Easter and other things

Donovan saw this picture and said, "Send that to Grandma Mindy." So here you go, Mom. He's pretty adorable.
I tried really hard to get a picture of Donovan and me, but his foot kept getting in the way.
I guess the fact that I made my bed made it irresistable.

Chamae enjoyed watching her brother's silliness.

His new favorite game is pretending to sleep. He pretends to sleep in the car sometimes so we'll carry him inside. He thinks it's a pretty good trick. I remember doing it a few times when I was little too. I was always so sure my dad really thought I was sleeping, now I know better.

Last Saturday, Donovan and I got to get out of the house together without baby. Brad stayed home to watch El Clasico so we left Chamae with him. A friend from I-dub soccer days was having an Easter egg hunt and invited us. It was really cute, she had snacks and bubbles for the kids to play with before the hunt. Donovan really enjoyed his "snack".

He also enjoyed playing with all the kids. I always worry how he's going to be around other kids because his cousins get annoyed with him sometimes, but they all played well together.

He had lots of fun finding the eggs.

But I think he had even more fun on the merry-go-round. It was his first time ever playing on one. I was on it for 5 seconds with him and felt sick the rest of the day.

I let Donovan feed Chamae a bottle of milk I had pumped.

He was really excited.

We went to another Easter egg hunt at the library on Wednesday. It was pretty lame, but we had fun playing at the library afterwards.

I cut my finger while I was chopping vegetables and asked Donovan to get me a bandaid. He did not bring me a bandaid. Can you guess what he did bring me?

Have I mentioned how awesome my friend Mindi is? She knew I was having a rough week last week and when we ran into her and her daughter, Sydney, at the library she offered to take Donovan for a few hours. I let her and got a lot done! When I went to pick him up, she had us take Sydney's Jumperoo for a while before her baby boy is born. It is wonderful!! Chamae loves it and it gives me an opportunity to get some stuff done in the evenings. It is hard to believe she's already big enough for it!

We had the cake auction on Friday and I made a Tinkerbell cake. I think it turned out pretty cute. The fairy was my mom's idea. It turned out really cute and ended up getting the highest bid!

We had another Easter egg hunt with Mason and Addi on Saturday after soccer.

It was a little chilly for poor Chamae.

When Brad got home that afternoon, we colored some eggs. Chamae was a good baby and watched. Brad tried to get her to hold an egg, but she it didn't last long.

Donovan enjoyed it and wanted to color more!

He had a pretty good Easter. He got all kinds of fun new toys and games.

One of the things he's most excited about: His Buzz Lightyear umbrella.

He is also pretty excited about the Lightning McQueen kite.

Yesterday, we went to the Hiatt's for Easter dinner. After dinner, the kids decorated some cookies. It was pretty awesome. They didn't decorate many cookies, but they sure used a lot of frosting and sprinkles!!

Yes, those are Halloween sprinkles. They used Christmas ones too.

I think Donovan took 2 bites out of the cookie. He spent most of the time grabbing handfuls of frosting and shoving it in his mouth.

I hope everyone had a good Easter. Ours was great, even though Brad had to work most of Saturday.

New with Chamae:

-Rolls from back to stomach...all the time. She won't stay on her back for very long anymore. And she won't roll from her stomach to back anymore. I'm pretty sure Donovan wasn't rolling over until after 4 months and Chamae isn't even 4 months old yet! I think we're in for crawling sooner too.

-Jumps and goes crazy in the Jumperoo.

-Laughs on occasion. Not very hard, and she doesn't usually laugh at the same thing twice. Apparently she's not easily amused.

-Smiles constantly, unless she's tired or hungry. I guess if she won't laugh, at least she smiles a lot.

-Is growing so fast! It took a while for her to grow out of 0-3's, but now she's almost too long for 3-6's!!!

New with Donovan:

-Got his first pair of Adidas cleats. We're trying to train him to call them, "boots", but he likes to call them his, "soccer shoes".

-Is making bigger messes now than he did when he was 2. How does that work? I guess it makes sense, he can reach more and he's really curious about everything.

-Is learning a lot. I always worried about him being able to learn things, but he surprises me all the time about what he knows and remembers.

Fun...

