Natalie and the New Paint Set

So Natalie got her first paint set for her 3rd birthday a few weeks ago. Mommy and Daddy have just gotten around to opening it for her. Natalie loves it...but also loves the way the paint brush feels against her face. Here is what we found yesterday after leaving Natalie alone for a few minutes to paint :)

Easter Fun With Natalie!

Happy Easter Everyone! Easter really did come early this year, I can't believe it has come and gone. Natalie had her share of Easter fun over the past week. It all started last weekend at Anthem days.

She had a great time at the big egg hunt,

followed by sitting in fire trucks,










and trains.....


AND PONYS!


Then to top off the actual Easter weekend, Natalie had two more egg hunts! One on Friday at a neighborhood party and a second today at my parents house! Lucky girl!We went to a Saturday everning church service as a family and spent today at my parents house having ham and playing games. Great fun!

I hope everyone had a very happy Easter weekend!

Preparing for Tomorrow

As some of you already know tomorrow 3/20, is the day we find out whether or not Natalie will be the proud big sister of a brother or a sister. I just realized that tonight is the last night ever I won't know what the sex of my second child is....kinda crazy.

In thinking about this big event I can't help but realize that it doesn't seem that long ago I was a new big brother, to my brother Matthew. I remember loving him and being proud to call him my brother from the moment I saw him. To this day almost 26 years later on March 30th, I couldn't imagine not having him in my life. I'm sure Natalie is going to feel the same way about her new sibling. I'm looking forward to capturing memories of Natalie and her new brother or sister as my parents did many years ago.

Happy 3rd Birthday Natalie!!

Today was Natalie's 3rd Birthday!! Where did the last 3 years go? We had a nice day starting with our regular playgroup. Then we decided to take the boat out for dinner on the lake. Bryan got Natalie a princess fishing pole which Natalie loved casting and reeling back in. It was a great day!

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The Things Our Children Do.......

The other night I was in our laundry room & I happened to look down the hall to our bedroom. To my surprise I noticed an arm coming out from underneath our bed! As I got closer I found Natalie dead asleep with her pants & panties down around her ankles!! Why she crawled under our bed & why she had her pants down is beyond me! Of course I had to take pictures of this hilarious finding!

Thanks Christine!

So after many months of hinting then flat out telling..Christine has convinced us to create a blog. Now all I have to do is figure out how to use this thing!!