Timmy in his jumper

Gives you a little glimps of what we see everyday, he's such a happy baby.  We are blessed.

Random April Pictures

 

 

Here are the girls at Chastain Park with Ben our little friend.  I am so grateful for this play date, because it changed me as a mother.  Ben's mom, Anne, without knowing it made me realize that I could benefit from lowering my expectations and by realizing that my children are really just children.  You can't expect them to act like adults they will cry, they will fight, they will throw fits, or in Anne's case empty entire bottles of syrup all over her floor before walking out the door. That doesn't mean I don't discipline or teach our children what is acceptable behavior, I just reduce my expectations to avoid emotional responses (yelling is completely ineffective).  She's made April a great month for me, I hope I can carry it through the summer.

 

This picture was taken on April 10th, what a cutie!!! 

 

Remember these?  I brought them home from their Aunt Laine's baby shower, they were a huge hit!

 

Anyone guess where Abigail's ice pack came from?  Dear friends of ours, Eric & Leigh Ann advised us to take everything you could from your hospital room after delivery.  We did just that for all three  deliveries, hence why Abigail is using a perineal ice pack for her goose egg.  Poor Abigail. :(

Walker Easter Celebration

 

The Walkers always make sure to get together during Easter.  It's great to watch the girls interact together.  My nieces are so beautiful.  Here are a few more pictures of their fun:

We loved being able to spend time with Grandma Walker, it's been great having her close by.  We missed Grandpa a great bit, but the meaning behind Easter gives us great comfort that he's where he always wanted to be.

 I do hope that our daughters and Timmy are able to build strong relationships with their cousins.  I have very fond memories of spending time with mine.  Above are all the Walker children and their families with the exception of Uncle Ted, who lives in DC (we missed ya'll). 

I had to include this picture of Aunt Melissa getting Timmy to belly laugh.  I remember Isabella doing the exact same thing around this age, she has a way with my children. 

Coloring Eggs

 We spent most of Saturday working on the outside of our house.  A few weekends ago we went to replace some trim and ended up doing an entire make over.  In all the craziness, and trust me it got crazy (at one point I ran over two gallons of paint with my minivan) we almost forgot to color our eggs.  

In fact I actually forgot to buy eggs! You would think that I could just walk out to the coop and get eggs, but fresh eggs are the worse for boiling.  They just don't peel!! Fortunately I was able to swap a dozen store bought with a dozen fresh eggs with my neighbor.

Abigail was so much more into egg decorating than she was last year and she even doodled on one with a crayon. 

I loved this picture of Isabella and Timmy laughing with each other. So fun!

Isabella's School Egg Hunt

 

Here are a few pictures of Isabella during her Easter celebration at school.  Let the record show that Abigail does not have a post because parents were not aloud to attend her party.