My little bun buns

I had to do it. I had to get out the ears and put Gracie in a basket of eggs just like I did with Jack. I seem to have this uncontrollable desire to re-create pictures with Gracie that I got with Jack. Not sure why, I just do.

So here are my kids, in all their Easter glory.

Oh, before I start, there's something to watch for in the pictures. Gracie REALLY liked rolling the eggs across her cheeks. I can't even imagine why but who am I to explain why she would so something.



rolling an egg on her cheek...


so happy!


Mmmmm... bunny.... nom nom nom...




Whoa... that's a big egg...


rolling another egg on her cheek...


and another... perhaps wondering if the yellow egg felt different...


a thoughtful moment...


trying to hold as many as possible...


happy bunny...


and she's done...


And now for my Jack bunny. I had to take Gracie's pictures while Jack was napping, otherwise you would have seen either Jack's hand or Jack's head in all of the pictures. But it was easy since they are tag team napping right now. Jack wakes up and Gracie goes to sleep. Time for Jack's pictures!

This is the best he's posed for a pictures in MONTHS! He was just so excited to see the eggs and ears out.








Aw...




He didn't want to take the ears off!

7 months old

And she does NOT want to have her picture taken.

Just not in the mood.

Nope.

Nu Uh.

Not at all.







However, she will play a little with Mommy and let Daddy take a couple pictures.







And here's the classic. Just one of those moments caught on film.

AFV?

Made a trip down to Leah's house to help her organize her loft/spare room. Took Gracie with me. She's slightly more containable than Jack if we want to get work done.



We did get some organizing done. Not quite as much as I think we intended. After all, we have Gracie to play with! And any work that needs to be done can be done while she's sleeping.

Oh, wanna know why I called this post "AFV"? It stands for America's Funniest Home Video's. I've had a couple suggestions that I send this little tidbit of Gracie in. What do you all think? I know for a fact that Nana thinks this is endlessly funny and has watched it at least 50 times.

Here's my little moaner. She tends to moan when she's tired.




Besides the moaning she was being quite the clown.

Is it spring yet?

*whimper* Will it ever get warm. Sure we may have just had our first decent snowfall earlier this month but we are ready to get out of the house! I think Jack has cabin fever worse than any of the rest of us.

It may have still been a little chilly but we're managing to get our walks in.









And in case you were wondering, the bottom lip is perpetually missing because she's working on another tooth.

Floor time

It's good to just take a break and roll around on the floor every once and a while. But do make sure to take a break and chew on your feet occasionally.



Please note the new yoga pose that Gracie has invented:

Just because

Just because I think my kids are cute. Here's some more pics.







Jack doing his best kilroy impression:

I have a freaking comedian for a son

Funny Jack story - Eric takes him into the bathroom at bedtime last night to brush his teeth. Apparently Jack was "acting" mad about something but Eric did/said something to make him laugh instead. When he finishes laughing he tries to "be mad" again but couldn't wipe the smile from his face so he puts his hands on the counter, lowers his head down to his chest and mutters "I have to focus."

Photo shoot!

I wanted to make sure that we were able to get professional photos for Gracie's 6 month birthday. I did it for Jack and I needed to do it for Gracie.

I would have liked to have gotten a family pic but Eric wasn't feeling well. Enter Nana. Thank goodness my mom was available to come to the mall and help me. Jack was SO much of a handful. Must have been that lollipop we gave him before we left. Mental note - don't give Jack sugar before photos.

So Jack would NOT stand still. It's purely a miracle that we got any pictures of him at all. But we did get a couple.







Then it was time to try to get a couple pictures of Jack and Gracie together. Combine one hyper 3 year old with a 6 month old that got woken up from her nap early and you do not get the best pics ever. They're manageable, just not quite what I was hoping for.









Then it's Gracie's turn. Mom takes Jack to McDonalds to try to cut that sugar with a little grease and I stay to have Gracie's pics. She did not want to have her picture taken. *sigh*







Our time is up. I'm so disappointed.

Mom still had Jack and I was just standing around waiting for the pictures to be processed and trying to calm Gracie down. One of the photographers had a cancellation and took some pity on me and asked if I wanted to try one more time with Gracie since I had been able to calm her down while we were waiting. So nice! And she was such a better photographer too! I finally got the pictures of Gracie that I wanted to celebrate her 6 month birthday!





She has my crooked smile!




and this one is by far my favorite. I got it in an 8x10 and have it framed in the living room. Doesn't she have brilliant eyes?