The View At 3 1/2 Feet

For Natalie's birthday we had given her a camera and we finally got the camera computer ready so we could download the pictures and I put a little slide show together of pictures she has taken over the past few months....it's kind of neat to see the world through a 4 year old's eyes....enjoy!

Justin's 2nd Birthday

So our little man turned 2 last week and we had a White Sox party for him to celebrate. In attendance was Grandma and Grandpa Pickens, Grandma and Grandpa Curtis, Uncle Brad, Aunt Sheila, and Sydney. The weather held off enough that we were able to let the kiddos play outside and grill out. Aunt Sheila made Justin a baseball birthday cake...and did an awesome job! We had a lot of fun and both kids fell alseep within minutes of their heads hitting the pillow.

On his actual birthday, we all went out for lunch at McDonalds and while he napped Natalie and I made him some birthday cupcakes which we enjoyed that night. We will get his updated stats at his appointment tomorrow, but we did record his height on his growth chart and he's just shy of 3 feet now. We cleaned the nursery really good this weekend and I can't even imagine him in his crib anymore now that he's been in his big boy bed for a few weeks....it's like he grew up over night!

Here's a picture of him blowing out his candles and one of him enjoying his cake!

And here are a few pictures of him enjoying his new toys...and by far his favorite items are his vacuum and his broom and dust pan (thank you Aunt Jenny, Uncle Jason, Finn and Grey)...but in order to keep him in a boy bubble he also enjoyed some trucks, a pedal tractor , and some cowboy gear!!!!

Thank you to everyone that helped him celebrate his big day....we love you all!!!!

Easter Pictures

Here are some Easter pictures of the kiddos....

Trip to the Dells and Easter Egg Hunt'n

We packed up the kiddos last weekend and headed to Wisconsin Dells for a waterpark adventure. We met my parents and my brother and his family there for the weekend. The kids had an absolute blast. We hit the waterpark twice on Friday and after a Saturday morning trip I think we were all waterparked-out. So after a nice dinner on Saturday night we hit the indoor amusement park which was fun. The kids did so well together and we were staying in a three room suite so it was nice that we could get the kids in bed and still have some adult conversation time. Sunday we got up and hit the road after breakfast and made it home in good time despite the snow. I think my two are still recuperating because there has been a lot of sleeping going on this week. Here are some pictures from our trip:

We had such a wonderful time and can't wait to go back!!!

Today we went out to the town's Easter Egg Hunt which was a totally chaotic event but the kids had fun and got a few eggs...here's some pics from that event:

Natalie was so determined to help Justin find some eggs...which by the time we made it through the line and onto the field there were few eggs to be found...but she did a little better on her trek through and shared with Justin. We'll see if we hit that gig next year...might take some big time pursuading for dad to agree!