Fun Filled Weekend

Dying eggs is so much fun

I must say, having a Saturday off for the first time in 4 months was wonderful. Exhausting, but wonderful. My sister and brother-in-law got here from Ohio on Friday and we were sooo glad to see them =) This is the first time I had seen my sister in person since December and her belly is really sticking out there now, I love it. That's my nephew in there! He even kicked my hand, so precious.

We got up bright and early on Saturday morning to get ready to take my sister's maternity pictures. I will post a few of those later. Parker wanted to open his Easter basket, and he loved his new toys...

After that we went to Parker's first Easter Egg hunt. It was a blast. He someone knew exactly what he was supposed to do, and he got a ton of eggs.





After all of that fun stuff, I went to decorate for the shower. It went so smoothly, and they really seemed to enjoy it. My little nephew is going to be so spoiled, I can already tell.

                                     We took a picture of all of us siblings with our dad...



Herschel, Parker, and Dax!



I was sad that I had to go to work on Sunday, but after I got off Tim came over and we all got to sit around and talk. I felt bad because Tim's birthday was on the day of the baby shower so I didn't get to see him at all on his birthday! He didn't seem to mind, though, he understood =) Monday morning I had to say goodbye, which is never fun, but this time it was a little more exciting, because the next time I see my sister... she will be about to have baby Chase!!

Happy Easter!

I'm not even going to go into how horrible of a blogger I have been! And I'm not going to make any promises that I will get better either =) But, I'm here now, and blog I will...

Our "Spring" started in about February this year, which made me very happy. I love to be outside, and so does my very busy 2 year old! Getting to play outside every day for the past few months has been great. We have been going every Wednesday to J&J's house for cookouts and Parker & the twins love to run and play.

He loves his cousins so much. Another thing he loves? His trains! Oh my, he is all boy...



We've been going to the park a lot lately, and something we both enjoy is walking on the trails through the woods. I like it for the exercise, and Parker loves to explore...

Life is good. It really is. Things are great with Tim and I... he has become way more than a boyfriend, he is my best friend and I know finding that is rare so I will not take that for granted. I am still working every weekend, and while that is not fun I am thankful to have this job until another one comes up. I miss my church family a lot, and I am excited to find a job in which I will be able to attend church at least a few times a month.

This Saturday I will be throwing my sister a baby shower! I am so excited about it, and will definitely be posting pictures. I can't believe my nephew will be here in less than 11 weeks, it's unreal! I am soo ready to meet Chase Maddux =)

E is for Excited

D is for Darling

ABC...

So I'm jumping into the 52 week ABC photo challenge a few weeks late, so I'll just post my A,B,C pictures all on one post to get caught up! =)

CLICK HERE TO JOIN IN!

If this is Global Warming, I'm a fan!

I don't know how the weather is where you are, but here in Southern Illinois the past week has been perfect. I don't ever remember have 60 degree weather in January! It has been wonderful, we even had a park playdate with our besties yesterday!

We had such a good time, just talking and letting the boys play. Good news is, next week is supposed to be pretty nice so we plan on trying to do this again on Wednesday. Sometimes in the winter it is easy to get stir crazy and just want to get out, and in the small area we live in there are not many indoor activities for little ones, so having such warm weather when it's normally freezing is definitely welcome.

Happy New Year!

I haven't had a chance to say Happy New Year yet! I have a feeling that it's going to be a good one for sure. We didn't do much on New Years Eve, I had to work NYE and New Years Day from 7am-7:30 PM so that didn't leave much time. Tim's brother lives here in town so we went over there, Parker came with me and played with Tim's nephew and niece and my mom came to get him when it was bedtime. I stayed just long enough for a midnight kiss and then went straight home to bed. I was really tired, but it was worth it.

Tim & Bella



Bella & Matthew


In other news... I'm going to be an Aunt!! Yay! My sister is pregnant with her first baby, and I couldn't be more excited. This will be my first niece or nephew, and we find out in four weeks if it's a boy or girl. She is due June 20th, one day after my mom's birthday. My sister sent me this in the mail the other day...

 How sweet is that =)