We love when cousins come to play!

My sister's family drove down from Chicago to play with us for a week. We had so much fun!

We went to the zoo,

the Bounce House (always a hit),

the backyard,

the beach,

and of course Publix.

Thanks for coming guys! And thanks for these pictures. They were mostly all taken by Scott.

First Year Photo Shoot

Happy Easter

We had a little Easter egg hunt on Monday. My friends were so nice to postpone it because Ethan was sick on Saturday. My friend took these pictures. Thanks Karen!

Zachy's having a great time

It's not an egg, but I found it on the ground... can I keep it?

What a good big brother!

The Best Part

Happy Birthday Zach and Ava!

Happy Birthday Babies!

I can't believe we made it a year. It has gone really fast for me. Well, the last 6 months have gone really fast. Zach and Ava are doing all the typical toddler things. Walking around, trying to say sounds, getting into everything, and just being really cute. For instance, at the moment Ava is rocking so hard in her highchair that she is scooting it across the floor and Zach is laughing histerically and trying to copy her. I need to try to catch that on video one of these days.

It's a lot of work, but they are fun.

We went to the doctor today. So here is an update for anyone keeping track.

Zach is in the 90th percentile for height, 50th for weight

Ava is 90th for height and 90th for weight. So she's still got Zach beat in the chunk department.

Here are a few pictures from their birthday party. My parents were in town last week, so we had a party a few days early.

I made a Soccer ball for Zach because he LOVES to play with any sort of ball. And a butterfly for Ava

I did it!

I have accomplished three big feats this month. All shown in the picture. Can you guess what they are?
1. I have successfully transitioned to whole milk. So much easier! (except Zach now has a rash on his face so I'm trying soy to see if that's the problem... so lets say semi-successfully transitioned to whole milk)
2. I have successfully transitioned them to sippy cups!! I've been working on this one for months now. They just weren't having it. But after trying 4 different kinds I finally found one they'd use. I want to have a bottle burning ceremony, but Eric thinks we're going to have more kids?? :)
3. I got three forward facing seats in the car! I was worried I'd have to buy a new thinner seat, but I got our three in there. Yea!
My big worry about this: How are they both going to sit in the grocery cart if I don't have a carrier anymore? I used to keep one baby in the carrier inside the cart and buckle the other one in the front of the cart. Now what? Any ideas? Maybe I'll bring my own belt and strap Zach inside cart and pack food around him so he won't move.

Ava likes that idea...

In Our Humble Ways

Uncle Sam is leaving the MTC this week. Ethan has been talking a lot about missionaries and wanted to dress up like one today. Eric pulled out his old stuff for him and Ethan proceeded to teach us an impromptu discussion entitled:

Jesus Looks Like This Sometimes