March is over....

Well, April is finally here. Emma will be 6 months old next week, I can hardly believe it! It seems like Harry's first 6 months took MUCH longer, but Emma's has just flown. Once she got over her miserable colic and the worst spit-up-itis I have EVER seen (well, she's mostly over it!), she's become such a little sweet potato. She absolutely adores her brother, she's actually getting ready to crawl simply because he sits across the room from her! She gets her little butt in the air and then up on her arms and then can't figure out what to do from there, but she can get a few feet away from her starting point simply from wiggling. Part of me is really excited that she can move and part of me is totally dreading it.
I played an April Fools joke on Jay yesterday, I sent him a text message saying, "I'm pregnant!" and then led him to believe it for a whole 5 minutes. I thought it was pretty funny being that I obviously wouldn't tell him that I was preggo in a text message, but he was pretty furious!! I felt bad, but he's over it now and, of course, relieved that I'm NOT pregnant! I sent one to Katie too, but she was much less mad than Jay. Although, pretty disappointed that we're not expecting. Sorry, Kates!

Okay, that's the last Easter picture, I promise!!! And yes, Harry IS mad, but not about the bunny- he loved the bunny, he just didn't want his picture taken. It was right after we'd had our pictures done at the studio, and he was pretty frustrated with me!
This is Ems getting ready to crawl. Don't you just love her little unicorn horn?
Harry got an easel and LOVES to paint. However, again, he did NOT want his picture taken!
But, I was allowed to take a picture of his picture. Isn't it beautiful??? :)
This is Emma's new face. She sucks in her bottom lip and goes, "MMMMMMM." I"m hoping it's going to lead to "mama," since Harry said "da-da-ya-ya" at least 8 months before he even came close to "mama."

And this is my doodle-bop again in her jumper. I just love how bright her little eyes get when she's happy. Her hair is starting to lay down, at least on top. The back is still crazy though, even with the bald stripe in the back that babies get from sleeping on their backs. It's been quite a challenge to style since it's too long to let go loose anymore, but not long enough all-over to do pigtails or anything. ;)

More Pictures!

Amy also got some great pictures of her trip and of Easter. Enjoy!

Amy and Jenn at the Winery.

Harry at the park.

Harry dying Easter eggs. His job was to tell us when they were done.

"Oooohhh.... Eggs...."

Emma doing her "fashion show" to decide what to wear for her pictures.

My sweet little nakey baby!

Amy's visit!

Amy finally came to visit!!! It was so nice to see her and she finally got to meet Emma, which was great. I definately enjoyed having another girl around the house, especially one who's known Jay as long as I have and can tease him right back. :) Harry was SOO sad to see her leave today- he kept yelling, "Amy get back in Harry's car right now!" the whole way home from the airport. Poor kid doesn't understand why people keep going back to the airport. Amy and Harry at the park in Medical Lake. It's SO pretty there!

Harry and Amy slow-dancing on Easter. Harry gets his romantic skills from his dad, I think.... :P

Emma all bundled up for the park. We brought bread for the ducks, but for some odd reason, they won't come near Harry!! hehe... And yes, we do have to bring Emma a stuffed animal everywhere we go. She loves to "clutch" things in her little paws at all times!

Harry picking out letters. He's SOO smart!

Easter Pictures!

These are out of order time-wise, but I figured I'd just post a TON of pictures from our Easter! Harry got a bubble gun from the Easter Bunny in his basket. He kept thinking that it was Santa that brought all his stuff though and said "Santa Bunny."

Hunting for Eggs at our house. Yup, those are his pj's.

Easter morning at the Butterfields! :)

Doodle-bop wore the ears. It's becoming a tradition!

Harry says, "Candy. Niiiiiiccccceeeee."

Emma at the egg hunt on base. Isn't she cute?

Harry and Susy before the 3-5 yr old egg hunt. He looks 3, right? Jay was slllooowwwww getting out of the house and we completely missed the 0-2 hunt. Whoops!

Harry checking out his "loot" from the Egg Hunt at Kari's.

Harry finding eggs in the snow at Kari's.

Amy helping Harry find eggs.

Emma and Mommy at the egg hunt!

Harry and Natalie eating yummy cake after the hunt was over!

One of the ladies from my Mommy and Me group organized a fabulous egg hunt at her house. She filled over 450 eggs for all the kids to find!! Yay Kari!!! :)

Thomas, Joshua, Harry, and Jordan at Playdate at Amber's. They made bunny ears- aren't they cute??

Harry and mommy doing the Jelly Bean Prayer. :) Not many jelly beans made it in the baggie...

Chuck E Cheese!!!

Today Harry and Mommy had their first time at Chuck E Cheese! Quite sad actually, that I'm 24 and have never been, but we went today. Harry had an awesome time, and I was surprised to say that Jay and I did too. It was much less of a mad-house than we had expected and Harry actually stayed reasonably under control. With the 40 bonus tokens we got for being military, we'll definately be going back! Harry pushing his face into the glass in the tunnels. Yup, that's my kid!

Emma was thrilled, per usual.

The Spider Game- he had to step on the buttons as they lit up. We played this one forever!!

Drinking his lemonade and waiting for his pizza :) Such a patient boy!!

Playing "Whack-the-Letter"

A Day at the Park and a New Dragon

Harry and Jay went to Mobius this morning and then we all went to the Riverfront Park to feed the ducks, ride the carousel, and enjoy the beautiful spring weather. It got up to 52 degrees today!! Jealous??? :P

Emma and I went shopping today while the boys played at Mobius (the Children's Museum). She had a full-out tantrum at Macy's while I was trying to buy her some sundresses. Being that she likes to "clutch" things in her tiny little paws, I handed her a few stuffed animals to keep her quiet. She threw them all back at me, except this monster hot pink dragon. She immediately put him in her mouth and refused to let go. It appears we have our first favorite! :)

She likes to suck on her fingers. :) She also got the Butterfield family's red cheeks- aren't they cute?

Can you see all the drool from sucking on the dragon? The poor thing had to have its head wrung out on the drive home!!

She's SO happy!!

Clifford and George!

The elementary school on base had a Book Fair today and had Clifford the Big Red Dog and Curious George come to visit as special guests. I thought it would be a fun treat to take Harry and get to meet some of his favorite "Teebee personalities." He couldn't believe that Clifford was there and really wasn't suprised that George was there for some reason... He was trying to show Jay that Clifford was "soft!"

Harry was absolutely fascinated with Clifford's tail!

Harry playing peek-a-boo with Curious George.
And Emma, of course, thrilled as always. :)