My Baby is 3!!

I cannot believe that Brandt is already 3--time certainly does fly! He is all of a sudden such a little grown up too. He's fully potty trained so thats a huge accomplishment! We didn't have a party for him this year because we decided to take him to Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine instead. We ended up just having a small get together with cake and balloons with my parents one night the weekend before Caleb had to leave for work since he wasn't going to be here on Brandt's actual birthday. It was bitter sweet just like all of the holidays have been since Lynda wasn't there to share it with us. She would've been so proud of Brandt. Then at the spur of the moment Lauren decided she was going to come down with Melissa with the boys and stay with us. They ended up getting here on Brandt's birthday so that was fun. The boys had fun playing outside and we even had a picnic at the park. It was so good to see them!

On March 31st we took Brandt to Great Wolf Lodge and I can honestly say I don't think Ive ever seen him have as much fun as he did there! It made my heart smile to see him so happy. Ive never seen a kid go down a water slide that many times! He played in the water for a good 6 hours straight that first day and then for another couple of hours the second day. I wasn't sure if it would be worth the money because I didn't know if he would even like it or not but it was definitely worth every penny! After we left the water park we went and ate at the Rainforest Cafe inside Grapevine Mills and then took him to the Aquarium that was inside the mall. We walked around a little bit more but by that time he was worn smooth out and ended up falling asleep in his stroller! It was a great weekend with my little family!!

Easter 2012

We had kind of a different Easter than normal this year because my mom had total knee replacement surgery last week and just got out of the hospital Friday so she isn't feeling too great. Usually we have a big lunch and then hunt Easter Eggs with Brandt but this year we couldn't do that. And Caleb was gone so it was kind of a bummer. I helped at the check in desk at church so I didn't even get to go to the church service but I was able to take communion after it was over so that was good. Brandt had an Easter party and Egg Hunt at school on Thursday so I went to that and he had a blast. I'm so glad that I serve a risen Savior! "My God's not dead, He's surely alive, He's living on the inside roaring like a lion". That song has been stuck in my head all day.

Progress on our new Home!!

They poured the foundation for our new home at the end of December and things have been moving pretty fast ever since. They just got the cabinets and the interior doors installed this past week. The builder said we should be able to move in by the end of May so I am beyond excited!! We sold our house back in November and were lucky enough to find a nice rent house in a good neighborhood to rent while we were building. Now the end of our lease is here and we are going to move in with my parents until the house is finished to save a little bit of money so that way we won't be paying rent, bills plus the interest on our construction loan. Every time I go out there to look at our new home I cannot believe that it's ours..that Im actually going to get to live there--its so surreal! We are so blessed. I can't wait until it's finished to have everyone over!