On Sunday, Brandon had a soccer game and it was too cold to go outside. Christopher found the fingerpaints he got for his birthday and wanted to give it a try. We haven't done it yet because Sophie wasn't wanting to miss out on much of anything and I've been meaning to buy a big roll of paper and keep forgetting. So I dug through my wrapping paper and found a roll of brown packing paper and cut off a big sheet for him to use. We had some shaped sponges from another art pack and he went to town. He loved it! I tried to get him to use his hands, something you think I wouldn't have to help him think of, but as much as our boy likes to play in dirt, he doesn't really care for his hands to get dirty. Odd, I know. (You can blame me for giving him that quality.) He played for about 30 minutes and then was done, but he made some beautiful artwork and we will definitely be pulling this out again soon!

We went to Pop and Grammie's house a few weekends ago and it was the first time the weather was warm and the lake was full and beautiful. Christopher pretty much lived outside and Sophie enjoyed sitting on the porch and riding on the boat. Brandon went to play golf with Burt on Friday and the kids and I played around the house with Grammie. On Saturday, Grammie, Sophie and I went to a baby shower for one of my best friends who is due in May. Sophie was a hit (next to Courtney, of course!) and got lots of attention. Brandon took Christopher to the circus with Burt, Melissa and the boys. He was interested for a little while, but mostly wanted to run around. Maybe he'll enjoy it more when he's older. Sunday was a beautiful day and we had a lot of fun playing outside some more. Christopher and I helped Pop build a little fence for Grammie to keep the dogs out of her flowers. He thought that was cool seeing real tools being used. Later we went for another boat ride and Christopher was very good about wearing his life jacket because it was the only way he could walk around with the dogs. He loved watching the water rush under the front of the boat and the bouey bounce along the side. The boy loves water! A few days earlier he actually got in to wash his feet off with Brandon and decided it was time to go swimming and laughed the whole time! Then he cried all the way to the bathtub because he wasn't ready to get out of the lake. Kids have no concept of "too cold to swim" do they? We also got photos taken of the kids and their trees. Grammie buys a new tree every time she has a new grandchild born, so we had to capture that. Sophie is the only girl, so she got a pink dogwood that is starting to bloom and is just as tiny and pretty as she is. We had a great time and will be back again in a few weeks when we move!

We were going to have Brandon's parents up for Easter since they were unable to come up a few weekends ago for Sophie and Christopher's party, but we decided to head to their house instead. Brandon got off work a day early, so we headed down after lunch on Wednesday and we made almost the entire drive with BOTH kids asleep! Christopher ALWAYS wakes up as soon as we get to Birmingham, no matter where or which direction we are going, so this was a huge surprise to Brandon and I. We went to dinner with Mimi, "PaJohn" and Nana at their regular Wednesday night Mexican restaurant. It was the first time Nana had met Sophie, which was one reason we decided to come to Montgomery. On Thursday Brandon had to head back to Birmingham to take care of some things for graduation and attend Match Day for his class. He had a great time and the kids and I hung out at the house and played with Mimi. After Brandon got home on Friday, he played with Christopher so Mimi and I could take Sophie with us to get pedicures and do a little shopping. Saturday we drove up to the lake to celebrate Pop's 60th birthday. We woke up early Easter Sunday to get ready for early church and it was nice to go back to where Brandon and I met to see and hear the service. We took photos when we got home and it was cold, which Sophie didn't care for and Christopher just wanted his "present", so it was hard to get some good ones, but still fun. After a wonderful lunch, we loaded up in the car and hit the road. We wanted to leave at nap time again since we had so much success on the trip down. It was a great weekend and we were so glad that we got to spend time with our family again.