A Tennessee Easter...

For Easter this year, we packed up the family and went to visit some really good friends in Cunningham, TN.

On the way up we stopped for lunch at Krystal and had a picnic outside. It was Emerson's first real (over 3 hours) roadtrip, so we wanted it to be really special. :)

Within about 5 minutes of our arrival Griffin mastered driving this speed machine! He LOVED it and was cracking us up riding countless laps in the driveway.

Emerson was all tuckered out from playing with all of Ava Claire's fun toys.

We even had an Easter egg hunt in the front yard. Griffin would pick up the egg and open it before putting it in his basket as if he wanted to first approve the stuffing ... haha!

The Easter bunny found us!!

And last but not least, here we are all pretty'd up for church.

Oh, and Emerson decided to make some milestones while we were up visiting with Travis and Adrienne, too. She has cut her first two teeth and she also pulled up for the first time on a toy basket.

Happy Easter to all!!

March in a nutshell

Well, March is a blur, but I wanted to get some pictures on the blog to atleast document that we survived...
It was a month of ear infections, bronchialitis, colds, sinus infections, hives and more... we have been slightly busy to say the very least. It all started with Griffin and a terrible case of croup and it all ended with us finding out that Emerson (while being treated for her third ear infection) is allergic to penicillin. Rough.
We did have some fun here and there, so I wanted to share these pictures to prove it. And remind ourselves. :)
OK, here goes...

Tunes and Balloons! We took a day trip down to Macon for a little Cherry Blossom fun.

Papa took a ride up with Bennett and Carson

Pic-nickin' with the kiddos.

We also caught the first game of Bennett's Wee Ball season while we were in Macon. Griffin was only slightly jealous that Bennett got to play.

Griffin and Gray enjoying their Ring Pops at the ball field.

We also took a weekend trip to Chattanooga for a little family fun.
Both mornings we took a walk down towards the river to have breakfast outside, we visited with some good friends and we even took Griffin for a walk in the woods to see a "waterfall." Here's a pic from our hike at Cloudland Canyon.

Isn't she lovely? This pic is pre-hives. She was covered from head to toe, but now she is as good as new!

What is it with boys and fire? This picture was probably taken sometime in Feb, but isn't it cute?

Bets and Papa showing some love to Emerson.

Best Daddy in the whole wide world.

One night in February, we decided to fire up the fireplace in the backyard one more time this year and roast hotdogs and marshmallows for dinner. Griffin loved it and we were able to spend some quality family time outside.

Griffin is obsessed with the movie the Jungle Book these days and goes on and on singing "Berry berry cessities..." (Bare Necessities) It is soooo stinkin' cute! Here is a shot of his "Mowgli face" from when Baloo is teaching him how to growl.

Can't remember exactly when this visit took place... it may have even been January. But the picture is so good, I had to share!

Blake got the most exercise of the day during our hike at Cloudland Canyon.

Griffin LOVED walking in the woods, looking at the "waterfalls" and eating lunch on the trail.

Nice looking family if you ask me :)

This picture pretty much sums up the end of February and much of March for us. :( This is Emerson's nebulizer in use.