WE ARE TICKLED...





PINK...because it's a GIRL!!!!!!

We are thrilled! A little shocked but very excited. Pink is my new favorite color and I am afraid this little girl is going to break my little piggy bank!!! We brought home pink balloons and a big pink lollipop so that Thomas could celebrate the news too. Although he has said the whole time that he is going to have "baby sister" whenever asked, he was really just excited about the balloons and the tasty sucker he had just been given. Two things that are a sure fire way to his heart :) We told him that his baby sister wanted him to have them and that she could not wait to meet her big brother. His response, "No I not have baby sister...I have sucker!"

Easter 2009!

What a busy week it has been! It started with lots of egg hunts. We hunted Easter eggs at school, with friends and even with neighbors from our soon to be new neighborhood. Thomas was more interested in the candy inside the eggs than actually hunting for the eggs. He was starting to get the idea by the third hunt that the more eggs you put in your basket, equals more candy...just what we need!!!

The Easter bunny visited us again this year and Thomas enjoyed going through each and every thing in his basket before stopping to play with a few favorites. We even got a decent family photo before we headed off to church to celebrate the amazing truth that HE IS RISEN!

We ended the weekend with great food and family at our house and one tired little boy. Granddaddy is spending the night tonight and will cook up a yummy breakfast before heading out tomorrow. We are so thankful for our wonderful families and for the blessing of being able to celebrate with them.

Happy Easter!!!

PAYNE

We had such a good time playing with our cousin Payne this past weekend. His mommy and daddy took a well deserved break to the beach...three boys in four years ages four, two and four months! Payne and Thomas are ten weeks apart and just like little twins when they are together. We went to the park, played in the driveway and sandbox, ate yummy meals out and watched LOTS of Wiggles...Payne may be even more obsessed with the Wiggles than his cousin! Thomas had a hard time sharing his mommy and his toys but all in all, as these pictures show, they had a great time together. Can't wait for him to come back again!!!

New Best Friend

Meet the newest member of our family, "Orange Juice" or sometimes just referred to as "Orange". We received this little orange goldfish from as a favor from a friend's fourth birthday party...who does that? (Just Kidding Jenny!!!) Thomas loves his new friend, named him the first night and has helped to feed him twice a day since we got him.

A bigger bowl, rocks, distilled water, fish food and $20 later, our friend has a new home. Thomas helped Daddy fix up his new home last night, and was so excited as you can see from the last picture, when he was in his new bowl swimming around.

My question, "How long is this thing gonna stick around?!?!?"