Michael took Grace up to the Brevard area for another attempt at camping. Over a year ago, we attempted to take Grace camping (you can read about it here ) and it did not go so well. Michael has been chomping at the bit to take her again and he finally got his chance!

The trip was filled with Grace's new favorite hobby, fishing. 

They also hiked, ran, ate WAY too much ice cream and made memories she will remember for a lifetime!

5 Months Old

17 lbs 66%

Milestones:

- Grabbing feet

- Rolling from belly to back

- Chewing on everything

- Sleeping from 9pm till around 3am

- Entertained by toys

As I think back to last Easter we had just found out that our family was growing. Now this Easter, we have our little David Michael here and part of our family! This Easter was especially special for that reason! 

My sister Rebekah came and we had a little Easter photo shoot!

 

Love these kids so much! So grateful for them everyday!

Sunday morning Grace woke up to see what was in her Easter basket!

Along with homemade bunny rabbit pancakes!

We got all dressed for church and took a few pictures.

We had an awesome lunch filled with ham, green beans, broccoli & cheese casserole, rolls, twice baked potatoes and fruit dessert! 

I love my little family and the day we had together reflecting on our Savior! 

"He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teacher of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again." Mark 8:31

This weekend we had a lot of fun having family time. It has been a while since it was just the four of us. Saturday morning David Michael and I slept in until almost 9am!! Definitely a record, but seriously I could have slept till the next morning. Of course is it technically sleeping in when we were up at 1am, 3am, and 5am??

We decided to get ready and take Grace to a church down the road for an Easter egg hunt. She did collect some eggs, but there was a playground and she really just wanted to play! After we came home she realized there was candy inside the eggs, and I wonder if she might have changed her mind and collected more eggs if she had known that before hand :)

After eating hotdogs and candy it was nap time because we had something special planning for the afternoon!

BOWLING! Grace went on her first bowling excursion. She absolutely LOVED it! She did not want to leave. She was actually a lot better than we thought she would be too.

The day turned out to be a great family fun filled day!

 
4 Months Old!

2 ft 1.6 in 71%

16 lbs 15 oz 80%

17.25 in head cir. 97%

Milestones:

-Yelling very loudly

- Chewing on hands

- Began taking a paci

- Grabbing toys

- Rolled over a few times belly to back
- Smiles when you are talking to him
- Talking all the time 
- Wearing size 9 months

Check out his big sister at four months here.

This past weekend we had the pleasure of introducing David Michael to two of his Great Grandparents.

We first went to see my Grandmother, Mema, who is 93. She was patiently awaiting our arrival. She was so excited to meet David Michael! He was an angel around her too. He smiled and laughed and even fell asleep to her rubbing his foot. It was so good to introduce her to her first great grandson.

Next we went to see Michael's grandfather, Papa Lea. David Michael gave him lots of smiles and laughs. Even though Papa Lea has a lot of great grandchildren he is always overjoyed to meet a new member of the family!

We have such an amazing family and we can only hope to leave a legacy close to theirs!