Look...

...who decided to try again at riding his bike without training wheels! He's doing great! So proud!

Just a short clip:

Spring!

Sorry for the lack of posts lately! Been busy lately LIVING!  And I know most of you see pictures on Facebook where I DO keep up. I'll work my way backward a little bit though. This was March, can you believe it??  I believe we actually did by-pass winter this year! After a week of a lot of rain and muddy roads I put the kids to work and had them wash my car.

 Carter was more interested in playing ball though...

 Little boy chasing his ball down the hill

 future ball player?

 finishing touches

 storm rolling in, though it surprisingly didn't really amount to much of anything

But... enough to make the car dirty again the next day on the road! LOL Oh well!

Easter 2012

On Good Friday yesterday, the kids and I took some time to drive down to a local lake where we could kneel at the foot of the cross and confess our sins, pleading for Him to come into our hearts and help us live a life worthy, a life that glorifies HIM. It was indeed time well spent.

Carter's mimicking Mommy with a "prayer" of his own

Hannah's FOUR!!

Wow, life this year has been exciting and fun, and when it's not it's nice that it's not. To have time to relax and just be. Watch a movie or sleep in. I'm so behind in saying that Hannah's now 4!!!  We had a joint birthday party the week BEFORE Hannah's birthday (pics will HOPEFULLY come from that, but I just can't make any promises).  But first, here is my sweet girl.  Love her so much.

Hannah....

* loves dresses and all things pretty
* favorite colors are pink and purple. but she does wear a little of everything
* is getting fantastic at writing her name now on her own, and knows SOME of the letters and most of the numbers and can even write those by herself as well
* is social and gets along well with anyone
* is a great student at her preschool
* loves playing outside and riding her bike, playing pretend, looking at books, or coloring
* is always playing with Eli whenever he's home. Although they often spend the days squabbling, I would still consider them best friends
* has the sweetest, most content personality. We are so blessed to have her in our family!!

Video: Carter making up games

These are some of the sweet moments I get at home with Carter when the big kids are at school. Notice how QUIET the rest of the house is... I LOVE IT!!  And I love this sweet boy and his cute games.

He was playing peek-a-boo with his sippy cup for almost 10 minutes straight (a LONG time in toddler world!!).



Then I was trying to get Carter to say some words for me but then it just triggered another little game! LOL How silly!

Almost walking!!

Oh I've been soo anxious for Carter to walk again. And to be able to really play outside with Eli and Hannah and to walk to and from the car by myself so I can carry the other things I usually have. But the Dr did say it was going to take at least a couple weeks. And it has. But now, just finally this week, Carter started putting actual weight on his foot, then taking steps with his toes curled up, then standing flat-footed, and now taking hobbly steps all by himself and even doing SPINS! It's about as exciting as when he first was learning to walk at 1 year old! And now here he is again! So excited for him!!

By the way, I've been realizing how I need to get some video of him before these days pass me by! He's been learning lots of new words lately and I want to try to capture them on video in his cute little voice before he grows out of it! So more video clips will be coming...

a moment in time.

(Eli watching over Hannah's shoulder as she is writing Eli's name in her notebook) Eli: "It's E-L-I but that's not quite right. The dot has to be floating in the air." 

LOL "floating in the air" what a cute way to put it. 

I love my babies.