Egg Hunt!

Wow! These guys had a great time finding eggs around our house and their new Easter baskets filled with treasures. They have been eating fruit snacks all across the city ever since. Thanks grandma!

Birthday party

After having our house torn apart and remodeled subject to a court case our landlord lost....(ask if you really want to know the whole story), we were able to celebrate Lu's bday with friends during our early Easter celebration. She had a special party dress and a yummy butterfly cake.

April 2!

 Here she is right before her pink birthday pancakes. What a beautiful girl.

Development update

Here is Lu mastering her cup at a park. She just got her 6th tooth. She's "talking" all the time. We think she has three words right now: Hi, Bye, and Dad. (Haaaah, Baaaah, and Daaaa respectively). She is our happy-go-lucky baby and our gymnast-to-be. She is climbing on and off  chairs and beds and steps and she smiles near constantly. We love her!

fun with Picasa 3.9

I thought I did a pretty decent job taking these pics....until I saw what the new picasa photo fixes could do...

SWEET!

Mom & Dad Adventure

We were blessed to have Grandma Ginny watch the kids for 4 days so we could steal away to this gorgeous town along the Aegean Sea. We attended a marriage workshop during the day and explored this quaint town in the evenings. It was a really rich time for us to reconnect and for us to enjoy the beauty of this country outside of the big city. So green! So blue! So beautiful.

baby crocodiles

Last night, Rick read a book to Moo that included the birth of 23 baby crocodiles. The following conversation ensued between father and son:

Moo: Did Lu pop out of Mom?
Dad: Yep, she did!
Moo: Did I pop out of you?
Dad: No, you popped out of Mom too.
Moo: Did I pop out fast?
Dad: No, you did not.

When Moo and I retold the story to Grandma Jane, Moo changed the story up a bit.

Mom: You took a long time to pop out, didn't you?
Moo: Did I slide out like on a slide?
Mom: Sure.
Moo: Like a big playground?
Mom: Yep, Mom is a big playground.