Easter 2013

Better late than never...... Easter 2013 was so great. Both Matty and Benji totaly "got" the whole eggie hunt thing. At first Matthew wasn't sure, but after a little help from MaMa, DaDa and Bubba- he was on a roll, running around and finding eggs everywhere. We then went to Auntie CaCa and Uncle Kirks house for an amazing brunch and some awesome news. Baby number two was on the way!! Here are some pictures of our day.

 Grandma and her big boy

 PaPa and his boys

 Mama and baby :-)

 Sisters (plus bambino)

 My Boys

 My Three Boys

 Easter Family Photo Time

Everyone is getting ready for the shot, instead of saying cheese, Kirk says "Erica's Pregnant!"



 Everyone is surprised (except for the dogs)

Everyone finially gets the "joke"

 Mom might be a little excited

 Chocolate eggies anyone?

 Mouth was full the entire day

 Second eggie hunt of the day

 He's got it down now!

 Cheese

Happy Easter!!

Christmas

Christmas 2012 was awesome!
First Christmas where all three boys could really enjoy the holiday season. Matthew loved the Christmas lights and would say "Wooooooo" everytime we turned on the tree or went outside. Benjamin had the great idea to light up the trees in the front yard so that he could "swing under the lights every night" (which we did, almost every night of December we had ot swing under the lights, Matthew even fell asleep a few times in his swing) We had a lot of fun getting ready for Christmas, we made our first Christmas Train with snow and a skating rink, we decorated the house with snowflakes, and made our own magic snowman. Benji had so much fun buying presents for Gabriel and Matthew, but the suspense on gift giving was almost too much- everyday he wanted to bring the gifts to Gabriel's house so they could play! We spent a lot of time with family, went on a Christmas light tour, went to see Santa at the mall twice, and made gingerbread cookies for Santa's reindeer. Benji got a Trek Big Boy Bike that made his face light up. He also got a Bubble Leafblower, Tool Bench, Fender Electric guitar, BarBQue Set and a jellybean gumball machine (although he keeps mentioning that he told santa he wanted a gumball machine that made the gumballs spiral down, opps) Matthew got the cutest little drum set, a little tykes red and yellow "coupe" that he got in and out of at least 200 times the first day, a Red Rider scooter, cute books and trucks and a Webble Wobble Ferris Wheel :-) Fun time was had by all!

Spooky!

Benji wanted to be an Alligator for Halloween (for some reason) but we looked and looked and could only come up with a dragon costume. When we found the perfect "Little Monster" costume for Matthew (complete with padded belly to make him look fat :-) Benji said he wanted to be a monster too..... Only problem was they looked very much alike and when we got seperated during Trick or Treating, everyone thought that Benji was trying to "double dip" so they were giving him less candy (not that we needed more)
Gabriel was the cutest little boxer, complete with black eye....
They all had so much fun.

By the time Matty was done with his third lollipop, his hands were so sticky that he couldn't let go of his candy bucket if he wanted to.