The Bunny Cometh

Mommy is so behind. But before it becomes NEXT Easter, she is determined to catch up.  We will skip right over all the fun things that have happened since my last post, including Sesame Street Live, the tournament, meeting Coach Cal, Valentine's Day, and St. Patty's Day, in the interest of getting to the here and now. Here's a look at our fun Easter. 

 

Decorating some giant Easter eggs for our VIPs

 



 Mass Egg Dying Chaos

 If you give a Liam an eggie...

 Making hidden surprise Rice Krispie treat eggs...

 ...with Sous Chef Liam's help, of course

 The Bunny came!!! (and Rylee was so excited she almost emptied the entire basket before Mommy even got to her camera)

 Liam was skeptical... "So, this giant bunny comes and leaves stuff in our baskets? There's GOT to be a catch."

 

 A breakfast fit for a bunny

 Some of us ate with our shades on

 

 Funny bunny

 All ready for the annual Easter egg hunt at Memaw and Pepaw's

 Rylee is an old pro by now...

 ...While Liam preferred to shake the bejesus out of each egg he found. M&Ms make a cool noise, you see.

 Waiting patiently for a slice of Easter cake (read also: stalking)

 The Motherload of Sidewalk Chalk

 Doing Easter dinner right, Mexican restaurant style

A Monster of a Birthday

I tried and I tried to keep him teeny tiny forever, but my baby boy turned one last month. He's still a small fry, although to us he looks way bigger than he should be; he is still a bulldozer (prefers to go through things than around them); he is still eating us out of house and home, he just prefers a different style of cuisine now; he's still the happiest baby on the block; he's even more mischievous than ever (often egged on by his big sister); and, thank goodness, he's still a snugglebug. He's not quite walking yet, but he stands and cruises quite efficiently and walks with help very well. It seems he thinks crawling is just way faster. And we're a-ok with that. A lot of cool things happen when you turn one. Here's a peek at some of them.

 

 

All bowtied up for his big party (and showing off his Michael Strahan teeth)

 



No monster bash is complete without a monster buffet

 



Liam's siblings getting into the theme of the day

He really loved his cake, you see. Favorite part was the cakepops.

 

The downside of the birthday weekend: watching the Bengals bungle with Grandpa

 



First ice cream! "More, Daddy, more!"

Assaulting some new toys

Posing with Grandma and Grandpa

Cow's milk was another one year milestone. A big hit. Mommy has officially been replaced.

And apparently the cake at the party was just a warm-up. He was just toying with it compared to what he did to this poor unsuspecting cupcake on his actual birthday.

Walkin' in a Windshield Wiper Land

The title of this blog is brought to you by Christmas Carol Lyrics by Rylee. We'd like to take a moment to wish you all a very merry, very belated Christmas and a happy New Year. We had an excellent Christmas here at home with all the babes and there were lots of festivities leading up to the holiday. Here's a sampling of the Christmasing:

 

First, there were tree lightings and such:

 No Light Up Westport Village is complete without a hug from the Cow himself!

 

 I tried to tell her Mommy has done ice sculptures before, but she didn't seem convinced. This one was cool, anyway!

 

 The first Christmas jammies of the season!

 

 Mini Ho Ho Ho Hobens

 

Advent calendar time!

Rosebud the Elf came back again this year. Here we are reading about him and his elfen magic on his first night back from the North Pole.

 

Kicking off the Christmas movie schedule with some hot chocolate and popcorn.

We went to cut down our tree on quite possibly the worst night humanly possible and it was coated with snow and ice when we finally brought it out of the freezing cold and into the house, but it made for a really cute picture!

 How many Hobens does it take to decorate a Christmas tree?

 

Decorating some homemade ornaments

 I think it's safe to say we were excited about our new Little People nativity set from Grandma and Grandpa.

 

A very special sleigh ride with Mr. and Mrs. Claus

 Decorating some more homemade ornaments... Rudolph the Purple Hot Pink Nosed Reindeer anyone??

 

 A Christmas pedicure at Salon Mommy

 

All my sous chefs were in the kitchen for Christmas cookie decorating this year.

Putting the key out for Santa

Annual Twas the Night Before Christmas reading

 

Christmas morning present opening chaos

"Wait, are you sure this fire truck is for Rylee? Santa's getting kind of old... maybe he was confused..."

And, of course, our traditional Christmas Casserole breakfast made Christmas complete.

Gobblin' at the Lake

This was our first holiday at Grandma and Grandpa's Big Party House. We were so excited to be spending Liam's first Thanksgiving there and celebrate with the Millers. As always, there was never a dull moment. Here are some snippets of the action.

Before we left, making a handprint apple pie.

 Peeping some local wildlife with Grandpa

 Avery may have replaced Aidan in Liam's eyes for Funniest Face Maker

MYO Turkey Day placemat

The Littlest Turkey getting some love from Aunt Ali

 4 Cousins and a Creepy Statue Photobomb

Must. Have. MASHED POTATOES!

 A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving PJ Party

 "Here, fishy, fishy..."

 Goofballs

 Puffy Vest Par-tay

 How many sous chefs does it take to slice an egg?

 A little boy bonding time

 Couch Pic (my outtakes were hilarious, but Alison beat me to it, so here's a cute one)

Saying bye-bye