Happy Easter!

Today, we had a great Easter celebration with family and friends! We spent the morning at church together and then came home for a delicious brunch, Easter egg hunt and games. We celebrate the resurrection of Jesus everyday. Today was just an extra special celebration. Thank you Jesus!

Before you check out some great pictures from our day together, take a moment to watch this video. This is the song that started our worship service this morning. My heart is overwhelmed with Jesus' love and I'm reminded of it so sweetly when I listen to the words to this song.

showing off her Easter dress and gymnastic skills

knowing how cute she really looks

me and my baby

playing some games

heading to the Easter egg hunt with Papa

the ground was unsteady, so Abby ran to Ashley to be picked up

gathering her eggs- she really didn't want to use her basket. She wanted to hold them all in her hands.

can't catch me now!

playing Quelf (a fun new board game) that Ashley and Jess brought. (thanks guys!) Let's just say the game is the reason Ashley is wearing a game controller as a necklace and Jess is wearing a bib and applying lipstick! So much fun! We love these ladies!

Dancing with Daddy

Daddy and Abby...dancing together to "their" song!

Helper

Such a little helper! Abby couldn't wait to help yesterday when I was cleaning the floors! She helped in the front hall, the kitchen and the bathroom.

15 months old

My sweet little girl is 15 months old today!

Little Mommy

Look at this little mommy-in-the making pushing her baby around in her new stroller. Grandma and Casey came to visit today and brought Abby a baby stroller and baby bottle for her baby. It took her a couple of hours to decide she liked having her baby doll in the stroller and to realize that the baby bottle and sippy cup weren't going to produce anything real for her to drink, but once she did she was mothering her little baby like a natural. It is so sweet.

We spent a lot of time outside watching Abby push her baby around today. Then, she would take the doll (who has yet to be named) out, put her on the grass and feed her with the sippy cup. Adorable!

Thank you "Ama" and Casey!

Cerulean, Robin's Egg Blue, Dandilion, Fuschia....

Familiar words to a Crayola kid like me! Not to mention, those are also some of the best colors in the box. Oh man, do you remember the biggest box of 120 that had the built in sharpener? I've always been a bit of a crayon nerd. I'd get so excited on Christmas morning to open a brand new box. I can even remember the year I got the box that came in collector's tin. Did you know that certain colors even get retired as others are created? Apparently, I still love crayons just as much. There's still nothing like a fresh box of Crayola crayons....even when it's only the 24-count box. (In case you are a closet crayon nerd too!)

When Abby turned one, I sat her in my lap with a piece of paper and gave her one crayon. She made a few lines and then bit the tip off. Hmmm....now looking back maybe it was a little early. But, I've had a box of crayons in the drawer waiting to be broken into since I hit a great back-to- school sale three years ago. (just in case I wanted to color a picture...I needed to have some crayons around the house!) Anyway, one year was a few months too early.

Today, I decided to try again. It was a hit! I sat Abby up in the high chair and watched as my baby girl appreciated her coloring experience for the first time. Delight! It won't be long before we are doing crafts together everyday! hehe :)

concentrating.

delighting.

This weekend, we enjoyed a visit from our Cassel family. Almost everyone was in town and that rarely happens. We missed Uncle Brad and Alex!

We enjoyed every minute of being outside in the gorgeous sunshine for Robbie's lacrosse game on Saturday. Abby was happy as ever to be running around outside AND having everyone pay attention to her! :)


Abby adores dogs. All she wanted was for us to let her go free to play with the yellow lab sitting nearby. He was leashed and Abby couldn't understand why he wouldn't come to her. She kept reaching her arm out to offer him her goldfish and he wasn't coming. Then, she dug into her diaper bag, found a little bear and tried to offer it to him, but of course as much as he reached he still couldn't come to her. So, of course then Abby started whining until we took her over to him. After asking the owner if he was safe to pet, Abby was delighted to pet this puppy. She couldn't get enough and just kept squealing in excitement. Precious!

family watching the game

opening her gift from Aunt Jenny

where her love for ice developed

brothers

playing the 'ice' game with Nana: taking the ice out of the cup, putting it on the ground, picking the ice up and putting it back in the cup

rocking the shades Grammy and G-diddy got her for Easter! Thank you!

Uncle Tommy was pretty wiped out after a long week! Our couch really is that comfortable...sleep is almost impossible to resist.

G-Diddy teaching Abby how to wake Tommy up

playing with Nana
Abby started saying Nana this weekend!

Hello little ham!

jumping into Nana's arms

"Nana, tell me all about it!"

running outside

My baby!

Grammy & G-diddy

getting into the cupcakes with G-didds

Thanks for making the trip and spending time with us! We love you guys.