April in Pictures

we had such a fun April! we celebrated my 28th birthday, joined the zoo & visited 3 times, played outside a lot, finally got a new (to us) car & made a ton of fun memories!

bed head & morning cartoons

swinging at the new park at Shelby Farms

checking out the "big boy" swing!

they love to swing together!

i was shocked that he actually went down this slide. normally, he is scared of heights!

our new, to us, car. this is a MAJOR answer to prayer. and we got an incredible deal on it. so thankful!

i read this book. its fantastic. great biblical view & teaching on marriage. read it!

we took a lot of walks at Shelby Farms. Jovie was more interested in pushing the stroller than anything else!

in true little boy fashion, Jack was only interested in splashing in the puddles! he had a blast!

isn't Shelby Farms beautiful?! love it.

watching Cars in our bedroom. and of course, only one kid would look at the camera! ha!

and, there's my girl! too bad Jack's face is blurry!

we had a great April! looking forward to May!!

Jovie @ 15 Months!

sweet girl, you are 15 months old! i give up on talking about how quickly you are growing & how much i want you to slow down. because, let's face it, you are still growing! can't stop that process but i am trying so hard to soak in every moment of you at this age because you are SO much fun!

at 15 months, you weigh 22 lbs. not sure about your height or head measurements, i'll get those when we go visit Dr Bubba next week! you wear size 12 month pants & 18 month shirts & 12-18 months in dresses. you are in a size 4 shoe & size 4 diaper. you have precious chunky legs, a potbelly & sweet little cheeks. you have tons of brown hair that sometimes looks strawberry blonde. you have dark green eyes & chubby baby feet. i absolutely LOVE your baby body, it is so sweet.

you are definitely trying to say a few words this month. you can already say: momma, dada, uh oh. you have started saying "bye bye, night night & no" you are a pro when it comes to grunting when you don't like something. you are pretty even tempered 99% of the time. but you go from happy to furious in about 1 second. its hilarious. you are still a great eater. the only food i've found that you don't love is strawberries. other than that, you will try anything! you love veggies & i'm so thankful for that!

its amazing what you have learned just by watching Jack. you copy so much of his behavior, which sometimes is not a good thing! you throw fits (sitting on the ground, hitting yourself & grunting) in the exact way he does. you play with his toy cars & drive them around just like he does. pretty much, if he's doing something, you want to do it. if he's eating something, you want to eat it & if he is playing with something, you want the same toy. its so funny how much you copy him but still have your own personality. you love brother so much.

you are so smart. constantly trying to figure out how things work. you have figured out where we keep certain things in the house & if they aren't locked up, you try to get them on your own. you love to open & shut doors or cabinets. you are very independent. you want to do everything yourself. you won't let me feed you anything & you hate when i try to get you dressed!

you are a very loving baby. every morning or afternoon, when you get out of bed you have to grab your paci & blanket before you get up. you carry them around the house all day long. you love to sit & snuggle with me or dada. you have a very sensitive little spirit. you are so devastated when dada spanks you or tells you no no in a firm voice. you are definitely still a momma's girl & i really enjoy all the extra attention from you.

you are still the busiest kid i've ever seen but i don't mind b/c you sleep so well! you take 1-2 naps per day, just depending on our schedule. you go to bed around 8:30 pm & sleep at least 12 hours. you wear me out each day but we have so much fun watching you play! you got a baby doll stroller for Easter & that is definitely your favorite toy. you will push anything in it. we've caught you pushing: paci, blanket, cars, babies, toilet paper, socks, underwear, diapers, remotes, clothing & silverware. its hilarious. you just think anything goes in that stroller & you happily push it around! its so sweet to watch you!

Jovie Claire. you are such a joy! i could just eat you up. i love being your mom & taking care of you is so much fun. you are a blessing to our family. you make me want to have a house full of girls, despite how dramatic you are all day long! ha! we are so thankful for your little life & we are praying you know Jesus at an early age.

happy 15 months to my favorite little girl in the world! love you so much!

Easter Egg Hunt

on Easter afternoon, my nephews, Nelson & Drew decided to create a little Easter Egg Hunt for Jack & Jovie. i think they had as much fun "hiding" the eggs as Jack & Jovie did looking for them! it was adorable. eggs were everywhere & in the most obvious places. it took Jovie a minute to figure it out, but once she did, she was off & running. she was even stealing eggs from Jack's basket. hilarious. i love that a simple activity of picking up eggs is extremely entertaining to my kids! i might have to keep that in mind for a rainy day. ha!

some pics & videos from our Egg Hunt:

sweet girl learning how to hunt eggs!

checking out all her eggs!

she was so proud of all the eggs she found!

i LOVE this picture of her sweet face!!

Jack loved the Egg Hunt. he ran all over the yard saying "eggs, eggs, eggs!"

he kept running up to me to show me all the eggs he found!

off to find more eggs!

do you see Lightning McQueen?! he had to go along for the ride. hilarious!

once Jack put his basket down, Jovie ran over & began stealing eggs from his basket! so funny!

sitting in the sun & trying to open her eggs to find candy!

and now we're off to find more eggs!!

a cute video of the kids looking of eggs:

(Ben has another one on his iphone that i want to get & post later)

can't wait to do another Egg Hunt with Jack & Jovie. kids just make every single holiday so much more fun. love it!

Easter 2011

we had such a wonderful Easter Sunday. it was our first Easter Service for Revision Church. such a special time for us. and it went beautifully. the guys did a fantastic job with the service, it was different than our regular services, and everyone really enjoyed it. i can't wait to do a blog post about it, once we get pictures edited & posted to our church website. Jesus was glorified & we are thrilled with how it all came together.

as a family, we had a sweet day. i really didn't feel as stressed or worn out as i was expecting to feel. we enjoyed the day & the kids behaved really well. which is a blessing! i spent the morning getting the kids ready for church. Ben's aunt & uncle came in town for the holiday & wanted to come to our church, so Ben's parents brought them. after church, we headed over to the Williams house for lunch. we spent the afternoon there & then headed home. my family didn't get together this year b/c they had church that evening. we hated not getting to spend time with them. but we are looking forward to Mother's Day because we know we'll all be together!

(some of these pictures were taken indoors with my iphone so the quality is not great. makes me sad. going to put the kids back in their Easter clothes & try to get some good pictures!)

i loved their little Easter outfits!

we had such a fun day!!

Easters Past

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my friend, Ashley, did a cute post about Easters past with her cute family. i loved it. and it was so fun to look at how her family has grown! so, i thought i would steal her idea & do a post about our past Easters!

Easter 2009

my sweet boy. Jack was almost 6 months old. doesn't he look so sweet?! i miss him being this little!!

me and Jack!

my 2 favorite boys!

our little family of 3. such a sweet time in life!

Easter 2010

my beautiful Jovie on her first Easter. she was 10 weeks old. she got to wear my Easter dress and that was so special to me! doesn't she look precious?!

my two little loves. Jack was 17 months old. how did i survive in those days?! ha! i actually miss this time in life!

our family Easter pic. i hate how tired & frumpy i look. plus, i was about 30 lbs heavier here. but oh well, that is all in the past! at least my hubby & children look adorable!

Easter 2011

i love this picture. so true to their personalities. Jack is 2.5 years old & Jovie is 15 months! i can not believe how big they are in this photo. but, we are having SO much fun with them.

this photo isn't the greatest quality. but it was taken indoors with my iphone, so go figure. and getting them both to look at the camera in unison is next to impossible! ha! they looked so cute in their green!!!

looking forward to Easter 2012 and what it will hold for our little family!