Gavin 18 months

So I met up with Jamie this morning to take Gavin's 18 month pictures! We were a little worried about the weather, but it turned out to be a really nice morning. Gavin wasn't quite sure about me at first....but we were fast friends once he realized he was allowed to just play outside and run around!! He was great to work with Jamie and we even caught a few of his smiles in some of the pictures.....I won't say what mom was doing behind me to get those smiles!! :) Thanks Gavin I had tons of fun and hopefully we'll play again. ENJOY

Happy Memorial Day!!!

My new way to get Ella to sleep.....put her in the swing. Evan trying to avoid my camera...not very successful. :) And some random flowers. ENJOY

Mother's Day

Thanks to my babies and my love I had a great mothers day. Words can't express the love I have for these two. My life has forever been changed by Evan and Ella. They are two completely different personalities....Evan was my first precious baby. And Ella is my greatest challenge! I Love you two more than you'll ever know and more than I'll ever be able to express.

Weekend Fun

What a beautiful weekend!! We did lots of playing outside and helping daddy work in the yard. The toys in the following pictures are from when Joe was a kid!! How incredible. Joe's mom and dad have kept the toys and they are in pretty good shape and it's so much fun to watch Evan and Ella play with the toys that daddy played with when he was little.

Joey

My dear friend Beth came this weekend for a visit and brought her newest addition...Joseph Thomas. What a cutie!! We did some newborn pictures of Joey and then some with her and big brother Brady too. Brady is a few months younger than Evan and they enjoyed themselves on the swingset for most of the visit. It was great to see you guys and we'll be making the zoo trip to Toledo real soon!!

These Boots.....

So we were supposed to have our family pictures taken this past Sunday...and needless to say the weather was less than nice. So we've rescheduled for this weekend. But I had bought these fabulous boots in case we decided to brave the rain....here are a few to enjoy since I won't be able to use them this weekend. At least I hope not!!

Done

The resulting JOY!!

Play Time

Here's the swingset!! I'm so excited. Daddy has been working diligently at putting this together while he's sick, Ella's sick, and Evan's trying to help! :) But you'll see in the following post that it's together and in the garage so that the kids can enjoy it for a little while. Once the weather breaks and we can move it outside, it's going. Mommy wants her garage back!!