Auntie 'O'

I'm an aunt again - my sister had a baby girl this afternoon!!

I'm still in shock that it's a girl - I thought it was definitely going to be a boy all along! We went up to the hospital tonight to visit our new niece/cousin and to bring Henry to meet his new sister. The little boys got to bed quite late tonight, so we'll see what kind of a "fun" morning is in store tomorrow!

Auntie 'O' & Meleah Rose

Proud Grandma & Grandpa!

Levi had to check out the spot next to Aunt Angie in bed! He thought it would be okay if we had a baby like that come to live at our house. That's what he says now - time will tell!

Healthy enough?

In spite of being knocked down by the stomach flu all week, Matt ran in a 5K race on Saturday! I was thankful to see him still vertical at the end of the race - I wasn't sure how healthy he was after the week we had. Without any training during the week, he still managed to run it in 26 minutes, 13 seconds - a personal race best!


Reaching to give Levi a "high-five" on the way out!

Here he comes - finishing strong!

After the race, we stayed for the parade and then headed to the carnival in the park. The weather was perfect - warm, sunny and not a cloud in the sky!

Levi and his friend, Emmory, had a fun ride on the train - in the caboose car.

Levi tried out the inflated jumping thing, but spent most of his time like this - trying to stand up and jump!

It's all worth it...

...when at 5:30 am -- after you've changed a very dirty diaper, slathered on a thick layer of diaper rash cream, cleaned up vomit from clothes, hair and face -- your 2-year-old son (now laying next to you in bed) looks at you and says (without prompting):

"You're the best, Mom!"

Yes, the stomach flu is back at our house -- everyone except me (knock on wood!).

Kickin' Kiddo!

I've been feeling the babe kick for a couple of weeks now, but this week I figured out a sure-fire way to feel some extra kicks: lemonade cookies! Every time I eat one, I get an almost instant reaction from the little one.

On Tuesday, I had a bit of a sweet tooth (every day, really) and came across a recipe for lemonade cookies and gave it a try. They are different from anything I've ever had, but I think they taste pretty good. They also turned out to be a good way to get the boys to eat their lunches, although Levi was disappointed that his cookie didn't contain any chocolate chips.

Here's the recipe if you're interested in giving them a try:

Lemonade Cookies (from the SCHS Cookbook)

1 cup butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
3 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
6 oz frozen lemonade, thawed
Sugar

Cream butter and sugar together until fluffy. Add eggs, flour and baking soda with 1/2 of the lemonade. Mix well. Drop 2" apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 400 degrees for 8 minutes. Brush hot cookies with remaining lemonade and sprinkle with sugar. (Using the Pampered Chef medium scoop, I ended up with approximately 3 dozen cookies.)

Bob the Builder

It's been a few weeks, but since Levi hasn't stopped talking about it I figured I could still blog about it...

Levi and I had gone to the Children's Museum this winter and ever since Levi has been wanting to go back to see "Bob a Builder at the children's mew-ee-um". So one Thursday night a few weeks back, Matt and I took Levi to family night at the Children's Museum. Levi was so excited that he ran from thing to thing to show Matt all there was to do and see (not to mention he has a really short attention span). Here are some pictures of our fun family evening: