Outside

Abby loves walking around in the grass and "helping" water the flowers:)

Little ONE!

So I told Paul that I felt like we laid our baby down to sleep tonight and tomorrow she is going to be a big girl! I know it's just 12 hours but it seems like this past year has gone by so fast. Abby is walking and babbling. She LOVES music and dancing and loves to be read too. She absolutely adores her big brother and just lights up when she sees him. She is a great eater and is taking after her daddy, they split a can of baked beans the other night! Connor and I just looked at them with our noses wrinkled from the other side of the table;) She can sign, "more," "all done," "hat," "book," "dog," "please," and............."POOP!" She is such a happy smiley baby, oops, girl.:( :) Our little girl only weighs 18lbs though! She is going to be 2 before she will be able to ride facing forward in the car;) Man, we have had a blast with her this past year and can't wait to see the young lady she is going to turn in to........

Oh and I made her a dress tonight for her to wear to school tomorrow! I can't wait to get pics, I also got her a small lemon cake to share with her friends tomorrow at school:) hehe, I also made a sign for the front yard for her!

Happy Birthday Abigail!!!!!

Dancing at the Ballgame!

Connor does Dance, Dance, Dance and they got to dance at the Omaha Royals game tonight!!!

He did such a great job, we were sooooo super proud of him!

Can you find him? He's the one in the red;)

This is the last season that the Royals will be at Rosenblat so it was great to be a part of that.

We all had such a great time! Lilly and Papa had the chance to come down for the game too. Connor was excited to show off his moves for everyone;)

Cher

So the other day I was telling the girls at work how Abby's hair is getting longer and it was blowing in the wind. Well they all laughed at me;) So one of the teachers brought Abby some hair in to the school for Abby! Abby loved wearing it:) Thanks Laymashia!!! Pretty soon I will have to hid it from her so she will stop wearing it!

Family Fun

We pulled the badminton net out the other night and had some fun! It was great to be outside and enjoy the weather. We played and laughed and grill some great brats!!

The kids and Paul were having fun being silly:)

I will be sending these out when I get some new ink;) I tried to print it out this evening but it didn't work so hot! Can you believe that she will be one in 21 days!!!!!!!!!!!!

Supper

So there are 2 things I wanted to mention about the supper we just ate. #1 it took 10 minutes to make and get on the table. We had beef ravioli, bread sticks, and a mixed seasoned veg combo. The bread sticks and veggies took 6 minutes and the ravioli took a few minutes for the water to boil and then 3-5 minutes to cook while the water got back up to a boil. It was a wonderful super quick meal!! ok then on to #2 our wonderful 4.5 year old son, Connor had ONE ravioli, half a green bean and a glass of milk and half a bread stick. Our wonderful 11 month old daughter, Abby on the other hand had SIX raviolis, 2.5 green beans, one baby carrot, and half a bread stick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I guess with all that walking she is working up an appetite!

Yes!

Our little lady is very agreeable. Just watch and see:) Oh, and don't mind the blueberry on her nose;) (click the picture to see the video)

Abby Walking

Abby has been walking a lot more this weekend:) Mainly from one person to another person but sometimes she will let go of what she is holding on to and walk a bit. She mainly looks like a drunk sailor;) Hopefully she will get her land legs soon! (click on the pic to see some videos)

Connor's First Play Date:)

Connor had his buddy over for a play date yesterday. They had a ton of fun. They played with just about everything in the house for about 5 minutes each, then they boys decorated kites and went out and flew them, rode bikes, played inside a bit more, then we packed a picnic lunch and went to the park where they had lunch and then played for about an hour. Then it was back home, Tyler picked some flowers for his mom and then they played in the sand and water table. Probably not the best choice for right before mom picked up, Sorry Mandy!! But on my defense, Connor doesn't get too wet and dirty when he is by himself playing there, but 2 four year old boys are a different story!

Beach Day!

I forgot Beach Day, I think that was Monday along with the family breakfast;) Anyway my battery died so I only got a few pics of Abby's room. Connor wore his shark swim trunks and his swim shirt and shoes too:) Abby is chilling on a raft with her little swim suit and her cover up:)

Week of the Young Child

Last week was the Week of the Young Child. Papillion/La Vista put on a very fun family night!! We had a train (that I swear went about 40mph!), bounce houses, tumbling, face painting, bubbles, jugglers/ balloon shapers and dinner! It was a very windy night but wonderful! At the Center we had a family breakfast on Monday, Tuesday we had Picture Day, Wednesday was PJ Day, Thursday we made and flew kites and Friday we tie dyed shirts! I have those pictures on a different memory card so as soon as I get them on my computer I will add them to the blog!

Connor flipped through pages and pages of pictures until he found just the right thing to have painted on his face;) Batman it was!!! We even let him leave it on til the next day. You should have heard him while we were taking his shirt off and putting them on! "DON'T GET BATMAN!!! did you get Batman? Is it alright??"

Abby got to tumble a bit while Connor and mom stood in a very long line for the ponies!

But at last we made it to the front of the line!!! Connor did a great job, even with his brace. He rode one handed like a real cowboy! I got a few gray hairs though as a runaway balloon headed straight for Connor's horse and it kicked up a little to get out of the way of the balloon, all I could see was a matching set of braces!! He did great staying calm and I am sure that the fact that he had a seat belt on helped too:)

April 10th

The weekend of the 10th Connor was at Lil Sibs weekend at Simpson with Aunt Rara and Paul had drill so it was just us girls at home:) We had a lot of fun! I even pulled out the sand and water table for Abby to play with. It's amazing that she did the same exact thing that I get after her brother for doing, putting all the sand in the water side;) When I first took the lid off all she did was stare, then she moved in to the touching, then wiping off:) By the end she was eating and drinking and splashing and having a good ol time!

Easter Egg Hunt

Silly Kids :)

So Abby and Connor were rolling around being silly while we were waiting for Lilly and Papa to come for dinner.

Easter Baskets!

Connor and Abby were visited by the Easter Bunny last night!!! They seemed to like what had in their baskets. Connor's favorite was a new Transformer and Abby really liked the dried plums that were in her eggs!!!

Our Family:) this is the best picture:) Don't we all look so cute!

Modi, finishing off the ham bone, yum!

Daddy and Abby

Hi Modi!

Abby loves to look out the back doors at Modi! She just kept walking back and forth banging on the window :)

The New Ball

Abby got a great basket from her infant teachers, in it there was some applesauce, a book, bubbles, and a ball that had a panda on it. Connor asked me if Abby could share with him:) So we had some fun in the hallway with the ball this afternoon!