just "see ya later"

Tyrone is off to Afghanistan now. We love him much and miss him more than I can say. Here he is at his final formation, he's in the front with the guidon. I will post more pics from the last couple of days later.

time together

We cooked out and then took a walk down to the community center to play at the outside playground there. It was positively wonderful.

Easter

Last night, we dyed Easter eggs, which is always fun and ended with a lot of dyed hands along with dyed eggs! I boiled about 30 eggs and only ended up getting to dye 2 myself, lol!


Daddy and Emmeline watching the egg dyeing (don't let Tyrone fool you, he dyed his fair share!)


Dirty face Shiloh totally got into it this year!

Kaleb was mixing colors, very creative!

The were very excited to be doing their eggs.

Shiloh thought this was too much fun!

Gabe, surprisingly, was patient and let his eggs soak for a long time for the most vibrant colors!

My (big) little family :)

This morning we got up early to go to the sunrise service at the chapel on post, which was really nice. Although there was no child care, all 4 of the kids were really well behaved. While we were at church, the Easter Bunny visited our house. We got baskets and then hunted Easter eggs in the front yard!



Emmeline, watching the action....she can't wait until next year when she can help!

Daddy helped Shiloh a little, but she was really able to hold her own for the first time on an egg hunt!

Gabe inspecting his eggs as he finds them!

Kaleb, trying to figure out where the last couple of eggs are...

Now we are having a rest time, and then more playing this afternoon. This has been a really great weekend....I just wish it didn't have to end.

y'all aren't tired of my outdoor pics, are you?!

just fun

Yesterday was a really fabulous day. After the walk and playground trip that I posted about already, we had a cookout last night with our new friends! It was SUCH a blast. I love having neighbors that are friends!




Makayla and Shiloh

Kaleb, being all handsome and mysterious in the grill smoke

K blowing bubbles

Gabe with his bubbles

It was so warm that I had to change Emmeline's clothes so she could be comfy!

I guess Shiloh wore herself out!

Emmeline's bare feet outside! LOVE this weather!

Sunny had fun, and proved herself again to be a great dog! She barked when she saw strangers outside of our fence, but as soon as she saw it was all good, she was friendly and calm with our friends!

Our Shiloh-girl, deep in thought about her bubbles!

3 months {e}

Emmeline is 3 months old now! Time just flies.

We had Emme's 2 month appointment rather late, she was actually 11 1/2 weeks, so just a week and a half ago. They were pleased with her development, she gave the doctor, nurse, and the lady that did shots all big smiles and coos. She's growing much more slowly then any of my other kids did, but she is growing steadily and is a healthy girl, she's just little!

@ 11 1/2 weeks, Emmeline was 11lb 10oz (54th %), 24 in (74th %), and her head circumference is in 51st %. For a little comparison, Shiloh was 12lb 13oz and 24 1/2 in at 10 weeks!

Anyway, Emme is becoming much more aware of her environment, which I say all the time, but it's always true! This morning when I was changing her diaper, she grabbed the new one and when I went to get it from her, she laughed and laughed at me. She was playing a game! I thought that was a lot of fun.

We're getting closer to sleeping through the night, generally she is only waking up once around 3 to nurse, which is nice. I can't wait to sleep an entire night!

the air

The air is so clear and pretty! We have some new neighbors that we have made friends with and we have decided to start walking together. This morning, I wore Emmeline and pushed Shiloh is the stroller while Heather and I walked 2.5 miles! Then, we stopped at the playground for an hour before heading home. It was a great morning!

Shiloh and Vinnie thought they should throw away the wood chips...not sure why!

Emmeline sat in her stroller for the first time ever while we were watching sissy play at the park!

Showing me the wood chips!

On our walk, they started holding hands, we HAD to stop and take a pic, too cute!