Happy Easter!

We hope everyone had a Happy Easter!
Ryan woke up on the wrong side of the crib this morning, he woke up grumpy & crying and refused to leave his bedroom. We finally lured him out with some eggs and then it was all smiles when he saw that the Easter Bunny had visited while he was sleeping. He got lots of treats, board games, puzzles, toys & even dinosaurs...but nothing made him happier than his little box of goldfish crackers!

A little later the rest of the gang came by for more treats. Grandma, Grandpa, Auntie, Uncle Rick & Gavin came over to exchange Easter baskets. Ry and Gavin were both overloaded with treats & toys.

We had planned to go the park to have an Easter egg hunt, but the weather turned out to be colder than we had planned. So, we had to come up with a Plan B. We ended up taking the boys to the movies to see Horton Hears a Who. I had seen the previews and told everyone I wouldn't be taking Ryan because it looked boring...well, I was bored! Ryan loved it though and never took his eyes off of the screen, well, except to eat some raisinets.

We had a very busy day today! We started off this morning by going to an "Egg Drop"...10,000 eggs were dropped from a helicopter-which sounded like so much fun-in theory. Well, it turned out to be an absolute disaster. The second the helicopter dropped the eggs, every single one of them broke (you would think they would plan ahead on this one) and then chaos ensued. Long story short, Ryan didn't get a single egg until the crowd had cleared, then he ran and picked up a bunch of busted eggs that had been trampled. Which was fine with him, he was still happy-but what a waste of time! Poor Gavin didn't get a single egg since he was bypassed by big kids and never even made it to the field! Here's the FEW photos I got...

Our original plans for the day included another helicopter egg drop, but we quickly changed our minds after the first one. Instead we headed over to the Dallas Annual Easter Egg Hunt. It was MUCH more organized and well planned out. The 2 & under kids got a whole baseball field to themselves. Ryan was in heaven! And he even got the "Grand Prize" egg! He won a whole bag of goodies but he was most excited about his new pinwheel & carrot race car.





Gavin was hunting for eggs over in the field for 3 & 4 year olds, but he & Ryan met up for a quick picture with the Easter Bunny

And finally, we came home to color eggs before bed. Ryan had a great time getting messy & coloring his own eggs. He & daddy made eggs with tractors, choo choos & a special RYAN egg. When we were done coloring, Ryan wanted to cook more eggs!

We hope everyone has a very Happy Easter!

Flashlight Egg Hunt

We discovered way back in October when we went to the night time corn maze that nothing makes Ryan & Gavin happier than activities involving flashlights. Since the corn maze, we regularly play flashlight tag at night in the house (we often wonder how long it's going to take one of our neighbors to call the police). So, tonight the boys had a flashlight egg hunt. I keep forgetting about daylight savings and we planned it for 7:30pm, so the flashlights weren't actually needed, but they both carried around their flashlights and hunted for eggs & prizes!

I forgot to post this last week...but Ryan's friend Avery became a big brother recently and we went over to meet the little princess on Tuesday. Halle is absolutely gorgeous!

Congratulations Leigh Anne, Brad & Avery!

Missing Boston...

Ok, as most of you know...when we bought our house we were straight from out-of-state and didn't realize the stupid move we were making when we chose the location of our house. We were going from 2 incomes to 1 with a baby on the way, so instead of using the amount we were pre-approved for, we took the safe route so we would never worry about money.
Well, after 2 LONG years, I finally convinced Dave that we had to move. So, we had a realtor visit last night. And much to my disappointment, we were told that it was a giant waste of time and we shouldn't even bother. It turns out that there are currently 11 houses for sale in our subdivision and in the last 14 months only 1 has sold and it sold for $25,000 less than the asking price.
I felt like I had to get that off my chest! Long story short, we're staying for at least another year...and I'm sick of driving!

Ultrasound Day

Today was our 20 week ultrasound-yay! And we're told it's still a boy! I couldn't get the picture to scan straight, but you get the idea!

All looks well for... Mr. Lucas Everett. So, that's five months down and five to go!

Random Post

I want everyone to know that I've received all of your complaints and decided to post to make it stop :)

So...a couple of weeks ago, Ryan's grandpa & grandma came up from Florida to visit for the weekend and we all headed over to the aquarium. Ryan had a great time running from tank to tank and checking out all of his fish friends. His favorite parts were the "hands on" exibits-he has no problem with diving right in there (as you can see)

I got Ryan a four leaf clover kit so that he could plant his own for St. Patricks Day. He loved it! He was so careful putting the soil in the pot, then he carefully placed each individual seed (which took FOREVER!) and then watered it. We now check it every morning and give it a little water. He is SO proud of his "flower", which is actually starting to sprout-I'll take some pictures as soon as they're actual clovers.

This afternoon we got a call from Gavin asking us to come and watch his baseball practice. So, we hopped in the car and headed straight over. Ryan had a great time watching his best bud in the outfield. The pictures didn't come out so well since the lighting was horrible and he was all the way out in the field. But, here he is, looking too cute with his little glove.

Ryan passed the time with a little game of catch with his Uncle Rick. He's practicing so that he can play on Gavin's team next spring!

And of course, the boys were psyched to see each other when practice was over. They enjoyed a pop & juice box together to celebrate Gavin's job well done.