She's not a baby anymore!

Look at these pictures! If they don't scream "little girl," I don't know what does. I mean, her hair goes up in pigtails!! And she is talking like crazy and actually having conversations with us! She amazes us more and more everyday and does something at least twice a day that makes Ryan and I look at each other and say "she is so awesome!" What a fun age and what a miracle God has given us!!

Happy Easter!

We started a new tradition tonight! We took Elyse to Nana and Pops and Blake came over too. Nana hard boiled some eggs and then we dyed them! We were a bit worried first when they wanted to throw them but they quickly learned they had to be gentle and they did awesome! It was so much fun and we were so impressed with how focused our toddlers were on this activity!

On a different note, we are reminded of how blessed we are after having a great doctor appointment with Dr. Cottrill, our cardiologist this week. She did chest x-rays and said she was "quite pleased" with the size of Elyse's heart and how it looked. She doesn't want to see her back for 6 months!! Praise God for this healthy girl! Is He awesome or what??!! What better time than Easter to remember how truly awesome He is in EVERY way!

We love spring break!

What a wonderful break it was! I am more ready for summer now than I have ever been. After a quick 2 night getaway with my best friends from college, I was able to enjoy days doing nothing but relaxing with my girl. If only Daddy was off last week with us, it would have been perfect. Instead, he gets to enjoy this week off. I guess that's what we get for working in two separate school districts. Oh well.

Last night we enjoyed a night of fun with our friends Jeff, Emmi, and their baby Kylie, along with Jenny, Stevie, and their daughter Ella. Both of these couples have amazing pregnancy journeys as we do also and we sat in awe of the girls as they played. We have all prayed for each of these girls before they were born and we were so humbled to remember how awesome our God is for blessing us with these children. It was a perfect end to my spring break!

The funny part of this was Elyse stayed up playing with Ella until 9 p.m. (an hour past bedtime). I thought for sure we would get to sleep in. Wrong!! Elyse was up an hour earlier than usual. So much for that thought...