BOWLING, Party of Four!

All dressed up, waiting for Brother to wake up from his nap!

Disco Bowling! All we heard the entire time was "Dark, Red, Blue, Red, Blue (the lights flashing on the lanes).

This bowling is VERY hard work!

JUICE Break!

We had a table with some snacks on it - but Cole decided he needed his own space and went to the lanes next to us to eat his popcorn and drink his juice.

A little help from Dad!

We were next door and Blake's clothes were wet, so Tricia brought me some of Maddie's doll clothes (I forgot to bring extra clothes)...I couldn't resist this picture of Dan and my beautiful little, trashy girl with her belly hanging out and pants that were more like capris :)

We took Cole bowling for the first time today - Dan had a major workout chasing him and trying to help him bowl at the same time. The couple next to us kept telling us how cute and funny he was...and kept asking us if he ever slowed down (which the answer is NOOOO). We had a great time. For dinner we were invited to the neighbor's house for fajitas...we had even more fun. The kids played and we chatted. A good, good day for the Walker family of four!

My Son...The Comedian

Cole constantly makes me laugh - sometimes on purpose...sometimes not. These are some things that made me laugh today: 1. I went to change Blake's diaper and this is what I came back to the living room to find...btw, that is my Diet Coke...why in the world would he steal a Diet Coke??? He would not look at me because he knew he should not have my drink. 2. He kept sneaking up on Blake (on the floor crawling) and kissing her. I think her face and his face say it all. I snapped this picture right after he kissed her fingers. Ignore that awful Eagles blanket...I was desperate.

3. I found him in my wallet, taking out all of the change and putting it in his dog bank.

4. He was pointing to Blake's body parts - eyes, nose, ears, mouth, teeth, belly, and decided to add bo-bo and then would fall on the floor laughing like he was the funniest person ever.

5. He dipped his toothbrush in the doggie water and preceded to brush his teeth before I could stop him.

6. He sat on my lap and combed his sissy's wild hair into a crazy mohawk type of creation.

7. He comes up to me and says, "moobie" and then gives me movie kisses which are long, noisy, juicy kisses.

I love this boy so much!

Happy Easter!

"Hiding" eggs for a two year old. Ready, Set, Go!

Totally loved getting the eggs and putting them in his bucket...

Until he realized....

They were full of candy!!! Then it took a while, he had to open each one to see what he might want to eat later on.

We all kind of saw this coming :)

Her Easter skirt was a bit big.

So, so tired from hunting eggs with brother.

Cookies Made - Check, Eggs Dyed - Check

My mom has a tradition of making cookies and dying eggs each year. Cole is still so young, so we didn't go all out on cookies, but he had fun adding sprinkles and "hots" to the ones Mom baked. I think we will be the only ones eating them...I saw a lot of finger licking going on during his baking fun. He also dyed his Easter eggs...more like tossed his eggs in colored water. We had blue dye everywhere...including on us and on the furniture. Needless to say...bath tub time soon followed.

A Little Pre-Easter Fun!

My mom brought gigantic eggs full of fun things for the kids. We opened Blake's in the hopes of finding some smaller onsesies...she is so much tinier than we thought she was going to be (thank goodness coming from the mom going through labor). Cole found a new purpose for the eggs and Blake...well she willingly played dress-up for mommy.

BMW - The only Beamer I Have Ever Wanted...

Well, she is finally here! I checked into the hospital to be "induced" on Monday morning and I was already 5cm - 100 % effaced. We waited until about 10:00 to start the actual pitocin. Once we started the meds and the nurse broke my water, it went by so fast. My contractions started immediately and were 2-3 minutes apart within a few minutes of them starting the meds. They went ahead and did my epidural because I was progressing so quickly... unfortunately, it did not work very well at first, so they came and added some more medicine...which then left me in a really bad state - they added too much! My blood pressure dropped to 67/21 at one point during delivery and they had to give me three shots of something to "bring me back", whatever that means. Dan said I passed out a couple of times. My parents were freaking out and I was only concerned about Blake...she was perfectly fine the entire time. Her heart rate never wavered. It took about 30 minutes of pushing for her to arrive, only because I was pretty much unconscious and couldn't stay awake long enough to push. Oh well, she is here, she is safe, and she is perfect. Now to get that whole day/night thing switched around.

Blakelee Brunch

Not the best picture...but it makes me laugh - you can see Cole at the door trying to leave with me...still in his Buzz Lightyear Pajamas. 39 weeks pregnant..I had to take one pic of me with this big belly! So, so pretty!!!

Maddie changed into a new outfit during the brunch...loved how well it matched :)

My cul-de-sac crew had a Blakelee Brunch for me today...It was really sweet and really nice to get together with the neighborhood ladies - no hubbies. We had a lot of fun conversation. I love that I live in a neighborhood with wonderful people that help out when needed. Another great way to spend a Saturday morning - now to clean up the Daddy + Cole play time in the livingroom. An OK price to pay to have the time to spend relaxing with my friends.

Cole's First Haircut

All smiles before we got started.

He was yelling, "No, no, no..."

Mommy Please Help Me!!!

Nothing a lollipop...or "pop" as Cole would say to make it all better!

So Cole's hair has been out of control for a while now, but I just kept putting off getting a haircut. When he woke up from his nap, sweaty and full of curls...I knew it was time. He did NOT like getting his curls cut...not even a bit.

Paging Doctor Cole...

I bought Cole a little doctor's kit so we could play with it over the next week or so before I checked into the hospital. He doctored me up, but I guess I wasn't good enough, so he moved onto his next "victim".

He spent 20 minutes trying out the Mamaroo...he kept trying to get into it, so I told him to go get Elmo and let him rock...then he got his doctor kit...Poor Elmo (poor Blake :)

He kept giving Elmo shots in the eyeballs.

Checking his vitals...

We found Elmo like this...with the Doctor's pager stuffed in his mouth...oh how I am going to have to truly have eyes on the back of my head :)

Bring On The Warm (not too warm) Weather!

Dan was giving the dogs a bath outside and Cole wanted to see what he was doing...so this is what I found when I came into the kitchen...I pulled the blinds back so he wouldn't ruin them, but this was his idea (after he realized the doggie door was locked).

We spent many hours outside on Saturday - we set up the bounce house, the water table, and a little pool. Our front yard looked like a toddler's dream (a home owner's nightmare). Lots and lots of fun!!!