Our First Easter as a Family of 6

We had a very eventful Easter! But I guess what else would you expect with 4 precious kiddos!! The Sunday before Easter we had an Easter egg hunt at The Grove after church! The Easter Bunny even showed up, and he looked awfully familiar!! That's because Daddy was the Bunny!! Brantley loved the bunny! He wanted to see him more than to hunt for eggs! When John took off the bunny head, Brantley looked at him and said, "DADDY?!" It was so funny!!

We also decided to do something new the Saturday before Easter. We ended up going to The Resurrection Journey that Bellevue hosted. We absolutely loved it!! It was geared for children 3rd grade and under and went through different scenes of the last week of Jesus's life up to His Resurrection! At each stop there was a scene acted out and then each one was given an object to put in their bag to help them to retell the story. For example, they were given a coin to represent Judas's betrayal of Jesus in exchange for 30 pieces of silver. We were also given a devotional to go along with it! It was a lot of fun and was a perfect reminder of why we truly celebrate Easter!!

(Jesus came into Jerusalem riding a donkey on Palm Sunday)

(The boys eating The Last Supper with Jesus)

(Peter telling them about how he denied Jesus 3 times)

(The soldiers describing what they did to Jesus)

(The Cross)

(Brantley examine his coin)

(Brantley's Resurrection Rock)

(They had a petting station afterwards)

The next morning was Easter!! The Easter Bunny did stop by the house and left the kids something in their baskets! Although we know this is NOT why we celebrate Easter it is still fun!! Here are a few pictures of their baskets and of our precious babies!!

(Brooklyn's First Easter)

Brooklyn Loves Food

I have previously posted about Brooklyn trying rice cereal for the first time. Since then, Brooklyn has had oatmeal cereal, carrots, squash, green beans, bananas, pears and applesauce! It only took her about 3 bowls before she got swallowing down pat!! I love to watch her eat- she really enjoys it!! She makes the funniest noises too- you can tell she likes what she is eating because she vocalizes it!! Here are a few pictures of her eating carrots for the first time! (It was also my first attempt at ever making baby food- I think it was a success)!!

Colton's Finger Part 2

Colton went back that Friday and ended up getting his stitches out. He took it like a pro, even smiled when they took them out! Dr. Beaty looked at it and thought that he would NOT need a skin graft, but would keep his eye on it!! Overall he was pleased!

Two weeks later, we came back for another check up. Colton's skin was growing very well, and we knew for certain that no skin graft would be required at this point- Praise Jesus!! I am not going to lie after they took the stitches out two weeks previous, I was a little concerned. I actually thought it looked worse! But over those next two weeks God grew his little skin and began to close the hole that was forming! 

We still have one more appointment, but I am sure he will be released! You can hardly even tell now! His fingernail ended up falling off! After it fell off, it ended up looking SO much better!! We are so thankful that God has healed our little boy's finger!! What a mighty God we serve!!

Brookie Has Been Out and About

Well it has been a WHOLE month since I have written a blog, so I am going to try and catch up as much as I can tonight!! Brooklyn has had several zoo visits here recently. We have been twice with Daddy and once with Mommy and her friends!! Brooklyn loves the zoo and has been perfect every visit! The weather has been perfect zoo weather: sunny and warm but not too hot with a cool breeze! As much as we go it is always neat to experience something new. Last visit we got to see the grizzly bears being fed- this was a first for Mommy as well! We really enjoyed it!!

 Not only has Brooklyn been visiting the zoo but she has also been to Nashville to see Granny and Dora and The Hermitage!! We decided to go see Andrew Jackson's home since Jackson loves presidents and history! We enjoyed going there and learning more, but was a little disappointed because they were undergoing construction. But we always enjoy taking the kids places and seeing them experience things for the first time! 

About 6 weeks ago the circus was in town. We all went to the Agricenter on a Friday night to see it. Everyone loved it!! Colton's favorite part was the motorcycle stunt people!! He said, "That was AWESOME!!" I love seeing my kids enjoy things/activities!! It just makes this Momma smile!! Plus I am a kid at heart so I love going to these places anyways!! We will end this blog with 2 pictures of us from our circus visit!!

Brooklyn's First Food: Rice Cereal

Little Miss Brooklyn loves to eat!! And she has the juiciest thighs to prove it!! Although I started feeding the boys rice cereal around 4 months, Dr. Snapp said to hold off on feeding Brookie until about 6 months. 1. She was doing exceptionally well with nursing, babies that are breastfed don't need any other nourishment until about 6 months and 2. Studies have changed from the time my boys were 4 months and now. Whatever the reason, we just held off and listened to Dr. Snapp! Brooklyn nurses great, and we have yet to buy any formula! But anytime we eat she will watch us like a hawk and follow the fork from your plate to your mouth! So tonight we decided to try Brookie's hand at some cereal. She was super excited, but I don't know if she actually swallowed any!! It was her first time so I am not concerned! We will just try again. She just doesn't have the swallowing part down yet. But I can't think of anyone who looks as cute actually wearing their food as Brooklyn!! She is a little sweet heart and we fall in love with her more and more everyday!!

Before... (Look at her excitement)

Now here comes the food...