Happy birthday Ernie and James finally

Tonight we finally celebrated James' and Ernie's birthdays (from mid February). It took us that long to pick a night where everyone was free, but we didn't give up on it. We met at Rue de Jean and had a great time together. Lily was wonderful during the 2 hour dinner and even gave out some rare cuddles. I have to share what she ate because I'm always amazed at what this child can put away: half a hamburger, 7 strawberries, 1/2 cup of blueberries, french fries, bread and some of my soup. Her belly is about as big as mine now.

Three generations of Weatherholtz men.

When we got home, Lily started hamming it up so I tried to catch some of it on video. She sang her ABC's the whole way through. I first heard her do it earlier this week on the monitor. Of course, she wouldn't do it for the camera, but the mistakes are cuter. Sorry if I'm getting a little carried away with the videos, but my family in Chapin doesn't get to see Lily as much, so I'm hoping they can enjoy these videos.

Snow Angels in March

Caroline and the girls came over to spend the morning and join Lily and I for lunch. After lunch, Caroline and I were cleaning the kitchen and enjoying a little bit of quiet while the girls were upstairs playing (or so we thought). The quiet should have clued us in. I walked into my bathroom to discover that Abigail and Margaret Anne had emptied a large box of packing peanuts and were very enthusiastically making snow angels. Who would have thought: snow angels in my bathroom in the middle of March!

Eating Easter Eggs

Lily decided she didn't want to hunt eggs anymore, she wanted to eat them. Sorry if this is a little gross, but I thought it was too cute not to share.

Happy Easter

This has a wonderful Easter weekend. We started it out yesterday with yet another Easter egg hunt. A friend from James' work invited us to an Easter egg hunt and brunch at their home. We had a great time, and Lily honed her hunting skills even more. These eggs were actually hidden, and you had to be fast before the bigger kids found all the eggs. I discovered a nifty little trick, though. When Lily wasn't looking, I grabbed an egg from her basket, tossed it on the ground, and said, "look, Lily, another egg." We were able to hunt for quite a long time. Unfortunately, my camera battery died on the first shot, so I don't have any pictures from this event.

Easter morning was a lot of fun for us (the parents) this year. When we got Lily out of her crib this morning and asked her who came last night, she said, "Bunny Rabbit," then clarified with "Easter Rabbit." We headed downstairs to see what the "Easter Rabbit" brought.

Lots of new "prises"

"Do you like my new apron?"

Time to find MORE eggs.

Lily's so good at hunting eggs now, she can do it with her eyes closed.

Too easy

So much for finding them, let's eat them.

We have a pretty funny video of her eating this egg, that I will try to post later. Blogger isn't cooperating at the moment.

Lily loves to water the plants with her daddy, so the Easter Bunny brought her her own watering can.

The lighting isn't the best, but notice two feet clearing the floor. I think Lily can officially jump.

Happy Easter Margaret Anne

Enjoying breakfast at church with the Clums, Cranes, and Reindollars. The Reindollars (with children in middle and high school) were brave to join our table full of toddlers.

Our attempt at a family picture.

Mommy and Lily

After church, we joined James' family for lunch, then headed home for a relaxing afternoon together. God has richly blessed our lives, and for this I am truly thankul. May God bless each of you as well.

Happy Easter

Love, James, Taryn, Lily, and Baby Sister.

School Easter Egg Hunt

Lily is becoming quite the Easter egg hunter. Yesterday she had another hunt at her school, and this girl gets down to business. She came out the door very excited and immediately started putting eggs in her basket. After the hunt, we had a small picnic on the playground. I really enjoyed getting to know some of the other children and mothers in her class. I am very thankful that we were able to start her in school. She still isn't overly excited about it, but is getting better with drop off and has a good time while she is there. It's amazing to see how the separation anxiety has developed over the last few weeks as a result of starting school. She screams now when we take her to church nursery, and I have yet to be able to go to the bathroom by myself in a restaurant. This just goes to show you to be careful what you wish for. I've always said that Lily is very independent and not at all a Mamma's girl. Well, now I've got my Mamma's girl now. I'm trying to appreciate it while it lasts, but it would be nice to potty by myself every now and then. I know this is yet another phase and, this too, will pass. She will once again eagerly say "bye-bye Mommy" as I am leaving.










And yes, we were still playing with our eggs at bathtime.

Congratulations Karen and Pual

Congratulations Karen and Paul on your pregnancy. After many years of stuggling with infertility, our dear friends Karen and Pual from Iowa are expecting. I have had to keep quiet for a few weeks now, and I've been busting to yell CONGRATS!

I know you will be amazing parents. Lily Bean just adores you both, and still talks about Paul and Karen.

I'm going on record now saying that its going to be a girl.

First Annual Easter Egg Party

I am all about tradition, so I started a tradition this year with our "extended family" (the Cranes, Clums, Smiths, and O'Bradoviches) of dyeing Easter eggs. We got messy and had a great time doing it. The kids made some great eggs and had fun playing together for the afternoon.







Notice all of Lily's eggs are orange - that's my girl.

Abut half way through, someone mentioned that the dye didn't come out of clothes. That is why Lily is finishing up in the buff.


I wonder which is messier: dyeing eggs or mealtime.

The kids hunting for eggs in the backyard. They weren't racing to find them because I told them they were empty eggs. Who ever heard of empty eggs?