Easter

We had such a great Easter weekend. My mom and Chris got to stay with us so it was a lot of fun! On Saturday, we started the day off with Shipley's donuts and kolaches. We hung out all morning playing with Arden and opening some Easter gifts. After lunch, the girls went shopping and the boys headed to the driving range to hit some balls. After we were shopped out, the girls headed back to the house to pick up Ryan and Chris and head to our favorite Mexican restaurant for dinner. We all ate way too much, but that is what it is all about!

 

On Easter Sunday we went to the 9:00am Easter service at the same church that Ryan and I got married. The Easter sermon is always my favorite. I never get tired of hearing the story of Jesus's death and resurrection. Beautiful! This year, Easter fell on my dad's birthday, so it was a day of remembering and celebrating his life too!

In our Sunday best

After Church we headed back to the house and my mom and Chris said their goodbyes before heading back to New Orleans. We enjoyed their visit!


We had Ryan's family over for Easter dinner, so we stared getting the meal ready. We cooked a Honeybaked Ham, green beans with almonds, home style mac and cheese, salad, and french bread. Meem brought her famous potato salad and Susan brought a delicious strawberry cream cheese desert! It was all so yummy.

Arden's outfit that her Grandparents (Ryan's parents) bought for her

After dinner we opened Arden's Easter baskets. She is so spoiled and got so much from the Eater bunny this year.

Arden with all of her Easter gifts!

After everyone left, Ryan, Arden, TJ, and I decided to go on a walk. It was so nice outside and I was feeling pretty huge after eating such a big meal. We walked to one of the nicer sections of our neighborhood for a change of scenery. It is so funny but every time we walk by some of the nicer houses, TJ always tries to go up to their front door. He pulls his leash so hard that sometimes he chokes himself. We think he is trying to tell us something...."I want to live here!" Keep dreaming TJ.

TJ and his dream house

We enjoyed the visit with all of our family this year and are blessed to have Arden with us to share all of these great memories!

Good Friday

On Good Friday we had family over for dinner and to hang out.


My mom and Chris drove in from New Orleans to spend Easter with us. My cousin Dennis and his family were also in town from New Orleans looking at houses. We were thrilled to hear that they are moving to Houston this summer. I got to meet their newest addition Gavin who is 5 and a half weeks old. He is so precious and it was fun getting Arden and Gavin together since they are so close in age. 


We also had my Aunt Nancy, Uncle Glenn, and Meredith over. They only had to drive 15 minutes instead of the 6 hours that my mom and the Caraway's drove.

April Fun!

Hanging out outside with her Gee Parents while the boys were boiling crawfish.

 

Her first playdate that she actually knew what was going on. She loved it! 

 

 Ready to go to Ivan and Bree's Crawfish Boil!

 

 PJ's are so comfie!

 

Pretty Princess

Look Who's 2 Months Old!

Happy 2 month birthday!

Arden is 2 months old! I can not believe that just two months ago we were taking home our 4lbs. 5oz. fragile little baby because now she is a sturdy.....9lbs. 4oz. We are loving each day with her and enjoying watching her grow.

Here are some highlights:

• Weight-9lbs. 4oz. (12th percentile)
• Height- 1'  8.75" (3.7th percentile)
• She drinks 5oz. every 3.5-4.5 hours
• Arden is starting to smile!
• She loves playing on her activity mat (especially staring and swinging at the yellow ball)
• Arden is still loving her baths
• She will find me in a room. What can I say....she loves staring at her mama!
• She is now sleeping 5-6 hour stretches at night
• She can hold her head up 45 degrees

Arden's 7 week photo shoot

We took Arden back to the same photographer for a mini session. It was a 15 minute shoot and we only got 3 pictures. So, here she is at 7 weeks...

Easter Themed Picture!

Arden's Garden Themed Nursery

Here are some pictures of Arden in her nursery. We decorated her nursery with birds and flowers, so I call it, "Arden's Garden". I didn't quite finish her nursery by the time she was born but finally have it pretty close to finished now.