Third Anniversary!

It's amazing to me how fast three years has gone by! I have loved spending every moment with the love of my life. He's the best husband I could have ever asked for. In spite of being so busy with school and work he always take the time to spend with me. I thank God every day for bringing such a wonderful husband. Happy Anniversary Derek! I love you!!

Here's a few pictures from our beautiful wedding!

 

Special Breakfast

This morning Nathania decided to try out making Eggs Benedict for the first time!  I wholeheartedly approved of the experiment.  Here's the result:

They were great!  She used sourdough bread (we didn't have any English muffins), which gave them a bit more of a tang that was really good.  I like it when she experiments in the kitchen!

Easter Weekend

We were able to make a trip to Oklahoma in April thanks to my parents buying us airplane tickets! (Being a mother of two I'm just now getting around to posting about it!) It was fun to be there again as it's been since last July that we were there last. My brother and sister in-law have a 2 1/2 year old girl named Annaleah and a 10 month old boy named Decklyn so Marie had a lot of fun playing with both of them. They all got along really well for the most part. Marie loved all the animals, swinging outside with Grandpa and playing with her cousins. Derek and I enjoyed being in the country again! It's so refreshing not hearing sirens and traffic but instead the lovely sounds of chickens, birds, and the wind rustling through the trees. We were able to get Derek's telescope out one evening and look at different things in the sky. Unfortunately the moon was full so we couldn't see a lot but it was still fun.  We did find Jupiter, and could see four of its moons as well as some of the cloud bands.

Marie's third plane ride. She really loved looking out the window. 

Cole's first plane ride. He did great! Didn't cry at all. :) 

The "Skymall" magazine helped entertain Marie. 

I love this picture of Derek & Cole! 

Just enough lap for both of them! :)

Aunt Susie meets Cole for the first time. 

First ride on the ranger with Grandpa and Cousin Annaleah. 

Going with Grandma to feed all the animals!

Annaleah opening her Easter basket from Grandma and Grandpa. 

Marie opening her Easter basket with help from Aunt Susie. 

I'm having fun holding Decklyn. He's such a cutie! 

Derek & Ashton talking around the fire pit. 

Marie just loved being outside in Grandma's garden! 

Having fun playing together! 

Easter Sunday. Such a beautiful family! 

Getting ready for Church! 

Ready to go to Church! Susie made the bow tie for Cole. I thought it was so cute! 

Our beautiful family! 

Uncle Ashton with Cole.  

Tammy, a dear family friend was able to come during the weekend as well. It was great seeing her! 

Decorating eggs. I sure haven't done that in a long time! 

Marie's first time decorating eggs. She had fun but didn't last very long. 

Our fun looking eggs! 

Getting ready for the egg hunt! 

"Hiding" (we didn't really hide the eggs since the girls are so little) the eggs. 

They both had a lot of fun finding them. 

Marie would get so excited and throw her egg in the bucket. Every time you could hear it go "crack!" It was fun using real eggs instead of the plastic ones. 

Decklyn having fun playing in the dirt. 

Nanny Tammy got to meet Cole for the first time this weekend. She also hadn't seen Marie for over a year!  I'm so glad she could come out! 

I sure love these two! 

Our very small rental car!We ended up flying into Tulsa, OK but that meant we would still have to drive three hours to get to my folks place. We decided it would be best for us to rent a car rather than my parents picking us up. Well, this is the car we ended up with! It was so small!! We barely got the two kids in car seats, umbrella stroller, three bags and Derek and I in the car! It's amazing we did. Poor Derek had to drive with his seat all the way forward in order for Cole's car seat to fit behind. Derek said he felt like he was in a sardine can! It was quite the tight ride to and from but we made it work. We are sure thankful our car isn't that small! The plus side was we got really good gas mileage! :) 

Well, that sums up our trip to Oklahoma. We all enjoyed getting to spend some time with family. It's too bad it always goes so fast! How was your Easter?

Three Months & Nineteen Months

I realize I'm way behind on my monthly update of the kids so I thought I better sit down and get it done today. It's been a very busy month with all kinds of things going on! I'm hoping to post more about that in a later post. 

Miss Marie is now nineteen months old! She's becoming such a helpful little thing. I'm constantly amazed at all the new things she learns and does to help me out. She's always great about bringing me a burp cloth when I'm nursing, helps with laundry, dishes and folding clothes. Of course she's still very much a little girl and loves to play every chance she gets. Her favorite things are reading, playing outside, swinging, and playing with all her toys. She just keeps adding to her vocabulary as well. Her latest words are "Broccoli" (which comes out as "brock") and "Hallelujah" (most of the time is said "hallelu"). She also can say a small prayer before we eat with my help but she has "Amen" perfected. In fact if she's really ready to eat she'll try to say "Amen" right at the beginning of the prayer! It's pretty cute! She's getting more interested in playing with Cole but she's still learning how to be gentle. It's so fun watching her grow and learn new things everyday. Here's some pictures and videos for you.

Cole is now three months old! He is growing up so fast! He's just about out of 6 month clothes. He's now holding his head up really well, is finally starting to be interested in some toys and laughed for the first time the other day! He smiles all the time and is a very content little baby. At night he is sleeping for about 10 hours straight which has been so nice! I'm so thankful I've had two great sleeping babies. It's a blessing for sure! Anyway, Cole also loves when Marie talks to him. He just smiles away at her. It's fun to see them interacting with each other. He lost a lot of his hair but it's starting to fill back in again. Enjoy the pictures and videos!  

Cole's First Laugh!

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