Egg Huntin'

We tagged along at an egg hunt last weekend put on by Kelly and Billy's church.  We had a fun time!  

Geez...I am rockin' the tired, haggard look these days.  Need some sleep :/

Daddy duty

Matthew practicing walking.  Quick...knock him over!

Great shot of Will!  I can't believe how much he has grown :(  Definitely doesn't look "baby" anymore. All "little boy!"

Golden egg!

We laugh all the time about who does my nephew Josh look like?  We are still not really sure.  He really doesn't look much like Will, although the older he gets the more similarities I see.  When he was tiny-tiny he didn't really look like either Billy or Kelly, and certainly not Will.  He's having moments now where I see a lot of Kelly's baby pictures in him, but also a lot of Billy at other times.  Hmmm...

Sweet little Josh-y...getting so big, too!  He is soooo sweet...always smiling!

 Kate and Will had an egg hunt at their school last week.  What a fun time they had!  They were super excited when I went to pick them up.  We have been hiding eggs around the house all week, having little mini-hunts.

Sporting their bunny ears

Trading eggs---Will happened to have a pink egg that Kate was eyeing...she gave him a blue one and they called it even :)

Just some randoms:

PJs.  There is nothing quite like the smell of a freshly bathed baby...except maybe TWO freshly bathed babies! :)

Love this shot of Matthew...see him reaching for Kate's shoe?  He is reaching and grabbing for anything and everything he can possibly get to.  Changing his diaper these days is just short of impossible.  Don't even so much as attempt to eat a meal with him in your lap.  It. Does. Not. Work.  Yesterday I was walking through the kitchen and he almost took a total nose-dive out of my arms to get to a glass of water I had sitting on the counter.  Luckily I held tight onto him, but the [plastic] glass didn't make it.  Result:  soaking wet Matthew, kitchen, and Mommy.  Ha!

This guy is SUCH a mess...already.  I can only imagine the things he will get into once he's mobile.  I LOVE his spunk and feistiness.  He is hilarious!  He keeps things extra interesting and busy in our house!

And THIS little guy is SUCH a sweetheart.  He is into everything just like Matthew but seems to be generally a little more subdued.  When I put him to bed at night and down for naps he has started laying his little head on my chest and just letting me rock him quietly for a few moments.  My heart melts!

Both boys have their second bottom tooth coming in this week.  John is sitting up quite well on his own now...he was just taking his time.  They both still love to be outdoors, particularly walking up and down the street in the stroller or out on the back deck in the walker or Jumperoo.  Both of them love and have gotten really good at blowing raspberries...particularly while eating.  It's a lot of fun ;) 

Kate is still saying some really funny things.  I try to keep a mental record as best I can until I can get to another post, but I'm sure I've missed a few.  Today as I was heading up the stairs to her room I told her, "Kate I'll be right back...I'm just running up the stairs to get the sheets off your bed so we can wash them today."  She looked at me and smiled and said, "Oh.  Well, thank you Mama for washing my sheets for me.  That's so sweet." Lol!!  She loves to talk, read, and sing songs.  She is still really into "Beauty and the Beast."  Here she is singing her ABCs:

I don't know what caused me to think of this yesterday but at some point during the day I looked at the date (April 2) and remembered that this was the day that Joe and I were engaged...8 years ago!  My goodness how life has changed since that day!  I wouldn't change a thing about life as it is now, but oh how I do miss those simple evenings of, "Wanna go out for a date tonight?"  "Sure, what'd you have in mind?" "How about Calvert's and a movie?"  "Sounds great!  Can you be ready in 5 minutes?"  "Sure...let me just grab my purse.  Whose car should we take?"  Ahhh....life before kids.