Goodbye Trip

We knew we would never get a picture with them all looking at the camera and smiling but we had to try. What a good looking group of kids.

Borrowing the girls' stroller.

Watch out in 13 years or so. Clark & Gaby got along really well and were so cute together.

Eating at Portillos. Amazing Chicago hot dogs and chocolate cake shakes.

Ending the day with S'mores, what could be better.

Goodbye Sara, John, Gaby & Allison. We'll miss you so much. Can't wait to visit you in CA! We had such a good time on our last visit to Chicago, thank you for having us.

Happy 1st Birthday Rivers!

Opening presents.

Finally, Rivers gets his birthday cake. It is six days after his actual birthday but we had to postpone his celebration because he wasn't feeling too well on his birthday.

Opening presents with Grammy and Auntie Kara.

The day after Rivers' 1st birthday he was admitted to the hospital for dehydration. He stayed two nights and has bounced back to his normal, happy self.

A Little Slice of Summer

Happy Easter

Rivers showing off his new walking skills!

Trying to open a peanut butter egg. He must have inherited his candy choices from me.

Clark was most impressed with the sucker.

Eggs,

eggs,

and more eggs.

I don't think I will ever catch up on this blog like I had planned. Here are some pics from Easter and if I ever get time I will post all the pics I haven't posted. To really catch up I would need to go all the way back to Thanksgiving!

This Easter was very special for our family, it was Rivers' first Easter and I was confirmed as a Catholic. We celebrated Easter by spending time as a family. We had a wonderful day outside enjoying the nice weather as the boys went on an egg hunt and played. David grilled us a delicious dinner of chicken and pork steaks, not a traditional Easter dinner but it was perfect for us.

Updates Coming Soon!

I have been without a functioning computer for a while now, so I have been unable to update the blog. I finally have a new computer and will be updating soon.

Rivers is Cruising!

Monday Madness

At the time this video was taken, it was almost lunch time, the boys were still in their pj's and a tornado (make that two tornadoes) had swept through the house. Ahh, the joys of Mondays and two active little boys. All that matters is they are happy. This video does not do justice to how well Clark is talking now. His vocabulary has really taken off and he comes up with new words everyday. Rivers has started babbling and really wants to walk. He cruises along the furniture really well and crawls all over the place when there is nothing to hold on to. He also has a major case of separation anxiety so wherever he goes is not too far from me.