Happy Easter!

We hope everyone had a great Easter, we sure did! It was Violet's first Easter and her 10 month birthday. Violet is starting to take an interest in walking and will walk around if you are holding onto her hands. We got her a little push cart that transforms from a push car to a riding car, she likes to sit on it and be pushed around. Here are some pictures of our easter Morning, they are a little out of order.

After we opened easter baskets, Violet had a bath with all her easter eggs, she thought it was pretty funny and laughed and splashed the whole bath...Ellen was soaked afterwards!

Violet's first easter egg hunt, even though the eggs encircled her, it took a few minutes to find them all, she put each one in her mouth to make sure it wasn't chocolate!

Violet got some great books from her G&G Corier, she loves the fuzzy picture book and calls each page Cat.

Just excited to have discovered another holiday!

Violet and her push car

Reading her new book with Peter.

Cat...Cat....Roar!

Violet said her first word this week...Cat. Peter was pointing at my grandma's cat who was out the window and saying cat over and over and Violet just said cat! it was so cool, now all she wants to say is cat...she calls everything and everyone cat, it is hilarious!

She also plays a new roaring game. I say Violet what sound does the T-rex make and I roar and she roars back, we ahve a little bit of back and forth of roaring like dinosaurs and have a good laugh.

what a funny baby!

Violet the SeaGal

Well Violet is Finally over the worse of her cold, she still has a little cough but she is feeling much better and finally eating like we want her to.

Violet got a Sea Gal outfit, she wore it for the first time today, it's a little big but she has time to grow into it before football season starts. Her cousin Olivia has a matching one also, maybe they will both fit into them better next year.



Today I had Violet sitting in her crib while I was getting her clothes ready for the day and she decided to pull herself up to a standing position all by herself! Time to lower the mattress!
She was so proud of herself!

While Violet was sick she only wanted to take baths, I think there was one day where we took 4 baths to make her happy. Her favorite thing to do is stand at the edge of the tub and watch the water fill up, she loves the tub, such a funny baby!

Hope everyone is having a great day! We Love you!

Ellen, Peter, and Violet

more pictures

it has been really fun to have mom and katie here. i'm sad to have them go. here are some pictures from the week

sam is going to be a great missionary. he's calling us to repentance


wesley taught sam to suck his thumb

sam, he's cute

wesley's first haircut

he's so cute
hope all is well

emily, jonathan, wesley, and sam

Just a couple of pictures to see if I know how to opperate the blog.
Love to you all OLE DAD

we're home

We finally made it home from the hospital, as you all probably know. Things are good here. I don't remember Wesley pooping as much as Samuel does, but Wesley was a baby too once, so I probably just forgot. We are really looking forward to having Mom come for a few weeks and Katie for a few days. It will be such a big help as Jonathan is really busy at work. They were calling him with questions as we left the hospital and as we drove home. It is neat to be needed. Wesley has had a little bit of a hard time adjusting to being the big brother (especially because I cannot pick him up for a while!) Things are getting better though. Hope all is well. Enjoy the pictures





Emily, Jonathan, Wesley, and Samuel-aka baby Sam-

Violet the Cruiser

Violet is growing so fast. Today she was holding onto the coffee table and decided she wanted the remote that was a little ways down the table so she took two little steps and picked up the remote! I was totally amazed! she promptly fell on her tush but sh was pretty proud of herself. She is also quite accomplished at scooting backwards on her tummy, she scoots all over the house backwards, it's pretty funny. On Saturday she met my friends son who is 7 months old and she stole his toys, ripped his socks off and spit up on his play mat...what a stinker. The kids seemed to enjoy each other though and made lovey faces at each other, it was adorable.

Love,

Ellen