It has been a rough few days with our little Chamae. The poor thing has an ear infection (at 3 months, that's ridiculous) and the antibiotics should have kicked in by now but she still seems a little miserable. I had to let her cry when I tried to put her down for a nap because she would not go to sleep! I tried a few things but nothing worked so I gave her the pacifier, laid her down, and listened to her scream for a few minutes before finally giving up and falling asleep. I knew she was exhausted, but I wasn't helping so I had to let her cry. Better for her to cry than for me to get overwhelmed enough to harm her, right? I'm trying to tell myself that so I feel better about letting her scream for so long. You can have a real post another day, I just needed to let it out. Sometimes it's hard to be home alone with kids. Who can you really talk to about your frustrations? I did text Brad about some discipline issues I was having yesterday, but I can't do that every day, he has to get work done some times. Anyway, on a good note, Donovan got his first pair of cleats today. I'll have to post pictures of him in his soccer outfit on Saturday.

Chamae's blessing and other pictures

The day before my birthday, Brad's team played his sister Hannah's team so we rode on the bus with them to watch. I didn't see Donovan while the bus was moving. He was always in a girl's lap. He has a mouthful of gummy worms in this picture. He had his fair share of junk food and then some. It was a little windy and very sunny so Chamae didn't have very much fun, but she did pretty well, all things considered. I got to clean up an awesome poop mess. The first huge blowout from Donovan was at a soccer game too, I guess she just had to be like her brother. At least hers didn't get all over me like his did.

They are cute, and they love each other. What more can I ask for? Donovan wanted me to take some pictures because he put his shorts over his pants and thought it was silly.

Then he wanted her to climb on him.

Then they just kept posing and being cute.

I love that they're both sticking their tongues out.

My parents came out for the blessing so we played a lot and got to go out to eat one night to celebrate my birthday late. My mom had texted me on my birthday saying my dad was going to call and tell me they were enjoying my birthday dinner so I told her he'd better take me to Texas Roadhouse to make up for it. He did:) I got him to smile while we waited for our table. If you can't tell, that's where my kids get their pretty blue eyes.

Chamae kept watching the ceiling fan. Isn't that outfit adorable? Papa Glenn bought her and Donovan all sorts of cute outfits while they were here:)

Papa Glenn and Chamae on her blessing day. We had to put her dress on and take a few pictures before church. She looked so cute in the dress her Granny (Brad's mom) made for her. I love how long it was and I love the puffed sleeves! I went for over the top and it was adorable.

The huge sleeves made her face look less chubby! I love this picture! They both love their Grandma Mindy and Papa Glenn. Chamae especially loves my dad's facial hair. She played with it quite a bit while he was here.

So pretty.

She tried to eat her dress multiple times.

Couldn't quite get it in her mouth, but looked super cute trying.

Our little family. I can't decide if it feels complete yet.

Donovan was being a stinker for pictures.

I promise that's not what she thinks of her beautiful dress, Granny. I did capture a pretty awesome face though.

Scotty was really cute with Chamae, she really liked him.

Papa Sam is pretty good with her too. He usually gets some pretty good grins from her.

After Chamae and Corbin's blessings, we had a little get-together. Quite a few soccer girls showed up to both. They're fun girls, we really like having them around. They got some pretty cute faces out of Chamae, this was one of my favorites.

Donovan is pretty content to play outside by himself, but he enjoyed having Papa Glenn play with him too.

Look at those beautiful blue eyes! I don't know how both of my kids got them, but they're gorgeous!

I like this picture because it looks like she's telling Corbin secrets. He's starting to catch up to her!

We had tons of food, I stuffed my face all day. Chamae loved playing super man with Grandma Mindy.

Her first swing experience! She seemed to enjoy it...at least she tolerated it.

Donovan is way too big, but still wants to get in the baby swings all the time. It looks super comfortable, I can see why he likes it.

After my parents left yesterday, we went to the zoo with Brad's family. Donovan had fun and was pretty crazy most of the time.

He jumped in front of strollers and the wagon and got hurt a few times, but that's classic Donovan. Not watching where he's going. Oh well, he'll learn...someday.

Everyone was exhausted after the zoo. After dinner, Donovan had a complete meltdown. When we got home, he sat on the sidewalk and waited for me to get all the stuff inside so I could carry him. Once he got inside, he went straight to his bed and was out within 2 minutes. He slept for almost 13 hours last night and is taking a nap right now.

I thought this was funny. She eventually dropped the monkey, but Corbin didn't get too upset.

She's pretty.

She is loving toys now. She will sit and bat at toys for a pretty long time. We need to get a more colorful play yard, she loved Corbin's.

She is so cute, and looks so much like Donovan did. She is starting to get more of her own look, but still looks a lot like him.

I know I probably missed quite a bit, and I tried to post a video, but it still won't work. The file size is okay so I'm not sure what the problem is now. Oh well, sorry.