Is It Spring Yet?

Ok, so it is 3 AM and after having been awakened by my son, I became a complete insomniac, and instead of staring at the ceiling, I decided to blog. I am a bit behind, and besides, this was a quiet time- or so I thought- to blog uninterrupted and quietly. Then, my daughter decided to give us her typical morning wake-up call - which btw usually comes at 5am. The baby whisperer would not be happy- I have been apeasing her with a bottle at that wee hour for the past couple of mornings. As a result, my new Bobbi Brown concealer has been getting a workout, lets just say. Anyhoo.....Here are some fabulous shots of my past few weeks. Easter has come and gone, and frankly I am tired of giving Ben chocolate eggs for breakfast. No, I am not kidding. I have only myself to blame, and because I won't let him eat every last one of them in one sitting, I am left with rationing them out until they disappear. What was I thinking? Next year the Easter Bunny is going to get crafty and creative and go lighter on the chocolate. Of course, I have to do my part in getting rid of the pesky eggs too!

The weather has been so frustrating to say the least. It is cold, rainy, and Easter Sunday was spent in record lows. Our beautiful pink dogwood got stung badly by the frost on Easter morning, but I know it will make the warm weather that much more enjoyable.

Maddie has a big day coming up! Tomorrow she will be one year old! The year went by fast- and blurry. She is growing and turning into a little girl. She is crawling and pulling up, and balancing well, but not ready to take the toddle plunge. She is so speedy on all fours, that I think she is sticking with the most efficient mode of travel for a while. She loves baths and laughing. She loves her big brother, and is doing quite well while suffering thru the short end of the sharing dilemma.

Ben is excited to have his cousin Carly visiting right now. He really looks up to her, and as a result lots of good things are rubbing off- so my hope is that they can spend LOTS of time together in the future. Come on you guys!! MOVE TO KNOXVILLE!!

anyway, I digress.

Check out these photos. Last weekend, we made a pitstop in Nashville, and got to glom on to the Easter festivities at Cheekwood Botanical Gardens with My brother and family. Even with the very cool weather, we had lots of fun.

Well seeing that it is nearly 5 am now, I think I better go perk some joe.

Ben discovers chocolate bunnies on Easter morn.
Maddie is all dressed up for Easter Sunday
Maddie and newest cousin, Jessie gracious spectators on the Easter Egg hunt.

Ben has fun at Cheekwood Botanical Gardens-what a fun time.