Happy Easter

He Is Risen...He Is Risen, Indeed!

We were able to celebrate Easter day with lots of special family time. We enjoyed brunch with Linnea's great-grandma, and dinner (and an Easter egg hunt!) with Brian's family.

We hope you had a blessed Easter as well, celebrating the resurrection of our Lord!

In anticipation of Easter, Owen enjoyed his first experience with coloring Easter eggs!

Thanks, Safta (Grandma Julie) for the cute "My First Easter" outfit!

Special time with Linnea's grandma ("great-gran" to Owen & Ava)

Enjoying time in Grandma Pam's beautiful back yard, getting ready for the Easter Egg hunt!

Ready for action!

Hanging with Papa G. (Brian's dad) and watching the "hunt". She'll love participating next year!

Ava 10 Months

Ava is 10months (well, actually 10 1/2 months now I guess!) She weighs about 15.5lbs and is a bundle of energy! Ava smiles easily and loves to laugh. She does a silly quick-breathing through her nose with a big toothy smile when she's excited. She babbles & squeals, claps, signs "all done" and lifts her arms when she wants to be picked-up. Ava loves to hug & snuggle, crawls like crazy and walks along furniture. Her favorite toys are anything that can go in her mouth. She especially loves her colorful whiffle balls, her stuffed owl and little stuffed bear rattle. She has 4 teeth along the top and 2 on bottom. She takes two good naps each day and sleeps well through the night (6:30pm-6:30am). Ava is really enjoying the transition to finger/table foods - liking most things that we offer! In particular she enjoys yogurt, fresh fruit (like pear & banana), crackers & bread. This month brought another first - one that we actually would rather have avoided, if possible. A big cold spread through our family, and unfortunately Ava got her first ear infection. She was a trooper, and thankfully the cold is behind us and we're all healthy again.

With Ava getting much more active, keeping Ava still for her monthly photos is getting considerably more difficult!