Check Videos

If you haven't checked the videos lately, check them out. Matt has added some recently. Here are some for March, and April. I know we still have more to add too so check back! I know the one of Nathan and Jamin feeding the giraffes is definitely new because Matt just posted it tonight!

A Few Quick Ones

I just have a few things to post. Nathan and I are heading out to Pennsylvania this weekend and you know how I like to at least be caught up BEFORE a trip! Because I know I will have a ton to go through after :) Prayers for our trip would be appreciated. I'm not looking forward to the "trip" part of it without Matt. Here goes a 3.5 hour and 4.5 hour (on the way back) with a lap child! I just keep telling myself that it will be all over once it's over. And I will have survived...so will the other people on the plane! Hoping for a very empty plane where they let me bring his car seat on because he will be guaranteed his own seat. Then, if it goes like the trip back from Indy, he would sleep!!! I'm still reserving the right to cancel or postpone the trip...so we'll see how we're feeling Saturday morning! :) But there is one little boy who has TWO soccer games while we would be home...and I'd really like to watch him play!

Anyway, here's a picture of the framed pics of Nathan on our living room walls!

I really love how they turned out. It's a nice clean look.

Sorry for the weird angles, I was trying to prevent glare on the pictures.


And one over here:

It looks way too small for this area in the picture, but it looks good in person!

Another view, with glare!


We got a little bit of snow this weekend. (I do mean a little because it is all gone already!) So Matt went out to try out his "free" blower that came with his weed eater from Home Depot. Nathan of course, had to join him!


The blower wasn't too powerful as we expected. I mean come on, it WAS free! Nathan was still entertained!




Nathan likes wearing daddy's head lamp. I was trying to take a quick picture but Matt mentioned the word "basement". All interest in pictures was down the tubes. Here he is running for Matt to pick him up so he can go to the basement.


Good times are had down here!

Matt and I were taking some measurements and looking around. Once we know more of what we are keeping for the house and not keeping, we are anxious to organize and get rid of a lot of things in our basement! We were talking about shelving options as well. Nathan was pretty content to play close to us :)

Matt captured Nathan's light with his pj's hiked up and his slippers on. He's too cute. He didn't change out of his PJ's all day! Oops. He wore them under his coat and sweats to go outside with daddy and to Home Depot, Lowe's and Target with both of us! After his bath before bed I did at least put him in some fresh Pajamas!




More with the light.



I still need to take an iron to the ottoman cover!


A short story about this ottoman He is such a monkey. The other night we had a couple over. I had classes with the guy in college and we ran into him, his wife and their little girl at the mall a few weeks ago! Anyway, Nathan was grunting and groaning and saying "Up! Up!" trying to get on this ottoman while they were over. Matt said, "Nathan, just step up onto the fireplace ledge first and you can get up." Nathan says, "Oh" and proceeds to march over to the ledge, steps up onto it and onto the ottoman. He makes me laugh so much sometimes. He was proud of himself too!

He loves making this face.


He wanted the red light on.

Easter Weekend

On Saturday, we went to the Wagon Trails neighborhood Easter egg hunt.


Note for the future: Don't show up a few minutes late, all the eggs will be gone! Oh well, he picked up a pine cone and put it in his basket and the Easter Bunny took pity on him and gave him TWO eggs!






Showing mommy his goods.




I like this one. It looks like he's telling a secret.


He sees a doggy here.


Trying to find something to give the doggy.










Showing mommy his finds again.


He spotted a dog again in this picture. So he is panting!


I just realized what he is doing!


The nice family with the dog offered to take a family picture.


Pulling out his treasures.


There's that pine cone!



Oooh. Candy inside!


He liked the surprise in the eggs!


We went to our Easter service on Saturday afternoon. Our church ran 3 services on Saturday, and then another 3 on Sunday. We took a few family pics before church.










Heading to church!


Wearing his Easter basket (last year's basket from Nana) on his head!


He's a ham.


Looking at his tray...where did all my food go?

You ate it, Silly! Video of him wearing the basket here.

Later that night Mommy was cleaning the stainless steel appliances. Nathan likes to help with job. He wants me to squirt the Windex on his paper towel.






Got his Easter basket and BRIGHT ugly frog from Grandma Liz ready for Easter morning! (Just kidding, mom, I know I approved it...watch it become his favorite like you said! ha. ha. Grandma Berry: Mom said watch it end up becoming a "Joshua"! :)


So glad I took that picture the night before because I wasn't thinking when I left it sit out for him in the morning. I got up with early bird Nathan on Saturday morning while Matt slept in, so Matt got up with Nathan on Sunday morning while I slept in. So of course when Nathan saw the goods there was no hiding it at that point. Thankfully, my husband is on top of it and took some pictures and a video for me!

He went for the frog right away!

Just his size.



Ridiculously crazy about it.


Oh yeah, Easter basket from Daddy & Mommy :)


Matt thought these capsules that you put in water and they turn into animals would be fun...so we picked them up from the dollar store. However, he said they were a dud!


There was a puzzle and bubbles in there too along with soccer ball and football eggs filled with candy.


And back to the frog...

Looks like he is getting ready to kiss it.

Sure enough!

"Mmmmwaahh!" That's what he says when he kisses these days :)



Time for our Easter breakfast! The men slaving away in the kitchen.


Nathan snacks on strawberries while he stirs the pancake batter.


Ready to eat!





Matt wanted to know why I took a picture of his plate. I said it was more colorful with the salsa.

He said mine was neater. So here's mine.


Nathan likes the orange juice!


Crazy kid. He likes to climb in his toy box to play with his toys. It took him awhile, but he realized that I draped his frog over the lid while he was playing.




On our way out for Nathan's own Easter egg hunt! We thought we needed to make it up to him so we hid a few of his eggs out back :) He wanted to wear Daddy's hat.


Let's go!


Oops! Dropped my basket!


Now where are more eggs?


I don't notice this egg under my basket, but here's a nice orange pellet!


Gotcha!








Needed Daddy's help to get a high one.


Got them all!


Now to admire the goods!


How many more do we have in here?




Getting daddy to open the chocolate for him.


Mommy, open this one!

We had to cut him off. He had a lot left in his basket but he wanted to open and eat every piece of chocolate!

On a walk later. He likes to stop and pick the dandelions...while carrying a big stick.

But I didn't get a picture of the stick. He must have lost it at this point.



Easter sugar cookies after dinner.


What a good Easter.

Happy Easter!

In reading through the Easter story I am reminded of how fortunate we are to be living in a time when Christ's blood became the sacrifice that allowed us direct access to God! Christ's love for us is unfathomable to me. The pain and ridicule he endured on the cross. The way he kept silent while his accusers hurled insults at him...if only I could learn to not be defensive like that. If any one had a good defense...it would have been him! I am so grateful for the salvation granted me through His blood. He has RISEN!