Easter

 This was WC's first time dyeing eggs!!! I bought "spill proof" cups and they worked well....but I still think there's nothing like using the Paas egg dying kit. Y'all know what one I talking about right? The old school ones :) But for her first time, this got the job done! She thought it was neat watching them change colors! Then we had a little egg hunt in our front yard for the whole 15 minutes of sunshine we've had the past 3 weeks. WC LOVES hunting eggs and I do believe this fun game will last another few weeks :)

 WC's first time doing an Easter basket. We didn't bother last year or the year before. No reason too!! But even this year she didn't know what was going on. I think the priceless look on her face says it all! ha! She did look at the Easter Bunny at the mall. I wasn't about to stand in that ridiculous long line and I'm such a great mom that I forgot about the free pics at base housing with the Big Scary White Bunny and the $3 pics at her gymnastics place. Oh well! At least The Bun Bun comes every year!

 This is what Natalie thought of the 2 little doo-dads that she got in her basket! WC was such a nice big sister (bossy is more like it) and opened everything for her. Natalie was just concerned about the taste of her new toys. Mmmm plush velvety goodness.

My princess puddin' pops!!! I was hoping for a nice family picture outside after church, but Ohio weather doesn't really permit that this time of year! Plus it was two little girls' nap times after the service!

It has been so great teaching our girls about Jesus. Natalie is obviously too little to understand, but we sing her the same songs we sing WC. WC really got in to, "Happy Easter! Jesus is Risen!". We were working on that for about a week leading up to Easter. We want to strongly implement the reason why we celebrate these holidays!!!!

^{Deuteronomy 6:6}
These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. ⁷ Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. ⁸ Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. ⁹ Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.

Chris and I are really trying to live by this verse. Children are a gift from God and we want to honor Him by teaching our children His way!!!!

Natalie @ 6 months

So she's really 6 1/2 months, but who's getting technical?? Not me...

Here is my punkin pie :)

She is sitting up on her own, scooting backwards and pulling herself forwards. She is rocking on her hands and knees so I know it won't be long til she's trying to keep up with WC!

She takes 3 naps a day and I finally did cry it out for naptime last week. It's helped tremendously with her sleeping and so the next thing to tackle is her night time sleeping habits. She still wakes every 3 hours to eat so I'm going to start cutting some feedings soon. I don't feel any hurry...but the thought of having 6-7 hours of straight sleep just thrills me.

She was eating homemade baby food, but after she had a graham cracker and baby finger foods, she doesn't want to be fed from a spoon anymore. She watches WC eat and wants everything we have. So I'm sure she'll be on pure table food in a few weeks! Following the footsteps of WC...well, I hope not every footstep. HA!

Natalie is such a happy girl. She smiles and thinks everything is awesome. I love having her around and it's been neat to watch her and WC bond. I wish I had a sister bond too!!!

I know I'm slacking a little....

I just figured I'd let all my hundreds of blog followers know I'm still alive. I haven't been much for internet time lately. WC isn't napping and is climbing in to bed with us a few nights a week and then Natalie is napping well and is waking a lot in the night, so I haven't had the opportunity to nap. This means that by the time the kids are in bed, the last thing I want to do is formulate a though!

I'll get back in to it soon......

But we're doing just dandy :)