Lilly update

Lilly is almost 8 months old and is growing like a weed! Here are some of her current stats:

-7 month weight 14lb 14oz
-7 month height 24.75" long
-eating 3 meals a day (breakfast is cereal + fruit, lunch is cereal + veggie, and dinner in cereal, veggie, and yogurt)
-drinking 3 5oz bottles per day at daycare and nursing 3 more times (before school, bedtime, and sometime during the night)
-sleeping from 7ish -2ish, nursing, then sleeping again from 2ish - 6:30/7ish
-takes 2 naps during the day - 9:30ish to 10:30ish and 1ish - 3ish
-started sitting up all own her own Palm Sunday weekend
-can roll ALL OVER the place to get what she wants!
-LOVES her paci and pink flower lovey blanket

snoozing with her paci and lovey at Grammy and Paw's house

-has adjusted very well to daycare and really likes her teachers and friends
-has a wonderfully, big, toothless smile when I walk in the room to get her every day :) Makes my heart melt!
-has a special love for momma still right now (I am sure this will change as time moves on, so I am enjoying the extra cuddles for now)
-is very cuddly and loving
-still has no teeth and really doesn't show any signs of getting any soon...
-can be very serious when she wants to be
-LOVES watching Brayden play/act silly and he loves to make her laugh. They have a special bond which I LOVE! He has never really acted jealous towards her and is overall very gentle and careful with "his baby".

Brayden's writing

In the past few weeks, Brayden has really started wanting to write his letters. He has gotten pretty good at some of the letters including B, D, E, Y, A, and Q.

Unfortunately...I can't figure out how to post a .pdf on here to show you :( Just trust me. He is doing really well I think!!

Happy Easter

I know it is a bit late, but life has been busy recently!

We went to my parents house for Palm Sunday weekend then were busy with activities all Easter weekend. We had a very busy weekend visiting with family and friends, dying and hiding eggs, riding the 4 wheeler, and swinging at Grammy and Paw's house.

Ready to dye Easter eggs (all 35 of them!)

Just getting started...Lilly enjoyed watching and learningPutting an egg in the dye all by himselfThe finished productsBrayden's 2012 eggLilly's 2012 egg (next year we will have to pick a different color)The CUTEST little bunny around!Egg hunt #1...we did this over and over and over....
he was really good at finding the eggs and I ran out of places to put them.4-wheelin'Building a house...at least he is being safe!Lilly's 1st time in the swing
(here is a very similar photo of Brayden's 1st time in the swing)

I took Good Friday off and took the kids to Marbles Museum with our good friends Amy and John. We had a great time playing and hanging out together. It was nice to have a day off to spend with the kids! On Easter Sunday, we all went to church and then part of our small group came over for Easter lunch. We had a great time eating, socializing and celebrating our Lord together!