Where did April go??

This picture should tell you how busy the month of April has been for us...

This child NEVER naps and he literally  

     just passed out in his play room!

We've spent LOTS of time at the baseball field and we LOVE it! 

This was at Landen's first teeball game.

We've also had fun outings like bowling after church. One of Landen's favorite things to do!

 

Landen has really enjoyed getting to hang out with the boys from E's baseball team. They are all so good to him. This pic is of L with Konner, he calls Landen their little mascot. Konner's dad sent us this pic.

We had three of the boys stay the night this past weekend and Landen was in heaven!

One night, I went to bed to find this out-of-this-world cute super hero there!

Landen's second teeball game...he got his first hit without using the tee during the game. The coach pitched it to him and he hit it! He did that again his last (third) game and got an even better hit! So proud of him! He loves for everyone to cheer and clap for him.

After L's game, Ethan's team had practice. It was a beautiful Saturday to spend at the park.

We grabbed a quick lunch, and then came home to change and go fishing. This is another one of Landen's favorite activities! As an added bonus there was a playset full of kids at the fishing spot. Ethan is like his mama, if the fish aren't biting pretty quickly....we'd rather read a good book.

Easter morning at home was a fun one!

And then we grabbed lunch and went to Nana's for an egg hunt after church.

We had to make a trip to Vanderbilt with Nannie and Landen posed himself for a quick picture on the way back to the parking garage. I love it!

And our preacher's oldest daughter is just getting into photography and she created this great keepsake for me of Landen. I'm a few months late in having it done but I'm so pleased with it. I plan to put each year in a album for him to have to look back on.

We've still got a few days left of this super busy month and the next few months are sure to be just as busy for us. As a matter of fact, Josh is working on putting together a travel baseball team for the Fall! Exciting!!

Spring Break & Baseball

The last two weeks for us have pretty much consisted of baseball and Spring Break in the mountains!! In other words...fun, fun, & more fun! 

L at teeball practice the day before we headed out of town

The boys in the hot tub our 1st morning

    Enjoying a movie in the theater room

                 Playing mini-golf

   E thinking hard while playing a board                      

                         game

         E's 1st game of the season

      L practicing again....his first game is  

                         in two days! 

Spring has Sprung...(maybe?)

Baseball season has started up and we're dedicating at least four nights a week to practices! I love seeing this extra little set of cleats on the garage shelf this year as Landen has started teeball! We're also excited this season about Ethan moving up to little league. It's kid pitch in this new league, so that's a big adjustment and Josh is the main coach of Ethan's team this year, so that has been a fun/interesting transition.

We finally got a decent amount of snow here a few weeks ago (instead of just a dusting). The boys couldn't wait to get outside and play in it!

Landen and I have been practicing writing the first letter of his name. He loves the letter "L" and is always saying "L is for Landen!". 

He has also began speech therapy and just had his third session yesterday. I was hesitant about whether he needed it or not because Ethan had some speech issues at this age too and outgrew them. But we decided to go ahead because Landen seems to get frustrated when people (outside of the house) can't understand him. And hopefully it will help him so that he doesn't have to be pulled out of class for therapy once he begins school. He seems to be making a bit if progress so far. An hour is just a long time to ask a four year old to sit in a room and repeat words over and over. After 40 minutes, he is done!

The weekend after our snow accumulation was gorgeous! So we cleaned out/organized the garage and the boys had fun with sidewalk chalk on the driveway.

And Landen rediscovered his playset after the cold winter months.

This sweet picture of him sleeping is one I took to remember the sweetest thing...right before he fell asleep he said "Mama will you hold my hand?" And in the next second, he was out!

You can see the playground from the new field that Ethan practices on. So guess where we end up 95% of the time? Last practice Landen made a new friend and so they played trucks in the gravel and dodgeball, so I actually got to watch the practice. Oh well, we have fun either way!

I had to share this cute pic from FB...

And this one of Landen ready for his first teeball practice...

Just a Normal Week for Us

L taking a bath with his "gobbles" on and his army men lined up...

    

I picked up this cool Melissa & Doug sticker book where you create meals using the food stickers and place setting pages. Landen loved it! And once we finished with that we practiced our fish face. His is pretty cute if you ask me!

L thinks his new vehicle magnets are pretty awesome! He divided them into categories and was so proud. We are a little obsessed with Melissa & Doug products.

On Wednesday, Ethan had baseball practice so we went over to Moe's for dinner before. There were a group of local firemen there and the boys were in awe. Ethan really wanted a picture with one of them so he worked up the courage and asked him. The fireman was more than happy to oblige. It made the boys' night! 

Landen and I watched E practice. Landen would yell things like "That's my brudder!" And "Good job Bubba!"

 

     Ethan and his baseball instructor...

          We had to take a selfie...

     He just looked so cute sitting on the        

     couch watching a video last night...

We had a pretty normal week, other than Josh being gone to Texas from Sunday until Wednesday for work. The boys were thrilled to see him at home when we got back from baseball on Wednesday night!

Missing Amanda & Valentines Weekend

We had dinner last Tuesday at Shogun to celebrate Amanda's birthday. It's the boy's favorite restaurant, so they loved it! It had been a few weeks since they'd seen their Aunt Amanda so they spent the evening vying for her attention. We came back to our house for cake and gifts and Ethan built her a special birthday scene on Minecraft and Landen had to show her all of his new skills from physical therapy.

On Valentine's Day Landen had his buddy Xander over to play. They played so well together and had a blast!

     They played monster trucks...

     And doctor...

   And superheroes...

Ethan had a fun Valentine's ice cream party at school. He made a Minecraft box for his valentine cards.

After Josh got home they opened their gifts from Josh and I and then we headed to a hotel to spend the night and let the boys swim in the indoor pool. 

On Saturday, we took the boys to see The Lego Movie...

And they couldn't resist the arcade games in the theater lobby...

We spent the afternoon at the Disney Jr. Live Pirates & Princesses show...

After having dinner we headed home to rest up for church on Sunday. I think the boys had a great weekend!