A Miracle Baby!

Noah Christopher - 1lb. 14oz. 14 in.

Congratulations to our good friends, Josh, Crissie, and Aaron Estes, and grandparents Dennis and Brenda Estes, on the addition of another baby boy to their family! Noah Christopher was born Saturday night at OSU Hospital in Columbus. He was born at 27 weeks, and was 1lb. 14 oz. and 14 in. Crissie is such a strong person, having Lupus and the struggles that she faces with that condition. She definitely beat the odds, and they now have two beautiful baby boys. Little Noah seems to be striving, even at his young entrance into the world. God has definitely answered prayer, and we are very thankful!

Family...

Isaiah loved the plastic eggs

He also enjoyed Kaitlynn's books

Evan and Isaiah

More fun with the eggs

Ryan and Isaiah

Saying goodbye (in the snow, of course!)

Last Saturday it was a lot of fun to spend some time with Mike and Beth Dickinson, and their baby, Isaiah. We had a great time, and really enjoyed seeing them again. Since they only live about 40 min. away, there isn't much excuse for our infrequent visits, but life gets busy for everyone. Thanks, Mike and Beth, for coming up and spending time with us! We'll do it again soon.

Happy Easter!

We waited until Monday morning to give them our baskets!

One happy gal with lots of sugar!

Kaitlynn enjoying her basket from mama and papa...my favorites were the toothbrush and toothpaste!

Evan opening mama and papa's bag

Ryan with his bag from mama and papa

Evan opening Adam and Valerie's basket

Kaitlynn opening her basket from Adam and Valerie

Ryan with his basket from Adam and Valerie

Shake those eggs!

Kaitlynn wearing her odd and unique hairpiece that I worked on until 11p.m. Saturday night

Tired out!

Kaitlynn with two of her little friends, Emilee and Karys

The smiles have now become a little fake...

There, that's much better!

Kaitlynn said, "I wanna look like an angel." I think she did!

What a sweetie!

Our home on Christmas, I mean, Easter Sunday :)

Easter Sunday was a wonderful day with friends and family, and way too much sugar for my kids. We had a wonderful dinner with two meats, spiral ham (closely resembling Honeybaked)and turkey with all of the trimmings. I tease my mom about serving so many dishes in one meal. I think their table extends to 12 feet, and every inch is usually full. Anyway, it was delicious, as usual. Friends, Clint Underwood and his daughter Kimberly, ate with us as well as my Grandma's Yount and Nichols, and Adam and Valerie. Our kids were abundantly blessed with way too much candy and other assorted necessary stuff from their grandparents, aunt, and uncle. One of their favorites were the chocolate straws, which turn your white milk into chocolate milk as you drink. They really work, and according to Greg, taste great. All in all, it was a blessed time of focusing on one blessed fact: He Is Risen!

Easter Egg Hunt

A couple of weeks ago, we attended the Annual Easter Egg Hunt at the U.M. church here in our little village. It is a pretty big event for such a small place, and due to recent heavy rain, had to be held indoors. The kids really enjoyed all the activities (icing sugar cookies, watching Veggie Tales, playing games), and the Lion's Club even fed us a nice little hot dog lunch! Kaitlynn wasn't too fond of the Easter Bunny at first, but she did finally allow them to take her picture sitting on my lap w/the bunny. It was a very un-photogenic moment for me, so I'll not post that pic!

Bad blogger, I know...

My apologies for the major lack of posts in the last few days! This week has been rather crazy (Easter usually stresses me out...the clothes, the baskets, the egg hunts...you name it) and I haven't had time to spend with my computer, other than those ungodly assignments I'm doing for school! Hopefully, tomorrow I will be able to update on our happenings and post some nice pics. At this rate, we may be snowed in and I will have plenty of time! This weather is CRAZY! I would have to admit, though, if it were December 24th, this would be the perfect snowfall...large, lazy flakes. Since it has been doing this for the last four days, I am rather tired of the whole snow bit, and more than ready to get on with spring. Imagine...mittens, coats, and hats at IHC..who knows, maybe sleds, too!