They grow so fast

Kids grow up so fast! It seems my little one grows overnight. And Rylee too. They are both so fun. Rylee says something funny every day. Some recent funnies are:
"Mom, I wanna play in the sunshine"
"There's no sunshine today. See, it's cloudy"
"I wanna play in the cloudy"

Brushing Rylee's hair on Sunday before church and she has the hiccups:
"Do you have hiccups Rylee?"
"I don't want hiccups in my hair"

This weekend went by so fast. We played outside on Saturday while Cole helped a neighbor with his yard project. Here's a picture of Cole and Rylee with Molly. While Cole was helping the neighbor shovel dirt, Rylee and their little girl were playing in the dirt - she got sooo dirty. Dirt was everywhere, even in her hair! So fun to watch though.
Then on Sunday, we all took naps after church and when Rylee woke up, Cade was sitting on our bed and she jumps up to snuggle with him, or as she says "Nuggle me." So cute, I couldn't resist getting a picture.
Then on Monday, we had family night. Rylee loves family night because she immediately associates it with family night treat. So I let her "help" me make the treat- it was just a chocolate cake mix, and she got to lick the bowl. Here she is in all her chocolate face glory.Well, that's about it from here. I will try to update this at least once or twice a week. Thanks for looking.

Terrible Twos and Congrats to Laura

Okay, so on Monday I have appointments to get the kids' pictures taken. At 10:20 for Cade at JC Penny's Portrait Studio and then we'd go to Kiddie Kandids for Rylee's pictures. (I had coupons for free 8x10's at each place, so I figured why not get pictures of them in their Easter outfits and Cade's first pictures too.) So we wake up to SNOW in the middle of April. It was coming down hard, but at least it wasn't sticking to the roads. And we make it on time to the appointment in spite of the snow. Now here's the thing- the JC Penny studio is NOT kid friendly. All they had were chairs to sit in and wait. And with my energetic (to put it nicely) 2 1/2 year old, that was not cutting it. She just would not sit still at all. I had to hold her. Which worked until Cade woke up and was hungry, right before they called us in, which by the way was a half hour late. Then Cade was fussy the whole time they were trying to take his pictures and I had to keep one hand on him during the session, which left one hand for Rylee. She would not obey me to save her life. She kept running around behind the backdrops and playing with the props- little stinker. So basically it was a horrible time and I was frazzled by then. Ok, so we finish and on to Kiddie Kandids. It would be another half hour wait til they could fit us in, so we decide to wait (I don't get to the mall that often and did not want to come back and do this again another day). However, as the name implies, are very kid friendly. They have a little playroom with toys and a TV. So we hang out in there and they are ready for us on time and take some very very cute pictures of Rylee. After we're done and they are giving me the sales pitch, both kids start crying and acting up, so we just get the free picture and leave (It is so nap time by now). Here are Rylee's pictures- they turned out soooo cute. I am very happy with this studio, but their prices are horribly expensive. Oh well, we'll probably just stick to the Walmart portriat studio. (Sorry no pictures of Cade)

Easter:
Our Easter weekend was fun. We went to a party that Cole's Aunt Jeniel throws every year. They have a lunch and easter egg hunt for the kids. Rylee loved it. She had so much fun playing with the other kids there and getting the candy. We also brought Elise, Matthew, Jenna and Peter with us to the party and then they came home with us to dye eggs and play games at our house. It was a fun, full day of parties!

Congrats to Laura:
Last night we went to Laura's Intramural Basketball game- she made it to the Championships. And WON!!! Yeah!! Awesome game!!

Little guy

We'll see how good I am at typing with one hand. This little guy likes to be held. I can't believe we have a night owl and an early bird all in one. Last night he was awake from 10-11, then he wakes up at 6am every morning. How is a mom supposed to get some sleep? Oh well. At least Rylee's not up yet. Here are pictures of little Cade.


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Funny Kid

Rylee is so funny sometimes. She just cracks me up with the things she says. Tuesday at lunch- we were eating tomato soup and Rylee, out of the blue says "Great soup Mrs. Q. Yummm." with the hand motions too (rubbing her belly at the end). Which is straight out of Shrek 2. I can't beleive what a sponge she is. I guess that's a two year old for you. Here are pictures of her dancing around the living room. She likes to dance to the songs in her Disney movies, but her "dress" is the ottoman slipcover ruffle. She always takes it off and steps into it and then twirls around the room in it. It's the funniest thing. This day she is dancing to the credits of "Hercules." Crazy kid.

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