A Visit from Grammy & Pops

David's parents visited during April as well.

They brought Caroline a Spring Basket and she loved it! We, of course, rationed the candy. She loves getting to pick an egg every once in a while and eat the goodies inside!

Caroline loves to play in Grammy & Pops' car. She has an inflatable ring on her head. I thought it was too cute!

Decorating an Easter egg at the Easter party at our church

Cookie Decorating

Yay! Finally time to eat!

Listening to Daddy talk about Easter

Caroline absolutely LOVED hunting eggs! She was an expert. Her basket was filled by the end!

Family Picture

Loving the candy!

This is Caroline's friend, Lily. These two girls REALLY love each other!

Here is a video of Caroline swinging. This is one of her absolutely favorite things to do! She heads straight for the playground at church as soon as she sees it.

A Visit from Nonna and Aunt Kiki!

April 7 - 12, 2011

Mommy's Mom and sister came to visit in April. We had a great time!

We went to the lake and had a picnic and fed the ducks.

This is one of our favorite things to do and we all had a blast!

Caroline's first time to Chuck E. Cheese's

Caroline was MESMERIZED by the animatronic Chuckie

Fun family picture since we had someone to take it!

Caroline and Aunt Kiki - She really loves her Aunt Kiki!!!!!

We visited the playground in our neighborhood while they were here.

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE these picture of Caroline and Carrie. They are priceless!

I still love to watch Caroline sleep. Notice where her blanket ended up.

"Mowing" with her new toy from Nonna

Caroline had fun "hiding" in these clothes while we were shopping.

Belly Pictures - #2

Here are some more pictures of my growing belly. These are from the last 2 months since I didn't post the ones form last month yet.

16 Weeks ~ February 10th

18 Weeks ~ February 26th


21 Weeks ~ March 17th

22 Weeks ~ March 24th

23 Weeks ~ March 30th

Here is an interesting comparison. The first picture is of me at 29 weeks with Caroline and the 2nd picture is of me at 23 weeks with baby #2. I think I look about the same. I always heard that you get bigger quicker the 2nd time around. I love seeing the proof in the pictures!

(You can click on the picture for a larger version).

20 Months Old ~ March 30, 2011

Photos from Caroline's 20th Month

HERE is a video of my little dancer. I've mentioned before that Caroline loves to dance, but this video shows some unique aspects of her dancing. One is that you will see that she can't stand to not have us all dancing with her (you'll see her point for me to come dance on the blanket). The other thing and the main thing that is so funny about this video is towards the end where she almost falls over because she has made herself so dizzy! It's too cute.

These first 2 photos are Caroline in her duck towel that I made before she was even a thought in our brains. I did this in a sewing class I was taking. I enjoyed it so much and Caroline loves this towel! She loves to be a duck at the end of her baths!

I really don't need any toys for Caroline, apparently all I need is to give her her cups and tops to play with. She loves to pretend like she is filling them up and drinking them.

Caroline with Grammy (David's Mom). This is the only picture I have from their visit except for the pics from Marbles Kids Museum (see the previous post).

Like I said, no toys needed.

The church does an annual ice skating trip with the kids. They don't have skates small enough for Caroline so she wasn't able to skate, but she really wished she could. Here are a couple of pictures of her enjoying the ice!

LOVE pictures of my baby sleeping!

So, this actually is something that Caroline is not allowed to do, but when I came into the living room after being in the back of the house, I thought she was so cute watching TV like this, I had to take a picture!

MOST of the time, I love going and seeking out what Caroline is doing. This was one of those moments. She's sitting in the closet reading her new books.

***I have to make a huge point here. If you notice, up until this point, Caroline's hair has been mostly straight. She had a little curl at the bottom, but now it is all over her head. It was literally like one day she woke up with curls ALL over her head. It's gorgeous! It still amazes me that one day it was straight and the next, curly. I love your curls, sweet girl!***

David's grandparents came to visit this month and Caroline LOVED getting to play with them! It is such a blessing to have them in our lives and in Caroline's life. They have always been so amazing to us and are such a blessing. Here are some pictures from their visit!

Caroline REALLY loves her Papa!

Another "seek and find" moment with Caroline. She was in our closet this time with the broom. Who knows why, but she thought it was fun!

One of Caroline's friends, Micah, came for visit. They had a blast!

This girl already loves to cook with her Mommy! I often let her help me scramble the eggs in the morning. She thinks it's the best and *most* of the time, she keeps them in the bowl.

She loves books (and being practically naked), but what kid doesn't enjoy that, right?

Visiting and eating with some of our closest friends, the Murrays.

They love on Caroline and she loves them!