GiGi and Poppy

Gigi and Poppy came to Tulsa to visit us on Easter Sunday. We went out to eat at Tally's...yum!

Hadley loves her Gigi and Poppy...

Gigi feeding Miss Hadley...



Gigi and Hadley dancing to the oldies at Tally's...

Best Job in the World

I am not trying to brag; HOWEVER, I believe I have the best job in the entire world. This morning Hadley and I ate breakfast together, then decided to enjoy the sunny weather and take a stroll down to the pool. It is an absolutely beautiful day, and we enjoyed being outdoors.

She was stylin' her white eyelet lace hat and brown sunglasses. She was a doll! I was so proud of her too, because not once did she try and take her sunglasses off! She loves wearing them!

She had her own little sunbathing chair...

The water was cold, but she loved putting her toes in and splashing around...

Another first: This morning I walked into Hadley's room to get her up and this is what greeted me...

She was sitting up! This is the first time that she has pushed/pulled herself into a sitting position from a laying position! My little bug is getting bigger and I am enjoying every minute of it!

Cutie Patootie

My cutie patootie, rocking the stroller, shopping at the mall, being the best little girl, and catching everyone's eye with her beautiful smile :)

Easter 2011

What a wonderful day! On Saturday, my family got together at my mom's house to celebrate Easter, April Birthday's, and Mother's (Nana) day. I love being together with my family...no matter what we do, we always have a good time together...AND it is always interesting and never lacks excitement!

The Family...

Dad cooking the yummy steaks...





Papa and Nana with their grandbabies...

My baby and me...

We hid 91 eggs for the kids to find...

She loved hunting eggs with her daddy...

Dyeing Eater Eggs...

Benjamin asked me..."why is my egg dying?" :) Sweet Sweet Boy...

Two Peas in a Pod...

The boy's got Cap Guns in their Easter Baskets....SO MUCH FUN!!!

If you look closely, you can see Joshua hiding behind the couch on the left...

Papa playing with his Hadley....

For the past nine months, my mom has wanted pictures of all three grandchildren together. Every time the family is together, she tries to get them one, but usually one or more are crying, not looking at the camera, making a weird face, etc. For Mother's (Nana) day, we decided to give her something very special....and she loved it :)

I love my family and feel so blessed to have such wonderful, supportive, loving, encouraging, people in my life. There is never a dull moment with us...if you watch the videos in the next post...you will understand :)

I must preface one of the videos. Since, we hide eggs every year for the kids to find, I thought it would be fun to have Joshua hide ONE egg for the adults to find. This was a camoflouge egg filled with $40. All the adults were inside while Nana, Benjamin, and Joshua hid the egg. When it came time to come outside and find the egg, we all lined up as my dad said, "You better go ahead and go because John's already gone out the back door!" And that is where the video of us screaming and starting to run begins.

As we are all looking high and low for this one egg, we are secretly keeping Benjamin and Joshua in the corner of our eye, just incase they may give a hint or too as to where the egg was. I see Benjamin looking at the tree, so I run over there only to be greeted by John who begins to shake the branches hoping an egg would fall from the sky. Joshua unkowingly gives me a little hint by saying, "it's not this way...it's not this direction...it's somwhere else" which means i'm close. :)

Apparently around this time, Krystina flat out asks Benjamin where the egg was and he said, "it's in the leaves" and pointed in the direction of the egg. In the video it is hard to tell what is going on, however you see me uncover the egg, followed by my 200lb husband who charges at me, pinning me up against the fence and the thorn bushes! I have cuts down the back of my arm to prove it! (you will know when it happens because of the blood curling scream :)

The good new is...I Found The Egg! I won! However, it did come at a price.

Enjoy!

Easter 2011 Videos

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Kansas City

This past weekend, my mom, Hadley, and I went to Kansas City to visit my dad. We also met up with Katrin and Donny! Hadley had so much fun meeting and hanging out with Aunt Kathy and Uncle Don. She loves them so much!

Hadley was such a good girl...considering she didn't get her 3 1/2 hour nap either day, AND she didn't go to bed until after 10 pm!!

Miss Hadley at Cracker Barrel...

Sitting with Katrin at Cheesecake Factory...


Uncle Don and Aunt Kathy...



We ate Bar-B-Que...Hadley just ate the table...

All of us at Jack Stacks...

I have a feeling Hadley is going to have expensive taste...

First, with Starbucks...

Second, with Prada...

Shopping at the Plaza...

The Girls...

Papa, Nana, and Hadley...

We had such a wonderful weekend with the family in Kansas City. Even though Hadley was a pill and didn't want to be in her car seat for the 4 hour drive there and back, I can't wait until the next trip!

Oh yeah, and the "fake" cough you guys taught Hadley....she is still doing it! Hadley girl, you are such a ham!