Coloring Easter Eggs

We decorated Easter eggs on Saturday April 11. Chris and Kristin surprised us with a visit, so Olivia got to decorate eggs with us! This was Kade's 2nd egg coloring that he actually enjoyed. Noelle got very tired and didn't make it to the end, she had to take a nap!

Wagon Ride!

I got the best birthday present ever, my brother suprised me and came home for my birthday. So here are my kids with their cousin Olivia going on their first family wagon ride with grandpa! We aren't sure who had more fun-the kids or grandpa.

Happy Birthday Kim and Noelle!

Noelle and I had our birthdays on Good Friday. So here is Noelle at my parent's cabin with her 1st cake. We didn't have her party until Memorial Day weekend so those pics will come later! The last pic is of the birthday girls after Noelle took a bath after the cake!

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It's official, I'm 1!

Well Noelle is 1 today!! I can't believe how fast that went. Here are pictures from this morning when she woke up and then before breakfast she got to "lick the beaters". I made cupcakes for dinner tonight for her birthday. Kade got to do the same thing when I made his cupcakes. I took a video that I will try and post.

Grandpa's Tool Bench

OK, Kade's favorite thing at my mom and dad's has got to be the tool bench. My dad lets him climb up and play with whatever he wants. When Chris and I were growing up, there was NO TOUCHING the tools!!! My dad knew when there was one missing or out of place. So how SPOILED is Kade????

Love the 2-seater carts!

I love it when stores have the double cart seat. Comes in handy when you are all by yourself. Here we are at Sams Club! Kade really doesn't like having to share the cart seat, but he is pushing the max weight capacity, so he won't have to share for long!

My remote obsession!

Here is Noelle with her favorite toy. Why do we buy expensive toys when all they want are remote controls and pots and pans!
No matter where they are she will find them. Its like she has a GPS to all remotes in the house!

She loves to chew on them, which is very gross when you have to use it later!

Success I found my remote, now if they would only let me keep it.

Noelle on the prowl. Her favorite toy in the house is the remote and she is always hunting them!

Erica's Baby Shower

Here are Erica and Noelle at Erica's shower the other weekend. Noelle was at Erica's wedding shower when she was only 3 weeks old. That was obviously her 1st wedding shower. Now here she is at her 1st baby shower that just happens to be Erica's too!! Lots of firsts in one year.

Letter fun in the bathtub

Having a little fun at bathtime!

Yahtzee Night

We had my parents over a couple weekends ago, along with my grandma. After supper we played Yahtzee. This is what we always did with my grandparents at their house . Life really does come full circle!!!

We ate dinner at Nate's parents last night, and Noelle had BBQ and baked beans for the first time. It was a good thing I had stripped her down to her diaper. She was covered from head to toe with her dinner. It was easier to put her in the sink and wash her off than try with a washcloth!

I love to eat!

Noelle is becoming very efficient at feeding herself thankfully. Sometimes, she doesn't focus and ends up with it in her hair and all over.

Noelle at play

Noelle has recently discovered the toy box in the living room. Pretty much all the toys in it are Kade's. He is not happy about this discovery. Here she is playing away while her big brother takes a nap!

I need my Nuk

Noelle needed a Nuk this morning and we caught her standing at the ottoman digging in her diaper bag looking for the Nuk. The one she found was still hooked to the bag!

Our first bath

Kade and Noelle took their first bath together the other night as a time saver. Kade was not thrilled about sharing the tub with anyone, but Noelle had a blast!

All Played Out

Kade was being awfully quiet in his room on morning and when I went to check on him this is what I found. All played out, and he stayed like this for about an hour and a half.

Rock Band Mania

For Christmas Nate got Rock Band for the Wii. It is a hit in our house with everyone, even Kade!

Christmas Morning

Here we are Christmas Morning. It was a very busy day. We started out at our house, then went to Nate's mom and dad's house to see his family, then we went all the was up to my brother's house. That ended up being the worst drive in the snow and freezing rain that we were trying to avoid!

Me and My Coke!

This is what happens when I go into physical therapy for an hour, Kade gets to drink a mega-Coke! First ever Coke, talk about breaking him in!

Visiting Santa

We went to see Santa in Franklin Grove again this year. As you can see Kade was a little unsure and didn't want to smile. Noelle was very upset and cried the whole time.

Bad Hair Day

Having a little girl is a lot different than a little boy as far as hair goes! Kade had tons of hair, but we always got it cut so he never had crazy bed head like his sister does.