Our little cutie wants to say hi to everyone! This picture was taken about 2 weeks ago and I need to get some new ones of her with Raggedy Ann because today she is 8 months old! I'm not going to take them today because she has bad cold and doesn't feel well. Her eyes are puffy and red and she is in a daze :(
V is also sick...I took her to Dr. B this morning and she has an infection in both ears. So we are taking it easy around here!
Praying that everyone had a great Easter, praising God for the power in Christ's resurrection! Also praying that everyone is still thinking about the worship and teaching from yesterday morning...not just moving on without some significant contemplation about the glory of Christ.
And not that this is important in light of the gospel, but the girls did have on beautiful outfits for Easter and we didn't get any pictures of them. I'll dress them up again soon and try for some good pictures for everyone.

Saturday afternoon our neighbors the Duncans invited V over to egg hunt with their grandchildren. The kids were 8 and 5 and wouldn't let V find any eggs because they were so excited and were too fast! We had to re-hide them after they went inside so that she could get some. But the 5-year-old Sarah was sweet to show V around:

She loved this tricycle and I had to trick her into walking home because she didn't want to leave it.

Yesterday Vivian invited her friends Chandler and Julia over to have an Easter egg hunt. It was a huge success! With a lot of encouragement from the mommies, they made a craft, ate lunch, and hunted for eggs.

On Saturday Vivian had a huge thrill...she met Mickey and Minnie Mouse! Wow! The Bolling twins, Jax and Lilah, had their first birthday party and our girls were some of the honored guests! It was the most spectacular birthday party I have ever been to!
As you can tell, it was a Mickey and Minnie theme. I could tell you a thousand things about the details of the party, but maybe these pictures and their backgrounds will tell a lot about how awesome it was.

Vivian allowed Minnie to hold her for these two pictures, but then decided that she didn't want to have anything to do with them.So for the rest of the party (while Mickey and Minnie were around) she could be found right here (close enough to observe but far away enough to not be freaked out):Then for the other time, she could be found here:

In the bouncy ball pit! She had a BLAST in this thing. I was nervous because all of the kids in there were much older and wild. But she held her ground and just enjoyed being bounced around and not having to do any of the work.

She also spent some time feeding her friend Seth some cheese balls.Wanting desperately to go back in with her friend Macy.

Jax and Lilah were the cutest birthday twins!

These cakes were fabulous.

Kristin (on the left) is their very talented party throwing mom.

They are beautiful babies! Kate is in the nursery with them, so we are praying for their friendship as they grow up together. We are thankful for sweet friends for our kids. Kate had a great time, too, but she might have been a little overstimulated :)
She played on the floor most of the time and ate shoes.

We were sent home for a late nap with these awesome goodie bags! There were lots of treats in there, and we had an "all things Mickey Mouse day" on Monday with everything in there. She had never been exposed to Mickey prior to this, but now loves him. Move aside, Elmo!

Thanks, Jax and Lilah (mommy Kristin), for such a fun party! Happy birthday!

Can you pick out which one belongs to us?

Yesterday Vivian hosted her Daddy at Preschool for "Donuts for Dads." Here they are before they leave the house (he took the camera with him but forgot to take pictures...):

She's always giving us a hard time about smiling for the camera.

Last weekend we traveled to Pinehurst, NC to visit Granddaddy and Grandma Carolyn. They were great hosts! We left Friday afternoon so that we could be there in time for dinner. Grandma Carolyn served us every meal and it was awesome. Vivian and Kate did fairly well with the travel. They loved having a new place to explore and new people to read to and smile at.

First thing on Saturday morning...open Christmas presents. Yes, that's right...Christmas! When we got so much snow in December, our travel plans were canceled and so we never saw our family in NC for Christmas. V didn't mind...she loved the gifts just the same!They got her these bears and she insisted on having them eat breakfast with her.Grand Aunty Nancy was there also, and she brought this beautiful rocking chair for V. As soon as we walked in the room where it was, she knew it was for her...she walked toward it immediately, and then stopped to turn around and look at us to make sure it was okay, and gave a huge smile. She sat in it for a long time and said, "rocky, rocky, rocky" over and over. Grandma Carolyn made the cushions for it...very cute!She makes lots of things. She is the most crafty, creative person I know. This "flower" arrangement is made of pinecones.V loved these dancing chicks. I think Hallmark was selling them for Easter and Grandma got it for her. It was a big hit. I was taking this picture to try and get a shot of her fat lip.She got a kick out of Granddaddy's golfballs. Grandma Carolyn told me that she had been thinking about what Vivian would like to play with while visiting, and she got several toys and books out, but I guess the favorite toys and games are never what you'd expect!

On Saturday morning we went over to Southern Pines to walk around and shop. We went in to a children's clothing boutique...everything in there was beautiful and exactly my taste! It was a little overwhelming because it was all so perfect and cute. Grandma got the girls an outfit. I can't wait for them to wear them. Then we walked to a toy shop which may have been a mistake: I told Aaron about how all the toys were at eye-level for Vivian and so she could get her hands on everything. His reply was that the toy store knows this and they do it that way on purpose. Ha!

The picture below is sweet. She loved sitting with Granddaddy to read to him or put stickers all over his pants leg.

Saturday was his birthday. We celebrated with an awesome TCBY cake (I had 3 slices!) and the Happy Birthday song twice. Vivian made him a card with felt butterfly stickers.

She also made Grand Aunty Nancy a card because her birthday is the 26th. We sang to her, too. She was fun for V to play with on Saturday morning.

We love you Granddaddy! Happy Birthday!

I promise Kate was there with us...I can't believe I didn't take any pictures of her! Sunday morning at church was rough for them due to lack of sleep, but after a good nap, we were all back on track! It was a fun but short trip. We hope to see them again soon :)