New Toys

My husband. God love him. He loves cars. Loves them. Well, he has run out of things to do to his vehicle. (Thank you JESUS!). With the recent re-build that was needed due to his motor blowing up, there is next to nothing left to add or upgrade. So, he did what any other self respecting man does, and found a new hobby. Of course, it has to do with, you guessed it, cars. He has picked up playing with those really fast race track remote control cars. He got one for himself and Ryan. They love them. They play with them all the time. Ryan is loving doing yet another activity with his daddy and Bobby loves being able to do something they both love together. PLUS, he gets to upgrade his car! Add new motors and tires and God only knows what else. At least he has healthy hobbies. At least he isn't out doing dumb things. He does constructive fun things with Ryan and things that keep his mind busy. I have such a good husband =]

Lilly and Karli

A late March picture to share of the two of them at one of our play dates

Peanutbutter Jelly Time!

Bobby had a great idea to put peanut butter on Ryan's face, and have the dogs lick it off. I was apprehensive, but once Ryan heard the idea, he wouldn't let it rest. So, we did what any other awesome set of parents would do. We smothered his face with peanutbutter and let the dogs have at it. We were all in hysterics laughing so hard.

Camo Belt

In March Ryan tested for his Camo Belt! He was a bit sad to be leaving his cheetah belt behind, but was excited for something new at the same time. He told me he was sad because as a cheetah, he could run really fast and if he got a new belt, he wouldn't be able to run like a cheetah anymore. I explained to him that he got to keep everything he learned before, and just because he was a new belt, that his cheetah belt powers wouldn't go away. (kids, so darn funny). He was really happy with that explanation, so he was ready to go when it came time to test.

he did his one step all on his own, and was great at all his moves in his form. He is such a little character to watch when he gets all serious and ready to perform for everyone. He does so great, and I'm so excited to see how amazing at this sport he is going to be when he is older!

The next night he was awarded his new belt. Can you tell he was excited? I could barely get him to sit still for 2 seconds to take a victory picture. And there you have it, our little camo belt.

1st time at the park

Last fall, we discovered a small, hidden away little park not too far from our house. A few miles. It has beautiful trees, a nice culdesac to ride bikes and scooters, a nice little playground, and a LOT of grass. It is a bit older, not like one of the brand new parks with a splash park attached or anything, but a quaint, sweet park for a nice spring or fall afternoon to have a picnic at. My mom came over to play and we took the kids to the park.

This was Lilly's first swing experience. She has been to the park before, I guess my title is missleading, it was just the first time she has been able to DO anything at the park.

She absolutely loved the swings

After the park, Ryan wanted to teach Grammie how to play his video games. My mom is what I like to call 'technology challenged'. She just recently learned how to do text messaging. lol. So Ryan finally settled for showing her what the buttons do instead of having her play with him. He got a little impatient. haha!

One more of my sweet pea enjoying the swings

9 months old

Easter

This Easter was Lilly's very first one! I feel a little bad, because I didn't make her a basket or anything. She is a baby, she has no idea what is going on, so I sort of skipped it. I know I know, worst mom ever award right? I felt even MORE bad when Nana made a cute one up for her. ;-) Darn you NaNa!!! haha.

Uncle Ben and Auntie Erika came over the night before to color eggs. We had a nice time trying to combine different colors to make new colors. We had a small misshap, and I now have a nice orange stain on my carpet. *sigh* Next year we will do this in the garage. haha!

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The next morning we woke up, and the Easter bunny had come to visit our house!! Ryan was very excited about finding eggs. He remembered that the Easter bunny had left eggs in the blinds last year, and he was quite pleased with himself when he saw they were there again.

Do you see that green egg, just sitting on the coffee table? Well, Ryan missed it. Probably walked past it 5 times looking desperately for more eggs. We even started telling him 'hot' and 'cold'.

Princess is crawling around wondering what all the fuss was about, and why mommy was snapping pictures left and right.

And that's when she saw it. The green egg. Ryan turned around and exclaimed 'where did she get that?!'. Well Ryan, she saw it sitting in plain sight, right on the coffee table. He was a bit miffed he had missed it. He tried to put it in his basket and we had to explain that LILLY found it, that he had plenty more to find. Ahhhh, the sharing... he is learning ;-)

And the next thing we knew, she had busted it open. yummmmy jelly beans! (Don't worry, I took them away asap, I just wanted a few pictures first)

And these were the best pictures I could get of them later that morning. *sigh* we are going to have to work on this whole 'posing' thing. They have PLENTY of years to practice!! *insert evil laughter here*. Mommy is a picture taker, they are gonna have to learn and smile nice and complain about it later. hehehe

Lilly girl had a great first Easter and Ryan had a nice suggar filled day as well. ;-)

We spent the morning at church, then the park, and then home for some nice family time.

