From N.Y. to L.A.

We had such a lovely weekend! Yay, the weather is FINALLY cooperating. One of the highlights of the last couple of weeks has been hanging out with my little brother Noel. He is on his way down to L.A. He just moved from Brooklyn, N.Y. where he's lived for the last 7 years. I wish he lived even closer, but at least L.A. isn't a whole days worth of flying. Besides, now I'll have a built in tour guide for areas in California. Noel is one of the BEST cooks on this earth. While he's been visiting I've been spoiled by his amazing meals, great company, and all the laughter he brings in to my life. Not to mention he's an awesome uncle to my kids. He's also signed up to help me paint tomorrow :-) He's pulled my whole family together since he's been here. It's rare that all 4 of my brothers and I get together, so it's been really nice to spend time with them. It was great to see my nieces and nephews as well. The kids loved it too, they have lots of cousins to play with. Hope all of you that live in this neck of the woods have enjoyed the sunshine, & fresh air. We did!

Hopelessly Waiting For Spring

Thought I'd share one of my favorite moments of last spring since it has not yet visited us. Spring is obviously going to arrive LATE this year. Yesterday afternoon Olivia was riding her bike and playing outside. As for today, I had her bundled up in warm clothes and even wrapped a scarf around her while running errands. What's the deal? It was frigid! I'll just pretend that these butterflies are flying around my yard and landing on all my daisies & tulips(which by the way are desperately trying to pop up.) Maybe this just means that we'll have a nice long Indian summer?

Enjoy The Show!

Liv spends time with her Gam on Monday's.  They usually come up with a fun activity/creation.  They talked about putting on a show and I heard them rehearsing something in Liv's bedroom.  Olivia is always singing, especially bible songs.  Here's what they came up with.  I thought it was pretty cute!

My Little Hunk

Nolan just turned 7 months, and this has also gone by way too fast. He's such a sweetheart, but can be a little pistol at times. He got his 1st tooth a couple weeks ago. Shane and I got so excited because it took Olivia 13 months to get her first tooth. I have to admit he's a mamma's boy, so it only makes sense that he says "ma ma" all the time now ;-) It's super cute! His army crawling around the house is hilarious. We get a good laugh when he gets on his all fours and starts rocking back and forth really fast. He's a little mover, one minute he's right in front of me, and the next, getting in to everything. I know this is just the beginning. Time to get baby proofing the house!

My Girl

My sweet Olivia is inching towards 4 years old faster than I'm ready to embrace. Sometimes I wish she was still my little baby girl(we'll, she'll always be, but you catch my drift.) At the same time, I love watching her grow in to such a delightful young girl. Although she's got lots of "spice" too. I've always heard boys are harder to raise, and so far, I don't believe that. Nolan is much more "easy breezy," as my friend D would say. Liv keeps me on my toes, and picks out what she'd like me to wear each day, no joke. She also picks out her own clothes, dresses herself, and is in to flat ironing her hair right now. Right, and she also reminds me if I'm having a bad hair day. She'll say "mom, go look at your hair, it's bad." or "what is your hair doing?" I don't remember doing these things at 3 1/2. Seems like we've got a little fashion diva on our hands.

Here We Go!

This is my first attempt at blogging. My Dear friend Laura has inspired me to give this a shot. I'm not real savvy at this yet so bare with me. I'll have the most recent family pictures & music uploaded soon, so stay tuned. Which reminds me, for some reason my music isn't playing continuously so if you want to listen you might have to click on the arrow. Hope you enjoy it!