Mommy's Boy!

I just have to tell you that I'm loving the fact that Zachary is a mommy's boy. He just loves to cuddle with me and will come and sit on my lap and give me kisses and hugs just because! I love every minute of it! It doesn't matter where we are either...in line at the grocery store, outside playing, or even making dinner. This little boy has so much love to give! I know there will come a day when he won't want to be seen hugging his mom and will absolutely refuse to give his mom a kiss in front of his friends...so until that day comes, bring on the kisses my little man!!

Happy 1st Birthday Joshie!

Our little Joshie isn't so little anymore! He turned 1 year old on the 10th and I still can't believe it!! We had a little family dinner for him on the 11th...we ate Carne Asada (Yummy) and of course some tasty cake after singing Happy Birthday! Josh had his very own cake that he thoroughly enjoyed! It was so cute to watch his face as he tasted the first bite then looked at us as if to say "I can really eat all this?" He also had his 1 year checkup about a week later and he is growing great and the doctor was very excited to see that he is gaining weight. His last appointment put him in only the tenth percentile for his weight (17 lbs)...now he's in the thirteenth. (20 lbs 4.5 oz.) It's still funny to me that he's even on the lower end since he has out eaten his daddy a few times at dinner! Crazy!! He's definitely close to walking though...he easily stands up holding onto pretty much anything around him and he will let go and stand there for a short time before grabbing for it again. Anytime now! It's still just amazing that he's growing so fast! Time Flies!!

Playing with a new toy

Showing Mommy his new bubbles!

Singing Happy Birthday

The first bite!

Mmmm...

Joshie loves chocolate!

Emma's Playing Soccer!

Emma started playing soccer!! She was so excited to start playing with "her friends". (Any other child around her age.) It's so cute to watch them all get out there and kick the ball around! She had her first game two Saturdays ago and she was really into it for the first half! There are about 8 kids on the teams so they only play 4 of them at a time and rotate every few minutes. She was really excited to get to play until halftime. For some reason we could not get her to go in again...she got really scared and completely refused! Eek!! I was so sad because I played soccer for 8 years and loved it...I wanted her to love it too!! It's ok, though...she had another game this last Saturday and she didn't have any problems at all! She actually gave me a thumbs up just before a kickoff! :) So, we're looking forward to a fun soccer season watching Emma have a blast!!

Emma-Lee Earl...Lucky number 7!

Look At Her Go!

It's only the end of the half...but there's no way she's going back in...what a Turkey!

Happy Easter 2010

Easter morning Jamie and I woke up to Emma running into our room in hysterics saying that we REALLY needed to come out to the living room because the Easter Bunny came!!! It was so cute!!! We got up and went into the living room to find that he left little tiny candy eggs all over the living room and each of the kids had their own special treats too! Josh was having a great time crawling all over collecting the robin eggs in his mouth! I had to follow him around with a rag since he finally started drooling blue (Multicolored candies). It was so funny!! After watching the first session of General Conference we headed over to my parent's house for dinner and an easter egg hunt! The kids had such a fun time!! Josh even had his own egg to find...and was so excited when he could grab it! He didn't really care that there was a toy car in it...just the big purple egg was enough for him! Lol! I really think one of the many perks of having kids is enjoying the fun holidays through their eyes! I love it!

Playing in the Snow!

I thought Spring meant warm weather, bright flowers and occasional rain...Not SNOW!! Eek!! Well...a few days ago we got a pretty big snow storm...the kids loved it!! Emma and Zach couldn't contain their excitement when I told them they should go outside and play in it! Josh wasn't all that excited about it, so he just stayed inside and played with Mommy instead. I can't wait until he discovers how much fun it is to play in too! Until then his big brother and big sister will have a blast! :D