Gran's Visit

We are so happy that my Mom was able to spend Easter weekend with us!

As you can see from the previous posts,

we kept her pretty busy!

In between the many weekend events,

she squeezed in lots of quality with the kids

and even dyed a few Easter eggs!

We love you, Mom!

Bonding with Great Pop

Matthew is a HUGE fan of his great-grandfather!

He saves some of his best smiles for Great Pop

and

reaches out his arms for Great Pop to pick him up!

Easter Fun with the Gleasons

We spent a wonderful afternoon with the Gleasons

on Easter.

My aunt and uncle were gracious to host all of us

for their neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt

and a yummy dinner.

Easter Baskets

Nearly every morning for the last two weeks,

Kate has asked me,

"Is it Easter, yet, Mommy?"

Finally, I was able to say "yes!"

And she ran down the stairs!

I think the kids enjoyed their Easter baskets

almost as much as I enjoyed putting them together. Matthew loved the train toy Kate picked out for him.

And thought it was really fun to pull things out of his basket.

Second Annual Easter Egg Hunt

We had so much fun hosting our Easter Egg Hunt last year

that we decided to do it again this year!

Unfortunately, the yard was absolutely soaked

from the torrential downpour on Friday afternoon!

So, we ended up hiding the eggs in our basement instead.

The kids didn't seem to mind too much!

We had a blast with our friends -

so much so that I forgot to take many pictures.

Bummer!

Watching The Kids Grow

I know I've been MIA on the blog for the last few months.

I'm not gonna lie -

we're struggling to find a good stride

in juggling our busy careers and expanded family.

Don't worry!

We are having lots of fun watching the kids grow up!

Matthew has changed so much lately.

He's sitting up and working hard on the crawling thing.

He has a couple of teeth.

He's really enjoying his solid foods and tormenting Kate.

And, he's absolutely adorable!

Don't take my word for it...

Kate has also been busy learning and growing!

She loves working on her art projects.

She's learning to count and spell some basic words.

She has a very vivid imagination and

concentrates very hard on developing

elaborate stories and plans.

But -

she's going through a phase in which she

absolutely hates having her picture taken!

Exhibit A:

But, trust me, she's absolutely adorable, too!

Peek-A-Boo

Matthew is a really happy little baby with a hilarious laugh. Through this link, you should be able to watch a video of him cracking up during a game of "Peek-A-Boo" last weekend: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o9JtpJ1TJo