Feel Better Soon DanDaddy, We Love You!

DanDaddy has been in the hospital since the Friday before Easter. On Monday of this week he had a procedure done to his lungs which will hopefully make him able to breathe much better and make him one step closer to coming home soon. Please keep he and Bube in your thoughts and prayers. Thanks to everyone who's been saying prayers already, keep praying, I think it's working!

Fun and then Not So Fun

It's great to get your picture taken with your little brother and cousin. Life's good, you, as the big sister/big cousin, get to sit in the middle, while you're flanked on either side with a little fella. Yes, life is good.

Then your little brother, who, by the way, can't seem to control his arms and what he's grabbing onto, just can't quit touching your shoulder and grabbing the sleeve of your dress. No matter what you do, he just won't stop. Somehow, the more frustrated you get, the more he smiles, which makes matters all the more frustrating.

Boone-Buddy Got "Captized"!!

This past Sunday, Boone was baptized. But before his big debut at our church, his big sister was there to give him a big pep talk. Ger and I were sitting in the pew waiting for the mass to begin. Boone was in his carrier right at our feet and Piper was sitting between us. She got down and sat on the kneeler right next to him and said, "Boone-Buddy you get captized today, like I got captized too! No be scared, we here to totect you." When it was time for Boone, us and the godparents to get up, Piper filed out like she knew what to do and stood up there with us the whole time. Boone did great and the water over his head made him smile. So congrats little buddy, you're officially captized now!

Thanks to the best godparents around, Aunt Heather and Uncle Fran, and Cousin Jackson too for making the trip. Uncle Fran flew in straight from Mexico City. Special thanks for not bringing the swine flu with you!

Thanks to Grammi and Fafa for being there to help us celebrate, we sure had fun!

Thanks to the Sayers family for staying home!! Ha, ha. When Cousin Osten called Saturday morning to tell us he threw up and he and his sister, Marci, both had "di-a-reka", we told them that though we would miss them dearly, we were glad the di-a-reka germs weren't coming to South Carolina.

Bube and DanDaddy, we missed you so much. Thanks for the wonderful blanket for Boone. Get better really soon DanDaddy.

You've got your loader...you've got your dumper.

Hey, this is fun!

Rights of Passage

As Piper gets older, there are starting to be these moments that she does something for the first time and it's something that Ger and I both have vivid childhood memories of doing. When this happens, we often pause, reminisce a little and then comment about how we both can't believe we have a child old enough to be doing whatever it may be. So here's a right of passage that just left Ger and I a bit nostalgic over the weekend.

We were out running some errands and ended up at the grocery store. Piper was antsy and didn't want to stay in the front seat of the cart. So, she ended up riding on the front of the cart standing on the lower shelf and holding on to the front. She had the cutest grin on her face the whole time. Needless to say, it took forever to get the few items we needed, as we were pushing the cart at a snail's pace to be sure she didn't fall off...she just looked so little up there.

The Last of the Easter Fun for this Year

We attempted to take pictures of us with the kids after church, but it's much easier said than done these days to get everyone looking in the right direction. So here's our best attempts.

We ended our Easter Sunday with an afternoon egg hunt outside. Piper had a party and egg hunt at school on Thursday, so she was already a seasoned veteran by the time Sunday rolled around. She took off when she spotted the eggs on the ground.