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Sunday, April 24, 2011

Happy Easter 2011

What a wonderful Easter Sunday!

The day started with a visit from the Easter Bunny, who brought a long awaited (by Mommy anyway) table and chairs for Lyla. Her first word when we came down the stairs this morning was “Goby” (Lyla for Broby, her favorite Yo Gabba Gabba character) when she saw the book on her new table. 094

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Lyla loves her new chairs. She refused to get down when she got to sit in the chair, and it took her all of an hour to figure out how to climb on the chairs and table unassisted. 097

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After a nice nap, Lyla got to go to Nan & Nonnie’s for Easter Sunday with her cousins. It was a great day – she had so much fun with Isa and Blaire. Here she is with Isa in Nan’s tent she set up in the living room for the girls:

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Sweet Isabella: 136

And, playing with Blaire was another highlight of her day. They looked at books together, although Lyla wasn’t as willing to share as this picture probably indicates: 156

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Lyla enjoyed playing with Isa’s sunglasses: 149

Her most favorite activity of the day was going outside with Daddy. In fact, she refused to eat her Easter dinner, instead demanding to go “..side” . She loves playing in the waterfall out back: 165

With the turtle: 170

The girls enjoyed an indoor Easter egg hunt: 178177

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Lyla was particularly fond of an apple sauce “drink” from Aunt Beccs and Uncle Kip. She loved it so much, in fact, that she tried to pirate the other girls’ drinks as well.

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We’re all so very blessed. Happy Easter.

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Foundation!

Our House is moving along – they’ve laid the foundation and we’re starting to be able to discern where the rooms will be. Today, we went and visited with Lyla – she loves going to “The House” and usually has a breakdown when we get in the car to leave. Here she is with Daddy in front of the house: 005

Here’s the house from the front:

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Here are Lyla walking around in what will become our finished basement:

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Daddy has introduced Lyla to her most favorite thing to do when we visit The House – throwing rocks into mud puddles over the concrete wall. She could do it for hours and be completely happy:

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Here Lance is getting ready to take a walk in his new backyard:

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We love visiting our new neighborhood – today, we were happy to meet our next door neighbors, Jennifer, Lucas & Laura. The kids had a great time with Lyla, and she loves their “doggie” Rosie, who is more her size than our current neighbors’ dogs.