"Not It"

On the way to church...
Carver: The one who says first gets the sucker. Not it. I was first, I get the sucker.
Maddie: First. (Great big smile). You said,"who says 'first' gets the sucker".
Me and Clint: Laughing. I think Maddie gets the sucker.

Growing up

Nicalee has taken her first few steps and is now starting to get up and around. She is so proud of herself and I just can't believe she is 11 months old. Yikes. Nicalee has also decided that she can go down a few steps and climb a few steps and she is quiet as can be so I have to call out to see where she gets to...I am really close to that bell around the neck scenerio. We went to classic skating the other day and she had to get in the blow up bounce houses and show her stuff. She had such a great time, all the while I am sitting there telling Carver and Maddie, " careful, careful, she is just a baby, not too much bouncing..." and she is giggling and rolling over and drooling like she has never had this much fun.

Then, yesterday we decided to get Nicalee's pictures taken ( I meant to get them at 9 months... and I am supposed to get them again at 12 months, just to keep her in line with what I did for Carver and Madalyn, hmmm I think I have slacked a bit) and she did all the right things, but she would not smile or giggle. She just sat pleasantly there and played a little with a few items-- she didn't cry, but she showed almost no emotion at all so it was hard to pick what picture I liked.

Nicalee has the sweetest disposition. She is my little buddy right now and I just love playing with her. she is such a cutie.

Easter Eggstravaganza

After being very scared of the Easter Bunny-- Madalyn finally loved her when Nicalee pulled on the bunny's hair and laughed.

Easter Bunny storytime at the Grand America Hotel.

Tea Time--Carver loved the first 5 minutes of the experience so much that he asked if he could have his birthday party there... then he got a little bored and decided it wasn't so cool.

Carver having his own Hot Chocolate Pot and sugar to add to it seemed like his sort of heaven. We tried to sport British accents for a few minutes as we tried to be proper Ladies and Gentlemen. Then we realized... we aren't there yet.

Madalyn thought this Tea Party was great!! She would have loved it more with a bunch of dressed up girls, but we can always try that sometime in the future. I've decided that the Grand America might just be the nicest hotel that I've been to. And that includes 2 different Ritz Carltons in the comparison. It is a nice hotel!