Easter Sunday!

He is Risen! He is Risen indeed!

We had a nice Easter celebration with Heather's entire family. All of Heather's four siblings were able to come...so it was great to have everyone together again! Here are a few pictures from our day...

Grace loved her gift from the Easter bunny :)

Grace and Uncle Roby...

Grace meeting her new second cousin for the first time... Grace with Cousin Noelle...
Hunting for Easter Eggs...

Grace trying to eat the plastic egg...

Swinging at the Park!

Grace loves to swing! :)

Heather's sister and her family from Iowa arrived today. After eating a delicious pizza buffet we headed back to Kim and Chad's house. Noelle and Carson colored Easter eggs...

Perfect time for Grace to take a snooze... :)

We arrived safely in Minnesota late last night. Grace was a wonderful little traveler!! We stayed with Heather's sister Kim, her husband Chad, and their two little guys Carson and Ryan.

Ryan and Kim...

Chad grilling a delicious dinner...
Carson!
Ryan on the move...

Grace!

Grace playing with her cousin Ryan...

Carson showing Grace how the cool toys work...

Two Weeks!

Getting into mommy's books is so much fun...

Call Day is just two weeks away! The call service is the evening of April 22nd. We're looking forward to spending the special day with family and friends!

We're making the eight hour trip to Minnesota tomorrow and will be spending the weekend with Heather's side of the family! We're just hoping for NO SNOW! :)

Diaper Time!

Who needs clothes ??

...when you have a diaper! :)

A Trip to the Zoo

It was another beautiful day in Saint Louis! We had a wonderful afternoon at the zoo. Best of all...it was FREE! :)

Checkin' out those elephants...Nice elephant...
Riding on daddy's shoulders and trying to eat his hair...Hyena...
Backside view...

Checkin' out those fishies...

GRACE! :)

And another...

A little bear...

A chimp!

Our little Monkey!

Ten Months!

Grace is already 10 months old today! Two short months and we will be celebrating her first birthday! Grace is doing great! She crawls around everywhere. She loves to pull herself up and stand up to anything that she can. Her main word is still "daddy" ....but we're working on increasing her vocabulary! :) Next goal: is for Grace to call everything mommy instead of daddy! :)

Grace still has a bit of a cough...so hopefully she'll be completely "bug" free soon!!

Enjoying the Great Outdoors

Us with our cheesy smiles :)
It was a beautiful day in Saint Louis and we're glad it's the weekend! This evening, we took a few pictures before playing a little basketball. (Dave and Grace were both good sports...through Heather's continued picture craziness. :) Tomorrow, we're looking forward to Grace's first trip to the zoo!

April is Here!

The month we've been waiting for...is finally here! Call day is just THREE weeks from today. We can't wait to find out where we will be placed! We're looking forward to a trip to Minnesota to spend time with Heather's side of the family for Easter. The following week, Heather is on spring break and is looking forward to a whole week home with Grace! Then the week after is Call day! Exciting stuff ahead! :)

Grace had a fever on and off since Saturday and was fighting some sort of a bug. Thankfully today she is officially fever free and is getting back to the happy baby that she is! (YAY!) Hopefully that bug is gone for good.