Besides this present We also got to spend time with all the great mom’s in our lives. We spent Saturday visiting J’s side of the family. Lucky for me, maybe unlucky for him, J’s grandma busted out all his baby pictures. That hair! We also got to see our sweet niece who is getting so big. Ben was pretending to sleep and J’s aunt would rock him. It was precious. Sunday was the day. We told all our family and friends except for my parents who we were eating lunch with that afternoon. When we got to the restaurant I blatantly begin pointing to things on the menu and it…
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An Easter Miracle
Besides His miracle, we had our own little Easter miracle this year. Ben sat through the entire Easter service in church. It probably helped that it wasn’t a typical sermon and consisted entirely of music from the choir. After church we ate a delicious lunch at my parent’s house and Ben took part in his first egg hunt of the day after immediately changing into comfy pants the minute church was over. That’s my boy. We also decorated eggs. And by decorated I mean I tried to avoid getting splashed with dye. Every year I tell myself I will get creative in decorating the eggs. And every year my creativity seems…
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Cousins
My sister, brother in law, and nieces were in town this past week from Atlanta and I managed to snap some pictures of the cousins together. Aren’t they darling?!
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Little Bits of Love
I hope you all had a fabulous Valentine’s Day! Friday night we went to dinner with some friends at our favorite steak place. The next morning I took Ben to Barnes and Noble for story time which of course was Valentine’s Day themed. He listened to a few stories, made a card for daddy, and got a special little treat. Sunday morning we got up bright and early for breakfast with my parents and then headed over to their house so Ben could open his Valentine’s presents. That afternoon I made these which looked so promising on the box, but mine clearly did not turn out as well as the…
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Our Crazy New Years Eve
Our New Years Eve was wild this year. We started the party off early with ice cream. And followed it with pizza and puppy dog pajamas. And after the little man was in bed we watched and Until it was time for the ball drop. We wouldn’t have had it any other way.