Aunt Ashley is a College Graduate!

We drove down to Arkansas for Ashley's Harding University graduation. My baby sister is a college graduate! (Makes me feel a little old, considering I graduated from there 9 years ago!) We had a great time hanging out with Uncle Dustin and Stacy and getting to swim in the hotel pool. Brock loved it and Jillian, well, it took her awhile to warm up to the idea, but they didn't want to get out after they figured out how much fun it was! It was a great weekend. TJ didn't get to make the trip due to work, but I managed pretty well. Brock I think is going to start needing to wear his leash when we go out. For some reason, he feels the need to runaway from me whenever I put him down anywhere we go. Talk about annoying and frustrating! Then he of course got restless during the graduation and ended up dropping his Lightening McQueen car down the bleachers onto the floor. Luckily we got him back when we had to take our own personal intermission. We ended up getting all of Ashley's stuff loaded up in a U-Haul trailer and off we headed back to Illinois. I guess the next Harding trip will be when Brock heads down for college!

Playin' in the Sand

Gotta love this action shot of blue sand flying! (Luckily not in his face!)



After a few days of feeling on the puny side, we were finally able to head outside today! Our neighbors gave us their sand/water table and so I bought some blue sand and beach toys at Wal-Mart. They loved it! I think the concept of keeping the sand in the box needs a little work. It was everywhere!!! And sunscreen and snot aren't a good mix with blue sand, just as a sidenote. Look carefully and you'll see the blue sand on their cute little faces.

Little Monkey

Little Miss Independent...has to eat her banana all by herself. No more Mommy holding it for her...she's growing up (too fast, I might add).

Sharing a Sandwich

I fixed the kids turkey and cheese sandwiches yesterday for lunch. I was feeding Jillian and just handed Brock his sandwich. Next thing I know, they are both sitting back behind the recliner and Brock is tearing little pieces off of his sandwich for Jillian. They seemed to be having the best time just sitting there together. It was so sweet and cute. He really does love her most of the time. Then I gave him his other half, since she seemed to take most of his first half, and then he decided to share with Buddy. So nice.

Sunday Best

Just had to post some pictures of Jillian in her pretty dress that she wore to church this past Sunday.

Good Times At The Park

I took Brock & Jillian to the park to burn off some energy that had been accumulating from being inside a good part of the week. All Brock wanted to do was run, run, run. He found a baseball and so he would throw it, chase it, throw it, chase it...practically the whole time we were there. Jillian, once she figured out how to go down the slide all by herself, that's all she wanted to do. She's getting to be Miss Independent. I'm so thankful that the playground has a fence around it, otherwise we wouldn't be able to go play. I would lose Brock in a heartbeat with how fast that boy has become!

Mommy's Sweetie

Happy Easter!

This year for Easter we went down to Arkansas for Harding's Spring Sing. We had a lot of fun and the kids did pretty great on the drive down and back. Thank goodness for portable DVD players and Lightening McQueen! On Saturday we went and had our own little Easter egg hunt. They each had their own little basket, Brock with his Lightening basket and Jillian with her Hello Kitty. Once Jillian figured out there was candy inside the eggs that was pretty much all she focused on. Brock loved being outside and just wanted to run, run, run! We went and saw the show Saturday night and let's just say the kids got super restless, the poor folks in front and behind us. Ashley's show was really good and ended up getting 1st runner up. Granny and Granddad got to come down so it is always nice getting to visit with them. It was kind of sad thinking that this was our last Harding Easter, well, at least until Brock & Jillian get there! This past Sunday we celebrated Easter with TJ's family. The kids loved checking out their Easter basket that was left for them at Moi & Papaw's. Jillian looked so cute in her little bonnet! She actually kept it on for awhile which was shocking since she usually hates things on her head. Baby Dacey was there and Brock & Jillian just LOVE her to pieces! She's crawling now so it won't be much longer till she's playing right along with them! Over-all it was a great holiday and we feel very, very blessed!

Sticker Boy

I told you this kid LOVES stickers! On our way home from Harding, Brock found his Cars stickers that Aunt Ashley got him for Easter and the next thing I know, I look back and he's covered in stickers!

My 15 Month Old Baby Girl

Jillian turned 15 months old on Easter this year. She is just growing so quickly and learning and saying new things all the time! It's amazing just how different the two of them are and were at this age. We went to the Dr. for our well baby check up and everything looks great. Of course, I have misplaced, for now, her stats sheet, but hopefully it will be located soon and I can get ya all the updates! She's a cutie bug and we love her to pieces!

**Found the stats sheet, better late than never!**
She was 29 1/4" long which was in the 20 percentile.
She weighed 22 pounds 6 ounces which was the 47 percentile.
Her head was 47.5 which was in the 90 percentile.

Easter Bunny Fun!!!

We took the kids to the mall today and who did we happen to run into????? That good old Easter Bunny! Brock was all about it this year, Jillian on the other hand put the death grip on me when she thought I was going to place her in his furry little paws. Maybe next year...