Easter 2009

Easter is a big holiday in our family. We love dying Easter eggs and eating Easter dinner, but what we REALLY love is hunting Easter eggs. We have a HUGE egg hunt inside complete with prize eggs of various monetary amounts, prizes such as yoo-hoo's, food snacks and small games. The goal of every participant is to find the Golden Egg which is usually hidden in the hardest spot and worth around $25-30!! We had an exceptionally good Easter this year. Enjoy the photos!!

Lydia really loved making her Easter Eggs

I think this one is especially beautiful!

I guess we forgot to tell her cupcakes come with the egg dying...she seemed surprised!

Easter morning we woke up early and got the kids' Easter baskets ready at our house. We let them open their baskets before church.

I just couldn't pass these up...

Tia and Levi

Lydia and Annie

Lydia and Levi got Easter baskets at Annie and Grandpa's too...

Charlie and Nate were making fun of me taking so many pics of the kids so I snapped a couple of them. I think they were feeling left out!!

Lydia was really into hunting the eggs this year, so it was super fun for us to watch her get really excited. We even got her eggs that say "Hello? Anyone out there? Let me out!" she thought they were funny, but couldn't quite figure out what they were saying. She eventually gave up and decided there was a cat inside saying "Meow" instead of "Me out"...too funny!!

Brother was just happy to play with his Easter goodies

Lydia was really suprised to find something on her hand...

a stamp from Bible class

Hmm...how do I get the candy out of this thing??

Seriously mom, where's the candy?

Seriously hunting now

Tia thinks the Golden Egg is in the trash. Gross...who would put it in the trash? Oh, right! Probably the same people who put it inside a Ziplock in the toilet tank!!

That mouth looks like it is hiding something! Why won't she look at Mommy?

Aha! Chocolate drool...

Nathan is bummed about his $5 egg. He was hoping for the Golden Egg.

Too bad! Tia found it! It was in the trash after all.

Levi was really hoping HE would find the Golden Egg

For anyone else who has a bald child: Ebay has these beautiful bows for $5-$8 dollars, headband included. There are TONS of vendors with lots of different styles and colors!

I couldn't really leave her out of the bunny ears pictures. We just couldn't get her to wear them on Easter morning. She thought they were scary...

After Annie and Grandpa's (who is actually "Bunka" if you ask Lydia), we headed to Necon's Nana's house for round #3. This came complete with Easter Baskets #3 and these AWESOME sunglasses for Lydia!!

Levi and Necon's mom. She is apparently going to be called GaGa. She did't pick a name, so Lydia picked one for her!!

We tried to get a good picture of Pa Chief, GaGa and the kiddos, but no such luck

Too cute not to have one more picture!!

My handsome men

Always smilin'

Poor guy crashed out playing with Daddy on the couch

Too sweet

Happy Babies

Oh, wait...that is when MOMMY is happy!!

When Lydia was eating baby food, we could NEVER get her to wear a bib. Luckily, she was very not messy when she ate. Brother is COMPLETELY the opposite. He is such a messy eater! But now, every time we get a bib on him, Lydia gets a bib out of the drawer and wants us to put it on her. She also gets a spoon out of the silverware drawer and wants to eat the baby food. Whether she likes it or not, she always nods her head, smiles and says "GOOD!" when she takes bites. Whatta goof ball!!

Mommy LOVES her little man!!

18 Months

Lydia turned 18 months old 2 weeks ago. We cannot believe how big she is getting! She is thankfully not a picky eater. She loves ham, broccoli, corn, beans, pasta, chocolate milk, cake...pretty much everything. She talks like crazy. She is saying sentences now. My favorites are "C'mon daddy" which is accompanied with her grabbing his hand and taking her somewhere and "It's okay bubba" which is usually said when he is crying. She LOVES bath time, playing outside, eating, playing with Levi, watching a FEW cartoons everyday, and going to church. She is starting to get interested in potty training, but I don't think I am ready to go there yet!! Sleeping is still her strong suit...12 hours at night and 2 long naps during the day. She gets her paci and her "pinkie" (blanket) and tells us she is ready for "night night." All we have to do is lay her down in the bed...she goes right to sleep. Of course, she LOVES her daddy the most, and she is absolutely HILARIOUS!! Oh, she is also a dancing MACHINE!! It is crazy...her favorite show is American Idol. She dances the entire 2 hours! She is finally starting to get hair, but still not enough on top in the front to clip a bow in. Maybe by her 2 year old pictures she will be ready!


We have really been enjoying the days of nice weather. We can walk to the lake from our house, so we do this a lot. The kids love the walk and playing at the park. We love playing with our new camera!!

Lookin Like a Big Girl!!

Swinging with Josiah

Levi Man loved the swings too!!

Playtime with Annslee

3 of my friends from nursing school had babies within a few weeks of Levi's birthday. All 3 of them are girls! One of these precious baby girls, Annslee, came over to play with Lydia and Levi several weeks ago. We got some really cute pictures...

HELP FOUND!!

Thanks to everyone who gave us ideas for childcare! Jennifer C. has AMAZINGLY offered to help us out! Just pray for God to give her strength on those days...4 kids 4 and under!! AGGGHHH!