Spring Update

Yikes!  I just realized that I never did an April Review and here it is almost the end of May.  So I'll just go ahead and review the past two months thus far.....

Savannah and I were able to babysit baby Tripp on two different mornings while his mom, Katie, went to doctors appointments.  For his first visit, he was only 6 weeks old.  Savannah absolutely LOVED having a real baby around.  He slept most of the time but if he was awake, she had to be holding him.  In fact, when he arrives, she positions herself on the sofa with all the pillows arranged around her and she says, "I hold baby!".  On his second visit, Savannah held him for most of the hour he was with us.  Whenever he would squirm she would pat him and say, "shhhhhh, it's okay baby".  Seriously, the cutest thing EVER!

he slept just like this for about 30 minutes

We are sooooooo blessed to have Michael living just a short drive away so he's been coming to visit most weekends.  In fact, he's been with us for the past four weekends in a row.  Savannah loves having him around and she gets so excited every Friday when he's coming.  

fun times in the backyard 

heading into the Museum of Life and Science

digging for fossils

we just now discovered the Museum's bears

learning about hydraulics

playing the drums

 We had a few unusually warm days this past April so we were able to hook up the sprinkler and get a little sun.  I think I have a picture just like this from last year :)

 We even had two 90 degree days so we pulled the whale pool out of the attic.

 As always, there is lots of dressing up around here.

wearing her new party hat that Grams made for her

Savannah started swimming lessons on May 1st.  She is such a strong little fish!  She totally thinks she can swim by herself.  She has even surprised her instructor with how advanced she is for her age.  She has all the parts down but now she needs to put them all together.  I can tell we're going to have major power struggles this year at the pool.

first day of swim class

Rachel came into town to celebrate Michael's birthday a week early.  We had an Avengers theme party (yes, I know, he is 23 going on 10).  They even attended the opening weekend of the movie while in costume (they are a special two-some).

working on Mike's birthday cake

getting ready to open presents

assisting with the candles

"you sure none of these presents are for me?!?"

Rachel modeling her mask

the birthday boy

 Oscar spent several weekends away for "work" related golf outings.  He has such a rough job.

Mother's Day was on May 13th which is also Michael and Grandad's birthday.  Michael came to spend the weekend with us and to celebrate the two occasions.  I was able to start the morning off with a nice long run outside without having to push the jogger......woohoo!  I'm always amazed at how much faster I can run when I don't have to push 60+ pounds up and down hills.  Then we had a nice brunch at the country club before the boys went and played a short round of golf.

me and my sweet girl

she wasn't really in the mood for pictures this day

with the birthday boy (for real this time)

I love my little family

We're headed to Wild Dunes in Charleston this Friday for our annual Memorial Day get-away.  We are all sooooo excited to go to the beach and Savannah can't wait to use her swimming skills.  In fact, she's had her pool bag packed since Monday.  I'll have lots of pictures to post next week and I'll try my best to get them posted as soon as I can.  Until then.......