Walking

Gracie has been practicing walking since before her birthday - taking a few steps here and there.  But now she is officially a walker!!  She prefers walking to crawling, and all she wants to do is walk.  She doesn't want to sit and play or roll around the floor anymore - she just wants to walk.  So it makes for fun times, bruised knees and one tired baby and mama.  Here are a few pictures I took of Gracie walking today in Grandma's backyard....

Isn't that the cutest little hat ever?!

Mr. Attitude

She loves walking with things in both hands - usually balls, blocks, or her brother's cars.

Matty decided that his cars needed to walk around the block with us, so he loaded up his little wagon and off we went!

Happy Easter!

Hope everyone had a Happy Easter!  It was such a beautiful day with warm weather and lots of fun with family!  The kids woke up to find that the Easter Bunny knows them very well - he left cars and baby dolls.  Matty even got a chocolate bunny - finally a safe one for him to eat with his allergies.  I don't think Matty has ever had pure chocolate and he loved it so much that he broke into a dance while eating it!

The kids got new personalized bath towels too!  That Easter Bunny is so awesome.

The chocolate dance!

This girl loves her babies!

After way too much sugar, we are finally ready to head over to Nanny and Pa's house!

Steven and Bobby brought Matty the cutest bunny bubble machine!

Look who's walking!

Can You Tell Me How to Get...

...How to get to Sesame Street?!  That's right, Matty and Carter went to see Sesame Street Live today!  It was Matty's first time seeing a live show, and he didn't know quite what to expect.  But I knew he was excited when he woke up singing Sesame Street songs this morning!  The performance was awesome.  I thought it was a little bit long for his age group, but he did a great job and staying interested and participating.  It was another fun day for Matty!  Here are a few highlights from the day...

While we were waiting for our friends to arrive, Matty got to hang out in the front seat of my car.  This is a real treat for Matty, and he was so interested in all the buttons and controls.

When the show started, he didn't quite know what to make of it.

Matty got to try cotton candy for the first time at the show!  I tried to take a picture of him with it, but he was just interested in running back to his seat to dig in!

When we got back to the car after the show Matty said, "Mommy, we should probably see this show again next week!"  I think he liked it!

Another Eggstravaganza!

We met up with Carter and his cousin, Bree, for a big Easter egg hunt at Millburn Orchards today!  Unlike our last egg hunt, we absolutely froze - gotta love this crazy April weather!  The cold didn't seem to phase the kids though - they had so much fun! 

Three cute little hunters

Gracie and Trevor hung out at the start line together.  Gracie was not at all interested in getting out of her warm blankies in her stroller - I don't blame her!

This was a very popular Easter bunny.  Unfortunately, this is the best picture I could get of Matty with him.

It was a fun day!  And just wait until you see what Matty, Carter, and Bree have planned for tomorrow!  Another BIG day!