Grady's 4th birthday @ Pump It Up!

 I cannot believe it but cousin Grady is already 4 years old!  His party was at Pump-It-Up in Plain city and the kids and adults had a blast!

 Samantha loved going down the big slide!

Group picture!

A Natalie collage

For the past week Natalie has been really smiley when you talk to her.  It is the sweetest thing!

Kite Flying

The Easter Bunny brought Samantha a kite this year in her Easter Basket and with all the wind we get out here Daddy and Samantha have been flying the kite a lot.  Samantha just loves being outside and will participate in any outdoor activities. 

 Samantha's Lady Bug kite way up in the air!

 Samantha holding the kite all by herself!

I really liked this picture because it is our house in the background.

AHA!

Pics coming soon

Amish Country

Mom and I took a little the girls on a little trip to Amish Country in Holmes County Ohio. When we got there, Samantha wanted to ride the luggage cart up to the room!

 

There was a balcony off our room and Samantha thought she was just like Rapunzel so she was trying to "throw down her hair"!

Sweet baby Natalie was just happy to be along for the ride:)

 

We went to a little farm and Samantha loved checking out the little ducklings!

Samantha was so gentle with the little ducks.

You could buy Fruit Loops to put down the tube and little monkeys at the other end would grab them and eat them. Samantha thought this was so cool, and she also wanted to eat some of the Fruit Loops herself.

There were these HUGE turtles just hanging out!

This baby camel was the same age as Natalie!

Samantha really liked seeing all the baby animals.  Since she has a baby sister she just connected to these animals and loved talking to them.

We took a ride thru the 200+ acre enclosure to feed the animals.  They give you buckets full of food so you can feed them as you go along.  Samantha wanted her bucket to be full at all times :)

She was so entranced by the whole experience!

This ostrich came up and leaned his long neck over the side of the wagon and helped himself to the food in Samantha's bucket. She thought this was just hilarious!

All of the animals were really friendly and this moose was no exception. He walked right up to the wagon to be fed.

The wagon was pulled by two big work horses! I was surprised they were not afraid of all the animals that were even bigger than they were.

I cannot remember what this animal is, but it had the coolest tongue ever!

Samantha holding on to her full bucket for dear life. Some of the animals would come up and just take the whole bucket from you and take it off to eat the whole thing!

Samantha was staring at all the animals up on the hill.

Samantha was worn out by the time we left and fell asleep in the car on the way back to the hotel.

Gram and her grand-daughters first thing in the morning. I love p.j. pictures!

Our hotel had a cute little play area for kids and we had to stop on our walk over to get this cute picture with the pretty tulips!

The Amish make these really cute play houses (very expensive) but the perfect size for little girls.

There was this little loft area inside that Samantha climbed up to

We went to Hershburgers and Samantha was drawn to the little puppies. I took these photo's and sent them to Jeff to see if he wanted us to bring one home. (He said NO WAY JOSE)

But she just loved holding and loving on these little puppies.

She fell asleep on the way home which I take as a ringing endorsement that she loved our mini vacation!  I know Gram and I loved it too. (Natalie was indifferent, LOL)

Easter Egg Hunt @ Gram's House

On Easter, after naps, we went over to Gram's for an Egg Hunt and dinner. The kids (except Natalie) all had a great time collecting their eggs.

Showing off their goodies!

Miss Natalie spent then whole evening cuddled up in Aunt Mandy's arms.

Typical Nick! Can you believe he will be 33 in a few days?!?!?

Natalie is 1 month old today!

I cannot believe that she is already 1 month old! Time is going by way too fast. Since Natalie is going to be our last baby I am really trying to savor this time as much as I can. And in honor of her 1 month birthday she slept 8 1/2 straight hours last night, from 10 - 6:30 AM. As Mandy would say, I lose all my "street cred" as a mom b/c my babies sleep(t) this good! But I will lose my "cred" anyday as long as I have a good sleeper! Happy 1 Month Birthday Natalie!

Random pictures that need to be shared.

Samantha said Natalie looks like a boy in this outfit b/c it is blue (a boy color) and she was wearing jeans. I think no matter what she wears she is one cute little girl!

Natalie loves being cozy. As soon as you put a hat on her and wrap her up in a blanket she falls asleep.

Sleeping on Mommy and Daddy's bed.

Wide awake. It is pretty rare getting pictures of this little one awake.

Over the past few days Miss Natalie has taken to a paci. She might not be a thumb sucker after all.

Gram feeding Miss Natalie a bottle.

Samantha wanted to take this picture to text to her Daddy.

CLOSE UP!

Samantha loves being around her sister. And this is actually a good picture of them together.