Easter Egg Hunt

We had an Easter egg hunt in our backyard this afternoon. Abigail took it very seriously, and Parker didn't quite get into it like we thought. But, it was still fun.

Easter Morning Pictures

Abigail in her Easter outfit. We had it made by Debbie at Little Noel. I love it! I'll try to post more up close pictures later. The patchwork on the pants is my favorite. Debbie is also making Abigail's birthday outfit.


We took pictures outside of church this morning. This one is my favorite of my dad and the kids.

I'm now convinced that we will never get that "perfect" family picture.

The kids were having a great time.

Abigail's First Haircut

Parker really needed a haircut. And, those of y'all that know me well, know that Parker doesn't do haircuts. In fact, he FREAKS out to the extreme with a haircut. I decided that while there I should go ahead and get Abigail's trimmed to be all the same length. I got pictures of Abigail. I didn't get any of Parker- he wouldn't have appreciated that. Abigail, on the other hand, seems to already know that getting a haircut is like heaven, and sparkles in the hair make every day a better day...

My grandmother was in town for the haircuts too. We LOVED having her visit us for a few days.

Happy Birthday, Dad!

My dad's birthday was Thursday. He's getting old. Haha! I ended up having to blow out the candles for him. Haha! Happy Birthday, Dad! I can't wait to spend the next 40 years with you!

The Y Lady and The Treadmill

This could be my favorite story of the year...

I loaded up the kids tonight and headed to the YMCA for a workout. I had no idea the pure giddiness joy that was going to come from the event that I was about to encounter.

I had been on an elliptical with headphones in my ears for about 30 minutes when I heard this loud screaming/ screeching noise. My first thought was, "Holy crap! Gotta get the kids. Something's wrong here." Then I turned around to see what was going on.

There was a woman, I would guess in her 50's, who had tripped on her treadmill. The problem was that she didn't let go. She was hanging on to the hand grips on the sides of the treadmill, her legs had slipped. So, picture this... she's hanging on, her feet dangling off the edge of the treadmill, screaming as loud as she could, and the treadmill was still going.

Then, all of a sudden... Whoosh!... The treadmill sucks her pants right off. Now, she's hanging on, screaming, feet dangling, no pants, just white silky granny panties.

The whole gym had stopped.

I've never seen anything like this happen before. Finally, someone was able to stop the treadmill, and someone helped her find her pants and get them back on.

Once I realized she was okay, I became very tickled. You know, the kind where you're trying so hard not to laugh that you start having tears form in your eyes. I tried to resume exercising, but I couldn't. I had no strength, all my strength was going to trying not to laugh.

Yes, I am one of those people who laugh when the guy trips, falls off the bike, etc. It's funny. It's really really funny. (I also laugh at myself when things like this happen to me. It's funny.)

I will never, ever, forget the pants being sucked off the woman hanging onto the treadmill screaming at the Y.

Blah, blah. blog

I'm kicking myself as I start to write because my memory card is in my computer not in my camera. You see, Eric is trying to do head stands right now. Hysterical. This is life in the suburbs baby!

It's funny because I feel like so much has happened since I last wrote. But, I don't know what to write about. I, personally, seem to spend most of my free-thinking time (this is the time when I'm not engaged in anything else. Sadly it usually occurs in the car, or at the Y, or when I'm rocking a child, or laying with a child) trying to figure out what HUGE thing God wants me to do next. I'm kind of in this place where I'm missing working, traveling/living overseas, and wondering if the 2 kids/ 2 dogs suburban life is what God wants for me. I mean I know the 2 kids is what God wants. But, what does He want me to be doing? I don't know. I may be doing it right now. But, something in me wants a little more. Hmmm....

As for the updates for the family, here ya go...

• Parker now screams, "Faster! We go faster!" every time we get on the interstate. He's not content until we pass about 5 cars. Nice.
• Parker is afraid of his poop. Terrified. I have no idea what to do. I will pay someone to potty train my child. Seriously.
• Abigail will be one year old in 2 weeks!
• Abigail is not crawling or walking. But, she does this silly butt scoot thing.
• Abigail cut 5 teeth during the last two weeks.
• Parker is solely motivated by TV. TV is a reward. TV is taken away when he gets in trouble. Time outs don't work. Nothing works, but TV.
• Eric can, in fact, do a headstand. For, um, 3 seconds.
• Eric's Wii fit age is now 35.
• Eric is going to KILL me when he reads this.
• The yard has been taken care of for the first time in a year. Yup, a year. Thanks Brenda and Darrell! It took 5 guys 7 hours to fix the yard.
• I now weigh less than I have in, count it, 3 1/2 years! Go stay-at-home-SUV-driving-want-to-be-cute-tennis-mom me!
• Parker can see with his new glasses. He has some pretty large bifocals, but his prescription should get less and less as he grows. He still has some white blood cell build up on his right lens. We'll go back in 2 months to have it evaluated again.
• Eric's work moved to Atlantic Station. It's a great location.

For some pics...

Abigail is obsessed with the dogs. I couldn't get a good picture of her looking at the camera because the dogs were in the room. But, here are a couple for fun...

Here's the truck load of yard trash that was taken away from our house. I'll post a picture of the yard when the rain is gone. Oh yeah, raise the roof for the rain! Lake this summer anyone?

I told Parker he could watch some TV if he smiled for the camera. Bribes. Hmm.

Update in Pictures

We were able to branch out of the house late Friday. Abigail came home that day too. The whooping cough was nasty. Parker still has a little cough, but it's not nearly as bad. I spent DAYS sanitizing EVERYTHING that he touched. Now, I need a maid to come and do my regular housework because I'm exhausted!

Parker pretty much refuses to eat veggies or anything somewhat healthy. I baked these blueberry lemon muffins from the Deceptively Delicious cookbook. Get this... there's 1/3 of a squash in each muffin, yogurt, and flax seed. He loved it!

I've also decided, because Parker keeps getting in trouble at school, that he's watching too much TV. In my quest to entertain him we've been very busy this week with painting, stickers, play do, puzzles, EVERYTHING. Got any ideas? This is P showing Abigail how to use some of the craft supplies.

Abigail is trying to move around. She's close to crawling, and will now stand for a few seconds with my help. She will not be walking on her birthday. Her favorite thing, other than grandma, is to sit at the table and participate in whatever project Parker is working on.

Parker doesn't like getting his picture taken right now. This is the best I could get. But, he has his new glasses prescription. These are loaner frames while we wait for his to come in. I HATE that he has to wear bifocals, but he can see. He noticed all the tiny rocks in the asphalt, the leaves on the trees, and keeps asking me to tell him what everything is. I'm really glad he can see. I can tell that his world is coming alive again.