Brance, Lauren & Haddie

Haddie ate her breakfast at the table instead of her high chair this morning like a big girl.  I figured we would need to do some extra vacuuming this morning afterwards, but surprisingly she did very well.  It’s hard for me to believe that my “baby” is now two and hardly baby anymore.  Here are some pictures from this “momentous” event, momentous for me anyway .  Now if I could only get her to use the potty chair consistently…

Haddie had a fun time celebrating her birthday even though she couldn’t walk because of an ankle injury. She’s a brave little girl. Here are a few pictures from her family party.

We’ve had an eventful last few days with Haddie’s first Easter egg hunt at the library on Wed., an egg hunt at our church on Sat., and the Easter service at our church on Sun. She went from egg hunting novice at the first hunt to a pro by the second. Be sure to look for her serious egg hunting stance from the pics taken on Sat. Michelle from our church did the Resurrection eggs with the kids at church before the egg hunt, which was awesome! It really made the real story of Eater come to life for the kids (and the adults too . I also include pictures of Haddie in the Easter dress that Aunt Holly bought for her. Thank you Aunt Holly! I hope you and your families had a blessed Easter too. We have so much to be thankful for in Christ Jesus!

Haddie has gotten the hang of eating many foods without making a mess and others like the grits we had today, well…

Brance was sweet to keep Haddie Friday so that I could have a mommy’s night out. I had a lot of fun spending time with the gals, with the highlights of the evening being the surprise baby shower for my dear friend Lauralee and meeting her cute baby boy. Here are some pics.

My beautiful, sweet mommy turned 50 years old on Valentine’s Day. We had the best time celebrating her birthday together as a family. Brance prepared his famous salmon recipe (which was delicious). Although as yummy as the dinner was (and boy was it good), the best part was that the men cleaned up after dinner and the girls didn’t have to lift a finger! We all had a good laugh when Grandma Ethel was passing out candy. She had given Haddie a book earlier and wasn’t planning on giving her a bag of candy with her being so small. But Haddie doesn’t miss a thing. She looked up at Grandma Ethel with her big blue eyes, put out her hand and said “Haddie”. She saw that everyone else was getting candy and she wanted some too . She is growing up SO fast! Here are a few pictures from the night.