First Communion

Our niece had her first communion a few weekends ago so we were planning on making the trip in for the big event. Unfortunately, Morgan woke up with croup the day we were supposed to leave so I stayed home with her and Mitch and Will made the trip. From what I understand it was a fabulous weekend and Julianne looked stunning in her dress! Will had a blast playing at the park with his nanny and papa and cousin Julianne. Morgan and I missed seeing everyone but I'm glad they all had fun!

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First Haircut

Morgan's hair is growing like mad right now and it's been growing in kind of crazy. So a few weeks ago, I took her in to get her first trim. It only lasted about 5 minutes since I just had them trim the back and sides to even it out...but she did great!!

Too sleepy to eat lunch!

Bucket of fun!

We had filled up a bucket with water to do a few things outside and when we turned around we found Will climbing in fully clothed and with his shoes on. He had the greatest time standing in that bucket and sitting down fast to splash all the water out.

Later that day, my friend came over with her son Ethan to play on the new swing set.

Kings Island

Our company once again rewarded all of the employees with a day at Kings Island. They reserve the entire park so it's a very nice perk. The lines aren't nearly as long as they are when it's open to the public. This year Debbie and Kailyn joined us. The weather was rainy and chilly but the kids still had a great time. Kailyn was such an awesome big cousin and took Will and Morgan on all the rides in the kiddie land. I was a little worried about Morgan at first but she is quite the dare devil!

New Swing Set

Mitch, Dan, and my Dad spent the entire weekend building a gymset for the kids. They worked incredibly hard all weekend and it paid off. The gymset is about 90% complete and it looks amazing. I forgot to take very many in progress pictures but here are the few I did take. The kids are going to LOVE it!!

Easter Eggstravaganza

Easter Egg Hunt #1 - this was the weekend before Easter at one of the local churches. We "practiced" that morning before the hunt so they both were really into finding all the eggs. Of course at this kind of hunt the eggs are just laying all over in the grass so they don't really have to do anyting but pick them up!




Easter Egg Hunt #2 - On Good Friday, we took the kids to an Easter Egg hunt at their cousin's gymnastics center. After the hunt there was an open gym and they could play around on all the equipment. Will and Morgan ran up and down one of the long trampolines all night long....they were worn out when we left there! Kailyn and Nathan both showed us some of their tricks they learned from class which was really cool.




The kids all had a blast coloring eggs. We had quite the variety of colors and decorations for them to choose from.



Sunday Morning we headed off to church and when we got home the Easter bunny had left them a surprise.

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree...

Morgan has already learned how fun a cellphone can be, wonder where she got that idea from?


Will wasn't feeling well this day, so all he wanted to do was lay on the couch and watch Dora with his special blanket and pillow his Aunt Georgann made him. Hmmm, who has he seen do that before?

Happy 1st B-day Morgan!

It's hard to believe it but Morgan turned 1 last weekend. I can't believe that it's already been that long - it truly seems like just yesterday that Mitch and I were on our way to the hospital and Will was home with his nanny and papa. We had a lot of family and friends come in town to share her day so it was a great time. The day before her party, we celebrated her cousin's Nathan and Alex birthdays. Happy Birthday boys!



As you can see, Morgan loved her cake. She actually loves all things that are sweet so it wasn't a big shock that she dug in as much as she did!



Big cousin Stephanie was great with the kids...I'm sure she'll teach Morgan all the girlie things as she gets older!

**For all the pictures from the day, look at our family albums**

Visit from Nanny and Papa

Mitch's parents wanted to come in to see the kids and we were so happy that they decided to come in for Morgan's party! The kids were so excited to see them. I think Will already knows that when they come to town he gets to eat whatever he wants and do all kinds of fun things that Mom and Dad usually don't let him do.

It was way too short of a visit but we are excited that we get to see them again in May for Julianne's (their cousin) first communion!