Future Mommies

Dan caught the girls in a moment of play the other morning.


Julia was feeding her pig behind my nursing cover.
Vivian is patiently waiting her turn to use the cover and feed her baby.




Baby Sophie is next!

They'll make great mommies. . .in about 25 years :)

Their First Amusement Park

We took the kids to Stricker's Grove Amusement Park last night. It was a free night sponsored by the church that hosts my MOPS group so we thought that would be a good opportunity to see if the girls could/would ride some rides.
They had a blast!

They both wanted to ride the Scrambler, but Vivian was too little.

Both girls also rode the little roller coaster and loved it :) Julia wanted to ride it again after the Scrambler, but the rides were closed.

We may be making a trip to Coney Island sometime before the end of the season for more fun!

Visiting Grammy

We took a trip to see my Grandma last week. We don't get up there a much as I would like to. This is only the second time she has seen Nicolas. The kids wear her out and she doesn't like to see us drive that far. We went in the morning while it was still cool so we could stay outside.

We had a very nice visit.

My brother and sister-in-law went the next day.

Here's Grandma with her 5th great grandchild, Jada!

What's Vivian Doing?

Vivian turned 2 at the beginning of May. Over the past year she has earned the nicknames "Trouble" and "Somethin' Else". She is always into something or climbing on something that she shouldn't be. A good example is climbing on the big chair and eating the catfood that is on the table behind it.

Vivian has been in Speech Therapy for the past 6 months and is finally making some really noticeable improvements. Just this weekend she was repeating (though not exactly) words we were saying and said a new phrase "where go?"

Vivian loves going to the zoo, reading books, building with blocks, and playing dolls with Julia.

Here are a few pictures of our sweet girl!

Memorial Day Weekend

We headed up to my parents' house in Springfield for the holiday weekend. We were there only there for 3 days, but it looked like we pack enough stuff for 3 weeks!
The main reason for us to go was so we could visit with my friend Jen and her family who were also in town for the weekend. Unfortunately, all of her kids were sick, so no visit :(
We had a good time anyway. Here are a few highlights!


Vivian got her first tricycle.


Nicolas got to roll around the driveway, too. He loved it!


Our first trip to Young's with the kids. Yum!


Vivian loved feeding and petting the goats.


Julia, reluctantly, fed the goats, too.


Nicolas enjoyed his visit.

We went to the parade Monday morning.

Too much excitement for Nicolas. (This was also his 5 month birthday)

The main attraction--for us anyway--Grandpa (on the right) dressed as a Rev. War soldier.

Family pic in our Old Navy Flag shirts

Coolong off at the pool with Grandma.

Dan and Nicolas in their coordinating shorts--how cute!

Nicolas wasn't terribly impressed with his first trip to the pool. Having his feet in the cool water was more than enough swimming for him.

Vivi LOVES the pool!


Silly girls playing in the fountains!

We had a great weekend thanks to Grandma and Grandpa!

A Belated Welcome to Jada Christine!

My brother and sister-in-law, Chris and Becki, welcomed their second daughter, Jada Christine, on April 26th.
She's a cutie with soft, curly brown hair--its origins remain a mystery.





Vivian with Nicolas, Aubree, Julia with Jada.

Spring Family Pictures

We had pictures taken last week for Vivian's 2nd birthday and Nicolas' 4 month update. Here are a few of our favorites. . .

Happy 2nd Birthday Vivian!

Vivian turned 2 on May 5th. Where has this last year gone (do I say that at every birthday?)

Anyway, here she is at 2 and a look back at at 1 year ago and when she was just a few days old.

Daddy's Little Reds Fans

We had the kids all dressed up for Opening Day!

Go Reds!

Easter

We had a busy weekend. Babci (Dan's mother) stayed with us and we hosted Easter dinner.

Here are the girls after the egg hunt at church--it started raining just before we got there.

Julia and I coloring eggs--even though neither of the girls likes eggs.

Here's Babci entertaining Vivian.

Nicolas looking like a handsome boy before church Sunday.

It's hard to take picture of all 3 looking nice at the same time.

Julia checking out the goods in the egg.

Vivian trying to get the egg before Julia.

It was a tiring weekend but enjoyed spending time with family and friends.

We look forward to the day when Easter will be more about Jesus' Resurrection than the Easter Bunny and candy.