random pics from april so far

derek and Papere with the kids

the kids love Papere's hat

visiting a new baby

both kids loved baby jasper

ezekiel was surprisingly gentle

diedre is loving this!

practicing with a newborn :)

sweet baby

Play Center with our friends

Grandma Roy (my friend Joanna's mom) was nice enough to go down the slide with diedre ALOT since my preg belly would get in the way of the climbing

miles and a new friend race down the slide

Grandma Roy with diedre, then david, and liam slide

Grandma Roy takes both my kiddies down the slide for me!

Ezekiel discovers what its like to be daddy

he would put on the hat and we would ask him a series of questions to which he would nod "yes": Are you Daddy? Are you going to cut a tree down? Are you going to work?

kids "riding in a car" together. today, diedre made seatbelts out of the left-over streamers from derek's birthday decorations.

kids eating their snack today after nap/quiet time. thankfully, diedre's been really good about having a daily quiet time (even when Grandma has stopped by for a visit, she says she has to finish her quiet time first) and ezekiel has been napping splendidly :D

two day visit from my dad

ezekiel is very happy

derek tells me a story

Poppa and ezekiel

15 weeks pregnant

here i am. done the first trimester. still getting sick sometimes...

but finally feeling better all around. my energy level is still low because i'm not getting enough rest during the night with ezekiel's night wakings. i'm really trying to wean him from nursing (update: i had success and his final nursing day was april 2)

family fun day march 26

bouncy castle action shots

ezekiel was fairly unsteady. he really liked it this time but i tried one more and it was too much for him.


family fun day bouncy castle


random cute hug picture from a visit from my mom

Derek & Heather's Combo Parties - March 22

Hayward Lake trail walk

the kids play on the heap of gravel

the whole group

toddlers exploring the creeks

ezekiel standing up tall

jumping to daddy

david and miles play on the bendy tree

diedre hangs from the tree

zeke brushes himself off

Family Birthday Dinner at Gagne Grandparents

uncle derek getting wrestled

cake with lights

the birthday man and lady getting ready to eat the cake mom & i made (its a derek favorite: angel food cake, with a moat cut out, filled with pudding, then the top put back on and the whole thing gets covered in coolwhip).

fun firsts

diedre and i (b/c i happened to be the sunday school teacher that month) are singing song for the church, we're the two at the far right.

castle fun park

diedre got to ride some amusement rides

ezekiel in a fancy car

diedre riding a donkey

kids play elmo's keyboard computer game

did they ever love it!

Derek's 32nd Birthday - March 13

receiving some shirts that diedre picked out

reading my card

Off to Diedre's final swim lesson:

going to the wall

"motorboat, motorboat" game

assisted backfloat

i think these backfloat pictures are funny because she looks more like she's doing synchronized swimming. she was so shy of this teacher it took her 3 out of 8 lessons to get comfortable enough to partake in the class. she just doesnt trust enough to rest on his shoulder for the backfloat.

kids are randomly playing, teacher looks a little upset...

getting ready for a boat ride

enjoying the boat ride very much

cute expression on her little face

daddy and ezekiel on the slide

Birthday Dinner at Pizza Hut a Derek tradition

poor zeke didnt last during the car ride to the restaurant

daddy and his princess

very fancy birthday cake (mccain deep n' delicious). i was planning to make a proper cake for our family party a few days later.

very silly child...

very happy, he has a trick to share...

he can suck on his own toe