Well, we finally got the kid's birthday photos taken. Only a few months behind on one - at least Miss E's were only one month late! Here's the link if you would like to see the proofs. Mr. Q did not enjoy having his photo taken this time. All of the photos, except the last one, were taken on my lap. We couldn't get any of E & Q together! Hopefully he won't be as scared in a few months and we will try again!!
Here are a couple photos from Easter morning. Miss E's favorite part of Easter is the egg hunt - she was tearing around the house searching for the Easter bunny's treasure. Thankfully the bunny thought about how cold and wet the morning was going to be and he hid the eggs in the house this year. Mr. Q was even able to find an egg; after he found his egg, he studied it and played with it... he only needed one! After the kids hunted the Easter bunny's eggs at our house we headed down to Granny's for breakfast and another egg hunt, hosted by Granny. Ellie was in heaven, two hunts in one day!! Uncle S, Aunt K and Cousin L celebrated Easter morning with us at Granny's too!
We also tried getting some photos for our Easter card on Mr. Q's birthday. Getting pictures of Miss E and Q together was a challenge, to say the least! We did get a pretty good one of them with their cousin L. Oh well, hopefully our Christmas photo attempts will go better... yeah right!
This is the reason we now have an ugly fence around our fireplace. Mr. Q took one too many spills off the hearth onto his head!!
Mr. Man loves helping with projects. He especially loved helping daddy fix the flooring; even like getting to hammer until it pinched him! He got over it quickly and was ready to get back to work!
Mr. Q loves riding on the slide; he'll climb up the stairs (with help) and slide down full of smiles. Then it's back around to go again, and again!
Here a a couple of photos of baby Q. This first is him at 10 Months, the second at 11 months. Mr. Q is such a happy little man. He is crawling around like a pro - the little bugger can really get moving if he wants to, and he usually wants too! He will walk really well as long as you are holding his hand and can stand unassisted like he's been doing it all his life. He could totally be walking, he just doesn't wanna! Q has his 1 year check-up in a couple of weeks so we'll have some current stats soon!
Cousin Lukey and his mom & dad came over on Super Bowl Sunday to watch the game and eat yummy food with us, Granny and Miss Kristie & Mr. Gene. Q loves to try to hug, kiss and pet his hair, but as you can see, Cousin Lukey doesn't like it one bit!! Oh well, he recovers quickly!!
So sorry to have been absent from our little blog! I'm hoping to keep this thing updated a bit more frequently - hoping... Any who, here are a couple of photos just for fun. First up is our new (Christmas gift) bird feeder. This thing is so cool, the birds that eat from it - little yellow bellied birdies - eat out of it upside down! Pest's Auntie and Uncle told us about 'em, so we added the feeder and thistle to our X-mas wish list. It is really fun to watch the birds flock to our sad little tree - somehow they know when it's been filled, like within minutes! As it empties, and there are only two perches left to feed from, the little critters actually fight with each other. Fauna gone wild!
Hooray for 2010... Let's all have a good one! We celebrated the new year in style: baths for the kids, some horn tootin' and some entertainment provided by Miss E and her awesome hop-ball skills! Mr. Q did help Pest and I ring in the new year, he made sure that we stayed up well past midnight and serenaded us with some crying, burpin' and tootin'!!!
It was a whirlwind, but we made it through! Miss E was just a bundle of energy all day (and the eve of)! We carved pumpkins in the morning and then went to Granny's neighborhood for trick or treating and photos. Cousin Lukey, Uncle Cotty and Auntie Kass celebrated with us too! Miss E was a pretty purple kitty and Mr. Q & Lukey were festive in their skeleton pjs! Miss E wanted to start trick or treating right after pictures, but it just wasn't dark yet. Torture!!! We were able to hold her off until just after 6pm and then headed out. She had fun snooping into the neighbor's house and trying to take their dogs as treats! She had a full bag, and some very good candy, pretty quickly, so we headed back to Granny's so she could hand out candy. Miss E took her job seriously, never leaving the front door, and often meeting the trick or treaters in the front yard!!! She had a blast and Mr. Q loved being out and about while we were trick or treating (he even scored a few candies... yeah for mom and dad!!).
We made it to the pumpkin patch this past Sunday. Granny came along and we met up with Lukey, Uncle Cotty and Auntie Kass. Miss E had a blast - the pony rides and petting zoo held top honors with her. It was so fun to watch her ride the ponies, not once, but twice! 
My fav was seeing my kids standing next to the growth chart. We've got 3 years of photos of Miss E and now 1 of Mr. Q; it is so fun to see how much she's changed (frightening too!!). We watched the pigs race again this year... they were a little hung over from whatever Saturday night partying they did and weren't too feisty, but entertaining just the same! Unlike past years we skipped purchasing our pumpkins at the patch - they were just too pricey... thankfully the grocery stores have 'em for some pretty good deals! Halloween is just around the corner, I've got to get me hiney in gear and get Miss E's costume concocted! Keep your fingers crossed!!! 
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