have some egg dying pics to share shortly. Love to all!