Happy Birthday Big Girl!

Today was Audrey's 2nd Birthday! Can you believe she's 2? We had a nice day at home together with some fun birthday treats (including Nana being here!) Happy Birthday baby girl!

The birthday girl opened a few presents at breakfast.

She really wanted to blow out the candle...

yea!

Now some painting fun...

And some candy filled Easter Eggs...

Mrs. Stephanie, Logan and Zack came over to wish Audrey Happy Birthday. They brought her the sweetest backpack.

At this point Audrey was pretty worn out and had to have a nap. And Mommy, Daddy and Nana got busy packing. Packing you say? What, we're moving? Yep! (notice all the boxes and mess in the background of the pics.)
More info. in the week to come...
Happy Birthday to our Sweetie Pie Pie!!!

A Little Girl and Some Bubbles

It was a beautiful Spring day

So we headed outside for one of Audrey's favorite things

Bubbles

bubbles

and more bubbles!

What a great day!

St. Patrick's Prayer

Today I came upon a prayer written by St. Patrick....
Christ with me, Christ before me,
Christ behind me, Christ within me,
Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ at my right, Christ at my left,
...
Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks to me,
Christ in every eye that sees me,
Christ in every ear that hears me.

In my Bible study today we were talking about how Jesus is so Faithful. He only does that which His Father commands, 0nly that which He sees His Father doing. We were questioning how we could follow Christ's example and only do that which is from God.
Is that even remotely possible in our lives?
This prayer is a great picture of that kind of faithfulness and devotion. The only way that I can live a life of obedience is through Christ in me, abiding in Christ.
It's only through
"Christ in me, the hope of glory."

She's Getting so Big!

Wow, Alaina is getting so big! She is almost 4 months old and has gotten big enough to start enjoying the exersaucer. (She wants to sit up where she can see everything...and keep us in sight all the time!)

Those eyes! They are so big all the time.

And we are getting so many smiles...

Alaina loves her big sissy

And Audrey just LOVES playing with Alaina. This must be a tiny glimpse into what Alaina will put up with in the future as Audrey's little sister...

She didn't seem to mind being a human sticker album. FYI Nettie doesn't mind either. She runs around half the time with stickers all over her back.
(If you plan on sending Audrey a gift in the near future, let me request no stickers...although she would LOVE them!)

What if...

Gia and Bapa's

We just returned from a nice long trip to Gia and Bapa's.
Boy, do we love our time at their house!

We had a little bit of sister time.

And time with Gia on the piano. Audrey is teaching her sister how to play.

Gia can't wait until Audrey can take piano lessons. We think Audrey will love it!

And some great time with cousins...

Audrey put on a fashion show as we were trying to pick out Easter dresses.
(fyi ...the undershirt is not part of the outfits...)

Alaina and Bapa had some fun time together...

And more cousin time as we celebrated Cate and Cole's birthdays...

Audrey got a Valentine's surprise from Gia...

Cate and Cole's "Chocolate Extravaganza".
(yes, I was proud enough of my cake to name it.)

We had some great time playing out in Gia and Bapa's yard.
Nettie and Audrey were in heaven. Looks like Bapa was too.

What a great time with family!