Visitors!

My parents and brother came to visit us this weekend.  It was a short trip that didn't involve much relaxing.  They were in town for John Henry's baptism and spent all day Saturday helping us clean, cook, and watch John Henry.  We are so grateful for their help and hopefully the next visit will be a little longer and more relaxing!

JH was so excited to see everyone when he woke up on Saturday morning.

Grandpa and Grandma Schuler planting my hanging baskets.

JH and Uncle Josh being silly.

We really love this kid!

Happy Birthday to Jay!

Jay had a great birthday.  Not only did he get to go to fishing in Colorado, he also got a sweet bike.  (Thanks again to the Benich family for their help in selecting the bike!)  On the night of his birthday I didn't bother making him a special dinner.  There was no point because I knew that all he really wanted was his Los Bravos and some margaritas.  His parents were able to meet us there and as usual we had a great time.  When we got home we enjoyed some delicious cupcakes, compliments of the Crawfords.  (Does anyone notice that the Benich family is trying to help us get fit whereas the Crawford family is trying to make us get fat???) 

Thanks to all of our family and friends that helped make Jay's birthday a good one!

Jay's birthday present - fishing in Colorado

Our little fish

While Daddy was away, Mommy and John Henry got to play!  We had a busy weekend when Jay went on his fishing trip to Colorado.  On Saturday we attended both Sumner and Bunny's tennis matches and we went to Jay's cousins reception to celebrate her son's first communion.  On Sunday we went swimming and then to Sunday family dinner at the Starrs.  No offense to the Saturday activities but swimming was definitely the high point of the weekend.  John Henry loved the water and didn't mind being splashed.  He was so comfortable and we had so much fun playing in the water with the Calverts.  Thanks for the invitation and I'm sure we'll be back soon!

Weekend of Firsts

With a new baby every day seems to be some type of first for them.  This past weekend we had two big firsts. 

1.  Eating some rice ceral and bananas; and

2.  Playing in the exercaucer

The rice cereal went okay.  John Henry had more fun playing with the cereal than eating it.  To be honest, I'm shocked any of it got swallowed.  It didn't look very appetizing to me!

Gearing up for the first bite...

I realize I look mad in this picture.  I'm not mad, I'm just concentrating on getting the food into his mouth as opposed to all over his face.

He's not necessarily convinced that it's good...

Overall it was okay.  Not great but not bad.  I didn't get any pictures of the bananas but he really enjoyed those.  They were frozen so I'm sure it felt good on his sore gums.

Next up was the exercaucer.  It didn't start off great but it got better.  He's a little afraid of the honking sound one of the buttons makes but overall I think he likes it.



Look how tiny he looks in it!

Wondering what it's all about

He would rather watch Lady.

Then it was off to the play gym.  Now that he is grabbing everything it's more entertaining for him.

Got it!

Mmmm, yummy!

After all that play time he needed a nap.  He fell asleep with me on the couch. I didn't sleep long since he kept rolling over on his side, which didn't leave a lot of room for me.  Oh well, his sleep is more important!

Easter Day

This was busy Easter.  We started by attending the early morning Easter Service at our church in Decatur.  It was beautiful and we always love that service.  Once we got home we (and by we I mean I) realized that we needed a family picture so it was off to Sherridan's house.  Sherridan took our picture and afterwards we were able to watch her kids play on their new slip and slide that the Easter Bunny brought them.  

Happy Easter everyone!

More pictures, really???

John Henry with Aunt Sherridan

Don't Jay and Sherridan look alike in this picture?

The Santivanez parents

Sweet Holland.  She was so happy to get out of her Easter dress and play in the water.

She needed a little help from her brother Max.

Later that afternoon we all headed over to Bunny and Carol's house for a backyard Easter egg hunt and dinner.  Holland was given a 5 minute head start.  She was a little confused in the beginning.  She thought everything was supposed to go in her basket, including the rocks in the backyard. 

Getting the hang of the it!

"What do you mean I don't eat it now?"

Then it was the time for Henry and Max to go.  They really treated it like a race.  Both boys ended up with an ENORMOUS amount of candy at the end!

Sumner and Jay hid the eggs this year.  This was Sumner's first year not participating as an egg finder.  Crazy!  She is getting too old.

Holland doing her candy dance!

After the egg hunt we had a delicious dinner outside.  The weather was perfect and John Henry was content to sit and watch the commotion around him.  I don't have any pictures of him at Bunny's house but I'm sure Jay would have taken the camera away if I tried to make that baby be in more pictures.  Overall we had a wonderful Easter and we are so blessed to be able to share it with family.  To our family that isn't close by, we love and miss you and hope to see you soon!

Happy Easter!

I took hundreds of pictures on Easter.  I was even lucky enough to get Sherridan to take our family picture below.  Not all of the pictures turned out great.  But below are my favorites.

John Henry's Easter Egg Hunt

He was more interested in his feet...

And looking at his daddy!

Our happy boy.

He pretty much lost it after this picture.  I can't say I blame him.

Mt Bethal Easter Egg Hunt

Sherridan and Holland joined us at the Mt. Bethal Easter Egg Hunt.  We didn't make it to the actual egg hunt but we did make it to the petting zoo.  Holland LOVES animals so this was the best thing ever for her.  John Henry was content to sit back and watch the craziness of the animals and other kids.  Maybe next year he'll be fearless like Holland and pet the animals!

I really didn't plan on being color coordinated, I promise!

"Hey Goat, give me a hug!"

"Why is this kid petting my bunny?"

Fearless Holland!

Happy Cousins!

The Start of Easter

My mom wanted to give John Henry and Lady their Easter gifts early.  Lady got a pink bunny and John Henry got a book and a blue bunny.  However, John Henry soon lost his bunny to Lady who decided she needed both a blue and pink bunny.  Tough luck John Henry!

Grandma Yeary reading his Easter card

Looking at his new book with Grandma

Lady with BOTH bunnies