Just a little news..

I met my goal weight this week! Yay!

We have been really busy and preoccupied recently. Sorry no new pics. Maybe things will be better over the next couple of weeks. Nothing new going on with us. Makayla is definitely developing a personality. She is a girl that definitely knows what she wants and lets us know about it when she does not get her way. Anyway. We are still here but very busy.

I have a new rule though. No traveling until Memorial Day.

Egg Dyeing adjusted

Due to Makayla's allergies we could not dye easter eggs, so we decided upon another family tradition. We will decorate easter egg shaped sugar cookies each year. If at some point we do get eggs back we will dye eggs in addition to our cookie tradition.

Makayla helped with the sprinkles.

Made a big mess...

and she still looked pretty! This picture really shows off her big, brown eyes.

Another comfy outfit

Thanks Aunt Connie for the outfits!

I just had to post this pic because it doesn't look like Makayla much at all. I mean it is her so obviously it looks like her, but it just doesn't portray her personality at all. She is not really a stare at the camera type of girl. These days she just chooses not to look at the camera at all most of the time. She does love that doodlepro though. That girl could play with that thing all day.

Whew!

We have been super busy over the past couple of months. It is amazing when I think about all of the things that we have been doing. I try to remember all of the traveling that we have done since February, but I just keep remembering things. It just seems like we can't get a break and just stay home with nothing to do. We did get a break last week, but we were all 3 sick. That made the break much less enjoyable because we didn't go anywhere all weekend except to a restaurant really quick because I didn't have the energy to cook. Makayla is better, but Nathan and I still have a little cough. We will be here next weekend, but we have to go out of town again the weekend after that! When will it end??? I think that I am going to have to put an end to it soon because I am so tired of traveling. The sad part is that we aren't traveling for fun most of the time. These trips are just visits with people.

I am just worn out because it is impossible to keep up with household responsibilities when you are out of town for 3 weeks in a row with no break in between the trips. It will take me weeks to get our house back in order again. Ugh! I did get laundry done on Friday in addition to some much needed cleaning. I try to do the cleaning a little bit each day, but I have issues with that soemtimes because I am just so tired at the end of the day. That is life though right? Aren't you supposed to run around in circles all the time.

Anyway I just wanted to give an update.

Happy Easter!

I hope that you have all had a wonderful Easter. We did. This morning we went to church which was great because we have been traveling for what seems like months. Makayla had tons of fun in the nursery with the other kiddos. The easter bunny also visited our house and left some goodies.

I am so glad that we decided to hunt eggs yesterday because our weather today leaves something to be desired. This rainy and severe weather (that means that it is tornado weather for those of you that are not from around here) really needs to go. I absolutely hate tornado season! I dread the spring every year. I actually find it somewhat hard to believe that I have lived in Arkansas for 26 years and was never actually in one until last year.

Anyway we hunted eggs with the Abbotts yesterday morning and my mom and brother decided last minute that they also wanted to hunt eggs yesterday. Thanks Aunt Connie for all the outfits. They are adorable and look super comfy. (She made her easter outit in the pics.)

St. Louis

We had so much fun on our trip. The weather was not good, so we went to the museum instead of the zoo. Makayla had so much fun, and made a build-a-dino at the museum. Leave it to my daughter to choose a boy dinosaur and throw a fit when we tried to get her to get another one. Good News! She still hugs it and kisses it, so apparently the purple and yellow t-rex was meant to be her friend. The trip was a huge success, and Makayla did great. She was even pretty good in the car. It was great to spend some time with our friends from college. The whole weekend was great. It even snowed before we left.