Beauty

In the last 10 days Brian has been home for exactly 27 hours.  Last week it was raining, I was out of ideas and I was tired.  Georgia kept asking, "what are we going to do now????"  In that moment I thought of a great idea, one where she would be busy and I would be sitting down and occasionally closing my eyes.. it was perfect!  This was the result...

A very proud make-up artist

 She said I was ready for the parade... the clown parade I think

The Hello Kitty clip was a nice finishing touch

Happy Easter!

We had a great Easter, celebrating throughout the day with friends and family and both kids went on their first Easter egg hunt!

The Easter Bunny left some surprises

 Leo liked his little dog

 Georgia & Nevaeh ready for the Easter egg hunt!

 My little bunnies

 The Deckon Family

 Georgia, Leo, Ryker, Nevaeh

 

  Blake showing Leo all about the tractor

Springtime Fun

We have been busy, between Georgia's growing list of activities and Leo's speed I'm going all day and fall into bed at night, exhausted and happy.  Having a life where we can do what we choose and watching both kids learn and discover new things is pretty incredible, there's not a day that goes by that I don't recognize this.  Of course this doesn't mean I don't have my moments where I want to pull my hair out or shed a tear when I think of how little sleep I've had in the last several years but I always come back to being grateful.
Luckily the lack of posts has nothing to do with lack of fun, here are a bunch of pictures and videos of the latest with Georgia and Leo...

First off, Georgia has been growing! This isn't a great picture but she has grown as much

 between February and March as she did between November and February!

 Leo has been hard at work doing some building.. clothing optional

 Leo and Georgia have been enjoying Leo's new watertable... 

warm weather not required

 60 degrees shirt off guy 

The kids have been loving the new wagon Grammy & Grandpa gave Leo for his birthday

  I love these two!! 

Swinging serious business

Over spring break we took a quick trip to Arizona to see Nana and Bawdy.  It was really special to see Great Grandma Betty, this was Leo's first time meeting her, Georgia hadn't seen her since she was three months old.  We also got to catch up with some of Brian's cousins and aunts and uncles.  The trip was too fast but well worth it.

Arizona sun brought on some pool time!

Roaming free

Brian took Georgia up for some spring skiing a few weeks ago, she has continued to gain skills and speed.  When Brian told her to slow down, she said, "dad, I like to go fast!"

Leo is also gaining speed, he walks most of the time now..

Ballerina

When Georgia was two and a half I signed her up for ballet, I was so nervous and we only ended up attending a couple of classes as she was still coming off of immune suppression.
She recently expressed interest in trying ballet again so I said I'd look into it.  I asked around and found a great ballet studio that she now loves!  Georgia does not like to wear her hair back but each week she willingly lets me put it back, gets into her ballet gear and is thrilled to go to class.

Here are some of the old and new pictures of my little ballerina...

Walker

Just in the last week or so, Leo has gone from mostly crawling to mostly walking.  He is so proud of his new mobility and it has been so fun to watch this development.  This kid is going to give me a run for my money, the other day he was standing in his kid chair and when I told him to sit down, he smiled, sat down then let out a mischievous laugh, almost saying, this is nothing mom, you just wait!

Haircut

A couple of days ago Leo had his first haircut.  I'd been wanting to get it cut for a while but didn't think his hair warranted a $25 trim.  For Georgia, I called, made an appointment, there was a kids horse or tractor chair and she played with toys.  After her first trim there were sparkles and fancy braids.. and we happily paid the $25.  For Leo, I'd heard about a good (cheap) place down the street, we stopped in, he sat on my lap, had a quick trim and paid $8.  I can't decide which is a bigger factor, being a boy or a second child. I'm not sure who seemed more nervous, Leo or the guy trying hard to do a good job on a baby.  All of a sudden my baby boy now looks like a little boy, I didn't know he could get even cuter!