It's a Girl!

Here she is! I think she's trying to get the arm back across her face...where it stayed most of the time!

Definitely a girl! :)

Easter Week

We started our Easter week with a box of goodies from Great-Grandma! Julius really wanted those jelly beans!

Julius loves to dance and loves when his stuffed animals sing and dance, so his Easter bunny from Great-Grandma is his new favorite toy!

We had sun every day this week and very little rain! Which means we were outside everyday a few times a day! We were playing on the basketball court and Julius got a little tired so he decided to sit down...luckily there was another boy playing basketball so we had courtside seats for a bit :)

Yep, Julius is wearing a t-shirt with NO coat! It was 67 degrees outside, YAY! We soaked up some vitamin D!!

A new place for Julius to climb...and probably fall too! Don't worry, I took him down several times and told him "no", I'm sure that will stop him :)

The Easter Bunny came!!

Candy...

more candy!! And this stuff isn't even wrapped :)

A mouth FULL of jelly beans...and soon to be a chocolate marshmallow bunny too :) Julius loved eating all that candy first thing in the morning! He didn't actually eat very much, he seemed to put too much in and it would all come back out after a few minutes...easy way to go through the candy!

We took a quick picture before church. As we walked outside to get in the car Julius decided to walk to the neighbors yard and tripped over the sidewalk resulting in two muddy knees! That's my boy! Love him!

We invited two families over to share Easter dinner with us. Julius and Josiah loved sitting next to each other and sharing food! Julius did have a plate but had already tried dumping it so it was removed quickly!

I'm very proud of my ham (cooking directions from my Dad... in the oven from 7:30am-4:30pm, the house smelled wonderful!) and my homemade chocolate cream pie (Mom's recipe, not jello pudding)! We had a lot more delicious food and it was so nice to spend Easter with friends! Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter!

I think I'm caught up now...

We love to go outside! Julius decided he needed to play with the pine straw...and did not want to leave it!

Playing with our new game, Elefun, for Family Home Evening!

I was in the middle of dusting that shelf...

Watching the NCAA Nat'l Championship game and eating popcorn for the first time! Popcorn is now a favorite snack!

Snuggling with Daddy before bed :)

We love the rock playground!

Daddy makes a good horsey :)

Just some pics...part 2 of who knows how many, I'm so far behind!

Still in Seattle :) Nick is finally seeing the Space Needle! This was the 4th time for Julius and I!

Seattle Children's Museum grocery store...Julius is trying to empty the cart that someone else filled up :)

Just a little shopping to do...

On a very chilly morning we decided to do a little hiking.

So cold that we found pleasure in dropping rocks on the ice covered puddles!

Katie, the kids and I decided we would let these two venture on while we turned back to go get warmed up in the car...

they caught up to us after we decided to take a little break :)

So...I'm catching up...just wishing that Blogger had an easier way of uploading pictures!!!

Just some pics...part 1 of who knows how many, I'm so far behind!

Julius loves playing with the dogs...whether it's dressing them up or just rolling around the floor :)

Time for a serious haircut! He's just here for the candy!

Looking grown up!

Scenic Beach with Aunt Katie, Uncle Brian and Galina!

Very cold, very windy, and no beach...but a beautiful view of the Olympics!

Waiting for some Sonic!

Wacky hair day at the Seattle Children's Museum :)

Enjoying all of the random little Happy Meal toys we have collected :)

Our favorite sport is...

BASKETBALL!!

Daddy's first game was way past my bedtime!

Get the ball Daddy!

Lost interest pretty fast...

Daddy's team won!!

Walking around at the outdoor basketball court...which is right outside our backdoor!

Getting the ball for Daddy...

Picking up some tips from Daddy :)

Julius loves to throw any kind of ball which I'm thinking is a good sign that there are some sports in his future :)

Happy Birthday to Mommy

Woke up on Mommy's birthday to a light dusting of snow...sort of like powdered sugar :)

Julius wishing Mommy a Happy Birthday :)

STUFFED CRUST!! MOMMY'S FAVORITE!!

Daddy and Mommy shared the cake decorating responsibility :)

Looking up to his Daddy!

A present from Nana and Papa...now if only his feet would reach the floor :)

January 11, 6pm, snow started falling, yay!

About 11pm...

8am, January 12!

Where are you feet buddy?

Mommy built a Julius-sized snowman!