A friend loaned us this fun contraption that hangs in our doorway, and Garrett absolutely loves it. It’s nice to keep him entertained while I work on getting dinner on the table.
Johnny Jump Up!
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Monthly Archives: April 2012
Happy Easter
What a special treat that our family was in town for Garrett’s Baptism and so we were able to celebrate Easter with them as well! We went to church in the morning, hunted for eggs and baskets back at home and then had a delicious ham dinner (all the hard work done by my mom – I was worn out from the Baptism festivities!).
Me and my mommy 
Noah is showing off his fun new digger from Grandpa Phil!
Regan helping Noah read the letters the Easter Bunny left for them
The special money-filled egg!
Noah’s new truck, Mack
Happy Easter!
Garrett eats breakfast
Reunion Egg Hunt
The morning of Garrett’s Baptism, Noah and Regan went to the neighborhood Easter egg hunt. It was a fun, fun time!!
Noah never passes up a pony ride 
Enjoying the morning with his girl, Ella Rae
“My Whole Heart for My Whole Life”
1 Corinthians 13:4-8
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails.
Happy 9th Anniversary, Greg! I love you!
Wordless Wednesday
“ALVIN!!”
Noah was so excited to get an invitation to his buddy, Colton’s 4th birthday party. The theme was “Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked!” and they showed the movie in their neighborhood theater room for the party!
Noah and Colton were so excited to see each other.
Getting ready to watch the movie!
Having popcorn with Bennett
About thirty minutes into the movie, after the popcorn was gone, the kids decided they were done with the movie and went out to play on the playground instead!
(Not pictured – Noah did the monkey bars all by himself for the first time!)
Mmm…ice cream!
And maybe the highlight of the party was rolling down the grassy hill!
These kids did it over and over again!
Garrett decided it was more fun to watch the antics of these four year olds than sleep 
He was awake for the entire party!
Garrett liked sitting in the grass
Thanks for the invitation, Colton! We hope you had a super fun time – I know we did!
SO many visitors!
Like I mentioned in our post yesterday, it was amazing that so much of our family was able to travel to Georgia for Easter weekend. We had folks from Arizona, Wisconsin, Ohio, North Carolina and Louisiana! Garrett and Noah loved all the fun and attention that came with them!
Garrett with Aunt Connie
It looks like Garrett didn’t get the joke 
Playing with Nana
With Grandpa Phil, Christy and Regan
Noah with Aunt Regan
Garrett with Aunt Gigi
Garrett with Aunt Marge
And of course, with Grandma Nancy
(You know it’s a good picture if it makes the blog twice!)
Thanks again to everyone who made an effort to be here with us. It means so much!
Garrett’s Baptism
Matthew 19:14 – Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."
For Garrett’s Baptism, we chose to have a small ceremony in our home the Saturday of Easter weekend, presided over by our pastor, Mike Day. It turned out to be such a special, intimate event, and we feel blessed that our family could be here to celebrate the gift that God has given us in Garrett James.
Garrett was right at home with Pastor Mike
With Garrett’s godmothers, Jeanine (left) and Christy (right)
The godmothers helped plant a tree
For more pictures, please follow this link:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3705363916441.167536.1345805851&type=3&l=1bbc69c273
Here is a video of the ceremony:
8 Months Old!
