Easter Weekend

Easter in Valley and Brantley's first real egg hunt!!!

A few pre egg-sploring pictures of Brantley rocking, as he prepares to embark on a quest for plastic spheres.

The eggs were ready and hid, but first we have to get a few pictures and sing, "If you happy and you know it..." As you can see Brantley's got his happy on.

CHEESE!! I love this little smile.


We did not have great luck getting a family photo, but this one isn't bad.

Let me go Mama! I've got much business to attend to.

Hoppy Easter! The Bunny has brought baby many surprises...however, chocolate eggs wrapped in foil is not a great idea for a 14 month old.

This is an awesome basket to gather all my eggs in. But where are my Cadberry eggs and why does Daddy have chocolate and colorful foil on his mouth.

I like this mode of transportation...it's much better than walking (so I'm told).

Ryan's Birthday was on Easter this year! It was a great to clebrate our Lord and Savior and the day Ryan was born. God is so Good!

We will have more celebration when Ryan finshes exams.

I hate these childproof eggs.

Huh, I was wondering where that went.

I love my Nanny!!

You guys are not hunting eggs very well!

Brantley's reply: You're not focusing the camera very well.


Yeah! You found one!!

Here are also a few pics of Brantley playing in the front yard

You don't want none of this.

Our little man is growing very fast he is already 14 months old. He always has somthing to say (though we can't quite understand him). He loves his daddy, and does not like it when Ryan has to go to work. He told Ryan "no" when he said " Bye Bye". He loves to sing and point his fingers at me. He has nine teeth and we are waiting on the tenth to pop through. He is such a joy to our lives.

Finally, we went to see Wicked this week. It was incredible. Ginger is a huge Wizard of Oz fan, so she obviously loved it. I was just happy not to be studying.

Zoo

I took Brantley to the zoo with my neighbor Ashley. This is his first visit to the animal fair. We are hoping to go a lot this spring and summer. Ryan was a trooper and met us that afternoon after being on call. Brantley was very excited to see his daddy. We had such a great day.

Brantley saw the kangaroos. Which, by the way, are very lazy.

Mommy, those birds' knees are on backwards.

Mommy it's embarrassing to make me as tall as a Giraffe

Giddy up Daddy.

That was fun but I am ready for a nap.

Going home

These are a few pictures of when Brantley and I went home about three weeks ago.

The boys love to ride with paw paw.

Big dad and Grandmother

Nanny was getting some snuggle time.

Brantley got to see aunt Tawan while we were home.

This post is a little late but better late than never. We went home three weeks ago for my Friend Leanne's baby shower. She is having twin girls at the end of June. While we were home, we got snowed in. We had ba great time.

Lee lee being silly

We almost got the whole family.

While we were home we celebrated Brantley's fist birthday with the family.

El happo birthdayo

All the boys!

Momma Jean with a Bear and his blankey.

My snow bunny.

When I was your age, I walked both ways through the snow, barefoot with shorts and a wife-beater on.

A cute picture, but he sorta looks like Ralphie's little brother in "A Christmas Story"

Can we go back inside, Mommy? The snow stuff is for polar bears, not baby bears.

Heeere's Chuck E

We went to Chuck E. Cheese on saturday and had the best time. Ryan is so proud of himself - he tied for the highest score on the basketball shoot. I, on the other hand, did not do so well. This reminded me of High School I never was very good at free trows.

One thing that absolutely befuddled me was that Brantley loved Chuck E. When this big rat mascot came near, Brantley attempted to play with his nose and giggled. I thought for sure after the most recent Santa Claus meltdown, he would completely lose it. He proved us very wrong. We couldn't get the camera out fast enough for this encounter, but it was something.

Mmmmm, I love plexiglass bacterium

Brantley's look of confusion is rooted in the realization that this mechanical contraption has no steering wheel on which to pretend one is driving. Very poor engineering

Chuck E is my co-pilot

Brantley appears to be falling asleep at the wheel. Brantley was a bit too little for many of the games, so we spent much of the time going down the slide and playhouse. He loved the slide and really enjoyed everything we put him on. When we picked him up to go to another spot, he would get very upset. We will have our hands full in the future when he is independently mobile.

Brantley's Birthday Day

Brantley had a very busy birthday. Brantley woke to his daddy getting him up and making breakfast for him. Then the two little men played with some of Brantley's new toys. Then we all meet up for lunch together. Brantley was a ham. These two ladies sat beside us at the restaurant, and Brantley was doing everything he could to make them look at him. He absolutely tore up a cupcake. This was the first time I had ever see the boy so excited about eating something. He loved it! We then went to his one year check up ( I know, shots on his birthday!?!) We had to go when Ryan could be there with us, though. We then went to buy Brantley his Big Boy car seat. We ended the day with dinner together and some Nanny cake. It was a special day for us to spend together.

Now that is a honey-glazed HAM!!

Sir, you are invading my private space bubble.

Oooooooh, fire...........and ............sugar...............mmmmmmmm

Enough with this picking at the icing. Cupcake, get in my belly!

VICTORY!!!!
Thanks Nanny for the late night chocolate sugar rush. It was delicious.