Happy Easter

We had quite the eventful weekend!! On Saturday we went to a birthday party for a friend of Austin's from the babysitters. You can see from the picture that Daddy and Austin had a great time . . . . we all did! Colton did some bouncing in one of the bouncy houses and everyone was exhausted when we got home. Sunday the Easter Bunny came and Austin searched the living room for eggs. He found them all in record time. Later on Sunday we went to a friends house and she hid 70 easter eggs. Austin ended up being the only kid there who could look for them so he came home with TWO easter baskets full of Easter eggs. I feel like we have been celebrating Easter for a week! The last couple nights we have been hiding eggs around the house for Austin to look for and then he hides them from us so we can look for them. :) It's been a lot of fun!!

Here is a picture of Austin doing whatever he can think of to climb over the baby gate! Colton has a second tooth that is trying to poke through on the bottom. It won't be long until he has more teeth coming in. They both have a little bit of a runny nose this week and Brian and I both have sore throats so hopefully we aren't getting sick. This morning Austin asked if we could go to Iowa and ride in Nick's new truck. I told him we could go someday. He responded with, "ok, I want to go to Nick's someday Mommy." :)

iPood.

So we have had an exciting week around here! Colton's first tooth has made its appearance. On Monday we could see it trying to get through and by Wednesday you could feel the ridge of the tooth coming through. It is a bottom tooth and he is doing really well. He is drooling a lot and loves putting everything in his mouth but otherwise he seems fine. The boys are doing great with their new babysitter. I think it will be a good fit and I'm excited to hear Austin tell me about his day when I pick them up in the afternoon. Every day last week they got to go to the park, so of course the new babysitter is earning huge points with Austin!

Well, week two of mommy back to work and we all survived. Grandma Jill was here all week helping out and the boys had a great time. . . . and so did Grandma of course! Austin has been standing on the side of Colton's bed in the mornings to tell him "Good morning Colton" and then he runs in our room to tell us that "Colton's awake!" Exact timing on when he wakes up is uncertain! :)

Well, we had a pretty busy week. I had to go back to work on Monday. :( It was a really sad day but it was made a little easier with the fact that "Annie" came out to watch the boys. It was a nice transition for me, so we didn't have to jump straight into work and dropping the boys off at the babysitters. Everyone had a great week!! Last night we fed Colton his first rice cereal. He did pretty well. He didn't actually eat too much of the cereal but he was pretty interested in sitting in a big chair and getting to hold a spoon. It was a fun experience . . . Austin tried Colton's cereal but immediately handed the spoon back to me saying "No Mommy, Colton eat that" and then he left the room. It was pretty funny and now at least we know Austin won't be taking Colton's food away from him!! Annie left this morning and we had a nice little family evening. Tomorrow Grandma Jill gets here and she is going to watch the boys for us next week. I'm sure it will be another great week of stories to share. The picture of Austin was taken looking into Colton's closet. Austin has been climbing up and "taking a nap" on his shelves. I also love the picture of Colton in the high chair. He looks so excited and happy to be in a big boy chair!!

It is hard to believe that our trip to Iowa could go by so quickly. We had a great time and this is a small picture collection from the places we visited. We got to spend a couple of nights at Nick and Courtney's! We made a fort, got to give Hunk & Deuce a bath, go to the park, visit with Carol, Mark, Meagan, Madelyn and just hang out together! We spent some time in Fort Dodge with Annie and Papa. We got to see GG Sally, Rick, Judy, Wayne, Mallory, Kelsey, Kim and a few of my friends that I haven't seen in a while either. We then went up to Emmetsburg to see Grandma, Grandpa, Nate, Tacee and all the great grandparents. Aaron and Becca came up from Des Moines which was a nice surprise as well. Austin and I got haircuts. Colton rolled over from his stomach to his back!! It was a lot of fun seeing everyone. We were of course missing Brian and he was very happy to see us when we got home!! We were gone for close to two weeks and this has been decided to have been too long for us to be gone. It is nice to be back home but it is hard to believe this is my last week of maternity leave. We are just trying to enjoy this last week!!