Spring Fun - Park and Zoo days

This is always such a fun time of year full of park playdates, bike riding and lots of other outdoor play.  Over spring break we spent a fun day with sweet friends Abigail & Preston and I was able to catch some of it with my camera.  They always have such a great time together and I pray they will always stay close friends! 

Last week we took a trip to the Forth Worth Zoo since we visited the Dallas Zoo last year.  We all enjoyed it so much; especially Keegan.  He was in awe of the monkeys and asked for "more monkeys" at almost every stop.  The kids were best friends that day, laughing and holding hands without being asked.  It was a sweet day!

Easter 2013 & Spring Soccer

I am so behind but I'm going to try and catch up on this cold and rainy day!  Easter was very relaxing this year; just a simple time of worship and family and good food.  Here are some pics of Easter 2013.....

Ready for Church!

Family Pic

Easter Egg Hunt.....

Keegan found it was much easier to take from Ava's basket :-)

Ava started spring soccer a couple of weeks ago. 

Here she is before her first practice with Coach Jeff...

We had our first game on Saturday and our team was great!  The four girls on our team scored almost every goal.  Ava scored twice and she was beyond excited both times.  It's going to be a fun season :-)

Keegan's Birthday

We had a fun day celebrating our little man's birthday on Thursday!  The weather was so beautiful all day.  We talked about going to the zoo but we decided to avoid the spring break crowds and plan our zoo trip in a couple of weeks.  We started our morning with cinnamon rolls and presents from Mommy, Daddy & Sissy. We headed to the park, went out for lunch, then back home to get ready for Keegan's Mickey party. 

We celebrated with pizza, cake, ice cream and all of our family--Keegan's favorite foods and 10 favorite people :)  A mom of one of Ava's soccer teammates made the cutest Mickey cake and Keegan was so excited!  We had a fun time celebrating and I think our little guy felt very loved.  I still can't believe my youngest is two!  Where are the years going? 
Here are some pics of our fun night!

2 Years Old

Keegan Reese you are 2 years old today!  You have been so excited about turning two this month.  You sing the happy birthday song around the house and you are quick to tell others that you are "Two!" 

You have grown up so much the last three months.  You have really started talking and some days I think that you must say "Momma..." at least five hundred times to get my attention.  You get so excited when you try something and when you complete the task you yell "I did it!" all the time.  You are saying new things every day and we all get so excited about it.  Yesterday Ava yelled to me from the living room that you called her "silly" for the first time.  And you clapped and told your daddy "good job!" when he hit the ball off the tee last week.  We get so excited watching you learn and do new things and you are constantly cracking us up!

You don't hate going to church anymore.  In fact, Sunday was your 8th stay in the nursery without Mommy and Daddy getting paged!  I watched from outside your classroom last week as you played with the other kids and sang "I love to pat the Bible" and tears quickly came to me.  We always knew it would just take time but we are rejoicing that you enjoy your time in God's house now.  It was tough for a while!

We are still watching your little personality develop.  You are quiet and solemn the first thirty minutes we go somewhere and then you warm up and come alive.  You can be such a little ham but you always need time to check out your surroundings first.  My favorite thing to do with you is music and movement story time at our library.  I've watched you evolve from sitting and staring to now singing, dancing and drumming and I love when I hear you sing the same songs around the house.  I'm not sure why but you always sing "the more we get together" in the bath and it always makes me laugh.

I think the biggest news of all is that you SLEEP!  We have had six blissful months of beautiful, sound, incredible sleep and we are so thankful!  Most nights you don't get up even once.  It only took 18 months but you worth every bit of it.  I feel like I've had double the time with you since we hung out days and nights for so long.

It's hard to believe that I held you for the first time two years ago.  Just like with your sister, it was love at first sight.  You are the perfect addition to our family and we love watching you grow.  We are so thankful for you, proud of you and completely in love with you!  Happy Birthday sweet boy!