Easter

Easter was a lot of fun this year. We actually started on Saturday by getting together with my side of the family. We had an Easter egg hunt at Grandpa and Grandma's house and then went to lunch together. Unfortunately Makayla fell asleep and missed the egg hunt.


Then on Sunday we went to church and had a wonderful time celebrating Jesus' Resurrection. Since I had the kids all dressed up I decided I wanted to get a picture of all three kids. That's not to much to ask right?

Obviously not really what I was looking for but what could I do.

Then we went to Mike's Uncle Frank and Aunt Carol's house. They put together a delicious lunch and the kids had a great time with the egg hunt.

Levi started out excited about any egg but quickly found out from the older kids that only fake eggs had treats and money inside. From then on he would pick up the real eggs, look at them and put them back.

Makayla didn't care so she benefited nicely from this arrangement. She is by far the youngest of the group and if the older kids hadn't kept putting the real eggs back she wouldn't have had any to find. Can you see the determination in her eyes as she stares down her next find while picking up the egg at her feet. She had no idea she was cleaning up the leftovers :)

What a fun day with family and friends!

...the rest of April

another day another attempt.

Super cheesy. Uncontrollable laughter.

Makayla is quite the character.

So sweet and cute.

So silly.
Such a stinker.

And undeniably in love with her brothers!

(The one on the left is what I see first thing in the morning. Makes my heart smile!)

Parker is moving more and has mastered sitting up.

We had a little photo shoot one day after church. Again trying to get a good shot of all three.

This was the best I got. Not to bad.

Then it turned into a kid train and then the train crashed.

We also FINALLY were able to plant grass in our backyard. We have a couple of little things left to do back there but it is almost completely done and we are so excited to put it to good use this summer.

Makayla and "Uncle" Jonathan

Parker loves to be on the floor now that he can sit up and roll where we wants to go!

Movin' on to March

Moving is the perfect single word to describe Parker in the month of March. He had been rolling over but in March he started rolling everywhere. As you can see it made him soooo happy!
Parker also sleep trained himself and in the process grew fond of this stuffed monkey that his great-aunt carol got him. He loves to cuddle it at night. He also did a lot of practicing in this sitting position.

Still a little hunched over.

Makayla loves to roar and depending on Levi's mood it either makes him cry or laugh hysterically. This was a good moment when the roaring had turned to laughter. Oh how I love those moments.

and these...

Levi loves to wink at me ;)

Makayla really enjoys being a big sister and all that entails.

Levi and Jaylen finished up their basketball camp. It was a great learning experience mostly for the sportsmanship side and being on a team but he also learned a bit about basketball.

I often walk into the room to find Levi laying on top of Parker. My first instict is to tell him to "get off of Parker, your being to rough," but then I see this and hear the belly laughs. I pray this bond lasts a lifetime!!!

Makayla is really turning into a little girl but sometimes that comes with more mischeif. Like when she puts on her own eyeliner, mascara and lipgloss. And I love how she is smiling so proudly for the camera. Beautiful huh?

And... last but not least, Parker starting eating oatmeal.

"What IS that? I'm not sure about this. Nope, no good." But the next day was less shocking.