Easter Egg baskets

Someone is happy to get candy

Of course Andrew wants what Sissy has.

Fun shots....

Addy and Mommy
The three of us...(Andrew is napping)

Daddy and Addy eating some candy.

A ride in the Mustang

It lasted about a couple miles and then both kids had enough. Maybe in Florida when it is a little warmer and both kids aren't ready for a nap :-)

Easter outfits...

These were the best shots I could get. Adeline fell and skinned her knee and Andrew only wanted Grandpa. Doesn't this always seem to happen?

Backseat riders.....

Aunt Betsey actually volunteered to sit here. It must because of the great company on each side.

Storytime with Grandpa!

My shirtless man

eating a cinnamon roll for breakfast

Someone is tickelish

Andrew is getting attacked by his Aunts...poor little guy he can't even protect himself.

Decorating Easter Eggs with Grandma

It was too hard for Grandma to sit and watch the MSU game so she stayed in the kitchen and decorated Easter Eggs with Addy. Grandma frosted and Addy put on the sprinkles.

Knocked out....

Look at those lips

A bit traumatic....

I have both kids in the bath....like every other time and as usual Andrew hits his max first and is ready to get out. I pull him out and start to dry him off, lotion, etc. Once I put his diaper on Adeline (who is still in the bath) starts to scream. I look over at her and she is holding her legs together crying. I ask her what is wrong and as I am doing that I look at her legs and she is bleeding pretty bad. I pull her out of the water (at this time Andrew is crying because he is half dressed and I am taking care of Addy), I put a towel between her legs to try to stop the bleeding but it doesn't really help. Once I get her to lay on the floor I check to see what happened and blood is just gushing out (in clots) and it is hard to see but I know that it is internal. She told me that she fell on Ursula (Little Mermaid Character with spiky hair). I call James but can't get ahold of him at work.....he has the Jeep (with the cars seats)...so I call my WONDERFUL friend Missy who dropped everything and drove right over. While we are waiting for Missy Andrew is so upset because I can't get to him that he vomits all over. I was surprised at how well I kept everything together I would have expected me to go crazy. I think that when something traumatic like this happens I am able to shift gears pretty fast and stay pretty calm. I get Addy dressed with a wash cloth to stop the bleeding. I get Andrew cleaned up and then Missy arrives. She drops Addy and I off to the ER and takes Andrew home with her.
In the ER they were able to see her right away. Thankfully the accident didn't cause any future damage. She was bleeding a lot but they didn't feel the need to give stitches. She bled for about five days after that, had a check up and seems to be doing very well.
How scary.....I remember putting my (not very spiritual) hands on her and praying out to God that nothing would prevent her from having kids. Thank you Lord for answering my prayer. Thank you for Missy and friends who care so much about my family.
On a funny note: We were in Olivet the other day and the pizza guy came to the door. Adeline introduced herself, Andrew and I and then proceeded to tell him the she "fell on Ursala and tore her Hymen"......I think I need to watch what I say in front of her.....it was really funny!

Decorating Easter Eggs....

With it being so nice outside it has been hard to be inside to decorate eggs. Finally today we got to it and Addy was very excited. Here is the before....(the eggs have been hard boiled)
....here is the after. Adeline did such a good job dropping the eggs in and pulling them out. After they dried we were able to decorate them.

Andrew took a couple of phone calls during this time.

Adeline has been extra affectionate lately. I don't mind at all. What I really liked was when I was taking this picture she was all about putting her arms around me. She kept kissing me and telling me she loved me. At this point Andrew was taking a nap so it was great Mommy and Addy time.

Daddy's recent conversation with Addy....

Daddy, I'm scared of monsters.

Well I'm not scared of monsters because I'm bigger and stronger than they are.

Daddy, is there anybody bigger or stronger than you?

Yes, Jesus.

Oh.
Daddy I wonder what kind of t-shirt Jesus likes.
(after a few seconds of laughing I calm down and respond).

Well I don't know what t-shirt He likes; which one do you think He likes?

I think He likes red or blue or yellow t-shirts.

Oh, well if that's what shirt you think He likes, then what do you think Jesus' favorite color is?

I think it's white.

Why do you think it's white?

Because whenever it snows it's always white; you see what I mean?

Oh, I see.

Daddy, let's not talk about heaven anymore, let's talk about Florida.

Oh, I didn't know we were talking about heaven; ok, let's talk about Florida.
:-)

Oh the mind of a 3-year-old!

James emailed this to me the night after he and Adeline had this conversation.