Amanda's wedding

We just spent a great weekend in Tennessee for Eddie's cousin Amanda's wedding. The drive was long (11+hours each way) but not terrible. The kids did pretty good and of course loved seeing all the family and cousins. The reception was on a riverboat so that was really fun! I think a good time was had by all...

New shed

Well here is our new shed that my dad and Eddie worked so hard on for about a week. The main reason we got the shed was so that we would have somewhere SAFE to put the garbage and the bears couldn't get in. Lasted about a month. The bear was able to pull the bottom half of the right door off in one chunk, get in and knock over the garbage, and have a nice little snack. Just what I wanted to see at 6:45 in the morning! And I got to clean it up right away so the bear didn't come back or the other animals didn't destroy it more. Never a dull moment up here in the mountains!! :)

Girls weekend!

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I was able to have a girls spa weekend with two of my best girlfriends last weekend in Baltimore!! Thank you to Ed and Grace for watching the boys- Eddie happened to have Reserves at the same time I was gone! We had an AWESOME time and the weather really cooperated. We worked it so we would have 3 full days to spend together since the trip 2 years ago was not enough time. Lots of fun and laughter- and pampering!! :)

Kids

Just thought I would put a few pics up for no real reason! :)

Nicolas has discovered a love of climbing, and was so happy that he climbed in Eddie's chair all by himself!
Eddie loves to spell- or just to put random letters on a page. Either way, he is happy.

Nicolas LOVED Grandma and Grandpa's chicken parm!!

Nicolas just talking after he ate all the chicken parm. He usually loves to say "cheese!" but was giving me difficulties.

Easter!

While our Easter started out pretty good, it ended with a trip to the ER for Nicolas. Nothing too serious, but he had a fever of 102.8 for 4 hours despite meds and was pulling at his ears and throat. So we figured better safe than sorry! 3 hours later we still had no reasons, but he got a shot of antibiotics and saw the doc again on Monday. He is doing better, but still a little fussy and clingy.
Since the weather was FREEZING on Easter, we had to hunt eggs indoors. Eddie loved it, and Nicolas couldn't have cared less. So Eddie got all the treats! :)

Playing with the new toy from the Easter bunny

My littlest stud

My middle stud

Just hanging out

Time to attack Daddy!

Laying on the floor is a sure way to get attacked and jumped on..

Last day with Bama and Grandpa and an Easter party!

Wednesday was our last day with Bama and Grandpa :( and was also the day of Little Eddie's Easter parade. We had a GREAT time with them and already miss them.
Waiting for the Easter parade to start!

Talking to Daddy, telling him all about it

Eddie!! He did really great

He's up there somewhere...

Eddie and Bama after the parade

Nicolas, Grandpa, Eddie and Bama

Grandpa tells such funny jokes!!

Today we went to an Easter party at little Eddie's friends house and had a blast!! There was an egg hunt, and the weather was awesome. A fun time was had by all and everyone ate lots of yummy food!


The gang looking for treasures

Look at all the eggs!!!

The four amigos and their loot

Nicolas LOVES to swing!! Which works great for me since he is confined...

Beautiful day

Wednesday we were finally able to use our new BBQ!!!!! The weather was just beautiful and we had a great time outside and a great dinner!

We got to play outside for a while and Little Eddie was nice enough to share his bike with Nicolas. For a minute.

The shed is coming right along! Putting on the shingles.

Whoa!

Eddie showing off his new t-ball set

It's outta the park!!

Nicolas is growing so fast and really starting to expand his vocabulary!! He LOVES to sing Old McDonald, as you will see. He also says a few other words; Mama, Daddy, Uh-Oh, No, Hi, More, Nana (for banana), Yeah, Wow. He also loves to wave hello and goodbye, blowing kisses, shaking his head NO when you ask him a question (and sometimes appropriately when he doesn't want something), and if you ask how old he is he will raise one finger in the air!! It is so fun to see him learn so many new things so quickly and he is really keeping us on our toes.