march!

i think i say this every single month, but i cannot believe march is almost over. someone today was talking about april, and in my head, i was thinking that's a few weeks away... then it hit me that april first is one week from today. yikes! i've got some actual catching up to do around the house, but i also want to catch up on here before easter! we have actually had a fun month around, though my blog has recently been nothing more than a disney-catch-up journal! here's a little peek at what we've been up to lately....

amelia is growing like a weed! she turned 14 months this week, and she is starting to take a couple of steps every now and then. i think it's been pretty accidental, but i figure she'll be walking before too much longer. she is eating anything we put in front of her! and whatever doesn't make it in her mouth winds up in her (fantastic, dishwasher safe) bib, which she'll check at some point to see what she missed. :) she's learning new words every week, and one of her favorite things to do right now is put her hand to her ear like she's on the phone and say, "hey, bye, dadadada!"


we went on our first family camping trip earlier this month! our small group camped out together for a couple of days, and it was so much fun. i can't wait to share more about it soon! as you can see, our kids kinda sorta liked camping...


the kids and i are wrapping up our first year with classical conversations. we have loved fellowshipping with this amazing group of encouraging families, and i can't wait to get ethan's kindergarten year rolling in the fall!


cousin karina stayed with us last weekend while her mommy and daddy stole away for a little anniversary weekend. the girls practically lived in their dress-up clothes, and they enjoyed working together on this mug for brian's grandmother.


since the girls were up by 6:30 on saturday morning (yikes!), i had plenty of time to whip up some mickey mouse pancakes! the kids were so surprised! :) hey, i can't let aunt kristie be the only fun aunt in our family. :)


we've enjoyed the warmer temperatures these days, so this little girl has been so happy to get some time in her beloved swing! and she almost has enough hair to put up in a barrette! her hair is so fine that it practically slips right out of any barrette. i am so ready to put some bows in amelia's hair!!!!


since it has been a little warmer lately, kristie and i thought it was time for our 2010 inaugural beach day last week! it was somewhat windy, so we thought the kids could just play in their clothes like last spring... surely the water would be too cold. we left all the bathing suits at home and headed to our favorite place in town! well.... we hadn't been there ten minutes before all three cousins were soaking wet up to their waists. oh well. :) kristie and i had some good chuckles watching them waddle all over the shore in their heavy-wet clothes!


this little booger is definitely not the sleeping infant that i brought to the beach last summer! :) do i even need to tell you that she loved the sand!? i think she ate sand for lunch.


be back soon with more camping and beach pictures!