Baseball

Ryan's new sport you ask? Why, that would be baseball!

Ok ok, so it was really T-ball, details details. He did an amazing job during T-ball season! He was a natural at it. Amazing accuracy with throwing the ball where it needed to go (although, no one else was coordinated enough to actually catch it, lol). He definitely is a gifted boy!

He loved being pitcher most of all. Of course, he didn't actually pitch the ball, but he sure loved standing on the mound, kicking dirt off the base and playing in the dirt (BOYS!). He loved being able to get to the ball first. He would go running (even further than he should) to get it and try to throw it to get the person out. He would get SO frustrated when the person didn't (ever) catch the ball. After a few games of this happening, he took matters into his own hands. He would get the ball, then RUN as fast as he could to first base to get the person out. He didn't trust anyone else to get the job done because no one caught the ball! He is too funny.

It was a great season. At the end of the season, they threw a nice little party for the kids. They got really neat bobble head trophies for all their hard work. He can't wait for the next sport. He keeps talking about tennis. Hmm... guess we're going to have some decision making to do!

March Random Pictures

Ketsup on the shirt after a corn dog. Love it. *insert eye roll* I'm gonna stop buying the kid white! lol ;-)

Bobby wanted to see waht she would do in her swing. She hung out for like 5 minutes and played with her toes. then she was over it. *SIGH* no more newborn baby, we have a big girl now.

New Camera

Hubbs bought me a new camera.


Can we just say LOVE!???!!


It takes AMAZING pictures. It is a Nikon D3000. Basically the first beginner camera in the DSLR family of cameras.

I'm learning a few things here and there about it. I can't wait to really sink my teeth into it though. Photography is something that has been a quiet passion of mine for years now. I just never had the time/energy to do it. Well, I really want to dedicate some of my time to it. I've decided that I'm going to take a photography class this fall. Among other classes to finish my degree... that's a different post though.

I'm loving using it and getting to be more familiar with the buttons and what all the modes are. Hopefully I can take some nice snap shots to share with our family.

Highchair

We finally invested in a highchair. Woohoo! No more trying to feed her on the floor where she just crawls away from me when she gets bored. The dogs were starting to swarm us and try to get her food. It was a nightmare. So I buckled down and got a higchair. I really wanted the cute girly one, but I know this little man inside my belly might not like having to use it when it's his turn. So I got a monkey one :-) It fits fine because Lilly is DEFINITELY a monkey!



She looks so little in it. I feel like she is just going to fall out at any moment! I know, not going to happen. She is just such a small baby. She thinks it's fun to share with the dogs. She holds her snack up then watches as it falls to the ground. She will look over the side first to make sure there is someone there to retrieve the package once it's delivered. Ugh. Emmett has made a habit of standing right at the front, and Lilly will grab a snack, then put it down by her leg and he rushes in to get it. Darn sharing baby! I keep telling her 'no sharing with the puppies!' but she doesn't listen. Fun times. If you see her sippy cup on the highchair, don't be fooled. She isn't really using it yet. She puts it up to her mouth, she mighht get a couple of drops, but she doesn't understand the 'sucking' it out yet.

Edit: She learned the 'sucking' pretty quickly. She is a good sippy user, but still loves her milk that she still gets in a bottle. My baby girl. She is just getting bigger and bigger and doing more and more every day.

Karli is 1!

Disclaimer, I look absolutely horrid in this picture, but I have to post it for Lilly and Karli's sake. I have no idea why I was positioned to look as 'special' as I look here. Ignore me, look at the babies.

Yes, this is another birthday post. I think we are done with birthday's for a while. Well, at least until May when it's Bobby's birthday.

Little Karli is 1 now. She was born on MY birthday actually. :-D My how much has changed in a year.

Jen has been my best friend since highschool. Our mom's always used to tease us 'you girls have to do everything together'. We worked together, we did martial arts together, we hung out (duh) every weekend, we always had to have double dates... etc. She has been one of the people that I confide in most for the last 10 years of my life. So when she told me she was pregnant I was nothing short of overjoyed.

So of course, the teasing started of 'well now that Jen's pregnant guess you aren't too far away from it!'. I goffed at these people. Really? Come on now... Well, 3 months later guess who got pregnant? Yep, this guy.

Anyway, Karli is 3 months older that Lilly, and it has been SO fun to watch them together and watch them both grow over the past year. (Lilly 9 months). Karli walks and says mama and dada and 'dog' and 'that'. She is so smart! She is a sweetheart just like her mommy. Jen and Matt have done a terrific job in raising her the past year. They are great parents. I look up to her in so many ways when it comes to parenting. So here is to Karli, who we got the priviledge to celebrate her first birthday with!

We totally didn't plan the matchy matchy thing. I guess we are just that awesome that we knew what to wear. ;-)

Happy first birthday Karli!