Brothers and Sisters

Aunt Nancy came to see us last weekend. BEST visit EVER if I had to put a descriptor on it. As usual, weekends with family visits go by way too fast.

Mike & Nanc at Pappasito's
Butterfly House at the Science Museum
This vending machine fascinated and gave me the heebie jeebies at the same time.
Here, cleanse your eyes with some brother and sister cuteness!
My favorite photo from the weekend!

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I'm still behind on sharing so you get a Smilebox today. :-)

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I think I caught the Easter Bunny!

And it looks like she's been eating the chocolate!
And she has a brother!

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Jenny the photographer rock star* has our gallery up on her website! I feel I'm not saying enough when I say they are FAB-U-LOUS! The gallery will be available for viewing until April 21. If you're interested in checking it out, shoot me an email and I'll send you the super-secret password. ;)

*I think for the most part she goes by Jenny, but in my head it's always Jenny the photographer Rock Star!!!

March Rewind Continued

The bunny didn't have to wait long for another grandparent to torment...I mean play with. Grandma Joanne flew in a few days after Bud left. It was almost a year since we had seen my mom last so the bunny was soooooo excited to see her grandma! She got all dressed up and everything!Unfortunately, weather caused some flight delays and Joanne's plane was several hours late. The princess couldn't keep her eyes open any longer.
But once Grandma arrived, it was like no time had passed since our last visit. The bunny and her grandma were two peas in a pod! The girl immediately launched into all the planned activities...they played Candyland, put together puzzles, Wii bowled, read books, and watched the bunny's Signing Time vid...and that was just in the first hour! ;-) Okay, not really, but it was a good thing we had to break for dinner so Grandma could catch her breath.

I'm sad that I didn't get any photos with Noah and Grandma. I really don't know how that happened. The boy got in lots of Grandma time, too. I just failed to reach for the camera. :( Noah's vocabulary has increased so much in the last year and Joanne was able to hear him say, "I love you, Grandma." Makes your heart melt, doesn't it!

It was an absolutely wonderful visit and the week just flew by. As we were pulling away from the airport, a teary-eyed bunny frantically said, "Mommy, we got to turn around. We got to get Grandma! I got to play wif her." It was a long drive home...

These are some highlights:

We all got haircuts.
You can see Mike's haircut here, but it's nothing new or different...he doesn't let his hair grow much between cuts. But the thing to note here is he's making Rice Krispie Treats for the first time ever. He was surprised at how easy it was and asked why I didn't make them more often. Duh, because I'd eat the whole pan every time...RKTs are the only thing I can't seem to stop eating once I start...but in my defense the recipe on the box recommends consuming them on the day they're made...I wouldn't want to go against the recipe!
Here's my new 'do!
Just in case you forgot what my hair looked like before.
We danced at the Children's Museum.
And no visit with Joanne is complete without a little dumpling-making!
It cracks me up that she does this standing on a footstool!
Mom & Me self-portrait
And I couldn't let this photo tour end without one of the boy. Look up chillin' in the dictionary and you'll see this!

March Rewind

March buzzed in like a tornado, but in a good way. We stayed super busy and had GREAT visits with the grandparents.

Bud drove in for spring break and the kidlets kept him entertained from the time they woke up until the time they crashed in bed!

When our guests leave, it's always a bittersweet parting. We hate to say goodbye, but I know everyone is ready to get back into the normal routine. (Hahahaha, I used "normal" to describe an aspect of our family. Okay, so it's really funny to me!)

After Bud left, the bunny and I had this conversation:

The bunny: Mommy, where's Grandpa?
Me: He had to go home.
The bunny: Cam Grandpa go home to Jordan's house?
Break. My. Heart.

Here's some of our visit in photos:
We went to the Houston Livestock Show and Fair
Our favorite park
The poolThat's all, folks! The next installment will be about Grandma Joanne's visit. :-)

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March was terrifically, crazy busy, but wonderful! I have a lot of catching up to do, but I wanted to share the most awesome photo session we had yesterday with a local photographer. I sorta met her at a friend's son's first birthday party where she was photographing the event. After I saw some of the photos she captured of my kids, I KNEW I had to book her! I'm so glad we did! The last time we had professional photos done of our whole family, the bunny was 5 weeks old!

As soon as the gallery is up, I'll link you. But until then, check out Jenny's blog with these awesome photos!