Photographer

I keep my camera in the end table in our living room. Nicholas often gets it out and takes random pictures.
There are always pictures of his toys...
and our house...

and whatever else he thinks looks interesting....

He always takes pictures of the tv...

Every once in a great while, he actually takes a picture worth keeping!

Super Hero!

Nicholas is so excited (and I am too)! As a reward for pooping on the potty, he got his very own super hero outfit.
He loves 'flying' around the house. I tell him that he can run so much faster now since he doesn't wear diapers.

My little boy is growing up (sigh)!

Lions and tigers and BEARS!

Mike bought a trail camera (I think that's what it's called). Anyway, it is a motion-activated camera that mounts to a tree. He put it on a tree at our farmhouse... We got lots of pictures of squirrels, groundhogs, birds, and even deer. However, I wasn't expecting this picture:

BEAR!!!

Yikes!

He's a big kid!

It's official!
We no longer have a little boy at our house. Overnight, our little boy grew into a big kid! Two days ago, we said goodbye to diapers!! Can you believe it?
Nicholas says, "Mommy, are you so exciting?" (That's not a typo - He says 'exciting' instead of 'excited' - how cute!)

Easter Weekend

We had lots of fun Easter weekend with friends and family. Unfortunately, I didn't take pictures at all the events (I'm such a bad mother!)

Saturday morning, we went to a puppet show and egg hunt at our friends' church. Nicholas gets so excited when we meet up with Christian and McKenna. He loved the puppet show... he still talks about the puppets with the 'crazy hair'!

On Saturday evening, we hosted my extended family for Easter dinner. Don't worry... I didn't have to cook anything (everyone brought something). I was just in charge of buying cole slaw! I did catch a couple of pictures of the egg hunt (#3 for Nicholas)

Ella with her mommy

Jay David

After church on Sunday, we went to Mike's parents' house for dinner. I did have to cook for this get-together... but only macaroni and cheese - I can handle that!

Of course there was another egg hunt (#4 for Nicholas)!

Reagan (sleeping through the egg hunt) with Aunt Linda

I really tried to teach Nicholas about Easter this year. He knows that it is a special day and that Jesus died on the cross. I'm not sure if he actually understands what that means. In fact, I'm nearly certain that he doesn't understand. It's so easy (and fun) for us to focus on Easter bunnies and egg hunts. Trying to find that balance...