Easter

We had a great Easter weekend. It was the first weekend of the month that Andy didn't have to work, so that was nice. He and the girls were supposed to go camping on Friday night with The Townsend kids, but the rain held that off. Not to worry; they scheduled a rain date later next month.

Saturday cleared up and the girls and I were able to go to a friend's house for a big Easter egg hunt.

Here they are with some of their buddies "Mrs Cottontail" was there with her bunnies to pet and push in strollers. Here is Carly with a bunny stroller and modelling her new hair cut. She had a lot of length taken off and some long layers put in. Very pretty.
Here is Joiner with her bunny and her new haircut. Joiner went much shorter and now has a little stacked bob. She has wanted to do this for a while and I held off until I was sure she was sure. It is really cute and I think it will be really nice for them to have this difference as they move to Kindergarten.

Sitting with their crew.

Petting some bunnies.

Joiner. She was smiling, but you wouldn't know it.

I caught her with her Easter basket on her head!

Soon the egg hunt started. Joiner is fast and she was off. Carly was running too, but she didn't seem as competitive about it. Here she is trying to get some eggs.

Meanwhile, Joiner was flying.

Still running

Carly just kind of hanging out.

Joiner's gumption paid off and she had a basket full of eggs. She was pumped!

Carly was happy with her far fewer egg count.

Our Easter service starts at 9am with a wonderful potluck Brunch. This is probably my favorite church meal fo the year. So we got up and I tried to get everyone dressed and ready so we could be there in time for everything. The girls wore their Easter dresses and Bennett wore this beautiful suit that Andy wore when he was little. Mary brought it with her last time and it fits him perfectly. It is so sweet to think of his Daddy in it too!

Here are all 3 trying to look at the camera together!

There we go!

Best shot of B's outfit for Mamie:)

The girls at the brunch.

Poor Bennett with Mrs Amy at church. He is usually asleep at this point, but we all had to be there. So I became a little cooler and just went with the flow. She wanted to hold him and I warned her that he would probably go to sleep and he did shortly after this picture. He is so sweet with being passed around church. He is the only baby and they all feel like grandparents with him so they always follow me around to hold him and he lets them for now.

Our church Easter egg hunt is after the brunch. I, of course, am in charge of all of this, so I leave the brunch a little early to get the Youth to hide the eggs that we collect for weeks. Here is everyone lined up to race.

And they are off, again!

I think Joiner's hair gives a hint to how fast she is going!

Carly was more into this morning with all the brunch food sustaining her!

Sweet sisters

Gigi and Mr B

Joiner showing me a prize she got. Such a silly kid!

I love this picture. I am just so happy to get it. With working at the church, I never think to do anything like this, so I am so glad mom and Jarrett were there to grab it! It may be one of the only one of all 5 of us!

Bennett came in from the hunt to have a little lunch

Caga and Mr B after the service

We all went home to grab some rest before our big Easter dinner that night. Sadly I have no pictures of that, but it was a lot of fun as always!

Happy Easter!

8 Months Old

I can't believe that my Mr B is 8 MONTHS OLD. But he is, so here is what he is doing...

MOVING!!! I knew the photo session wasn't going to go well when he wouldn't even sit next to the # for just a minute.



Hmm...Am I 8 months old already?

Got to get a paper eating picture in each session. Bennett is definitely our handsy and mouthy kid! We were at the park the other day and each second he had dirt, bark, rocks, or something in him mouth. I am going to have to watch out.

Going for a close-up

B is getting his first 2 teeth and the drooling is even worse. He also sucks on his bottom lip a bunch!

"Here are my teeth!" Look closely on the bottom.

Bennett is trying so hard to crawl. If he could figure out how to move that left leg out, he would be off. I am holding my breath!

Always moving

Another moving close-up

On to the magazines

Yummy!

More crawling pictures

So happy to be moving

Mrs Carla saw on another post that we were endangering B by letting him sit with his sisters in the bath. She was generous enough to let us borrow her bath seat. He LOVES it and the girls have so much fun with him in the tub, too.

Daddy picture in his Manchester jersey!

Bunny ears!

This picture really captures his little personality. He seems so happy to be here around all our chaos and craziness. I love this age and he seems to love being this age! Such a sweet boy.

Bennett you now nurse 4 times a day and eat food 3 times a day. If we left you alone with a box of Cheerios, they would be gone. You love to clap and wave (just starting to really do this) and talk to us all the time. I have thought you were just babbling, but I think your first word might be "mama." You aren't using it indiscriminately now, only when you seem to want me to do something or see me. You know who Daddy is and can find him in the room as well as "Sissies." You also loves the dogs and if I ask you where they are you can find them. You laugh all the time. You love to be in the car and will just sit back there and laugh and play with your toys. You sleep 1.5 hours in the morning and 2-2.5 hours in the afternoon and sleep 12 hours at night. We love you Bennett!