Bath time

For the first time, Ezekiel and Amelia took a bath together. It was hard to keep the cup away from Zeke. He wanted to pour water on Amelia. He just wanted to help, but with some supervision, Amelia was clean. It was just so adorable. Ezekiel is such a great big brother. He just loves Amelia. And man, can he make her laugh. They get along so well. Let's just hope it stays that way as they get older!

Happy Birthday Ezekiel

Ezekiel celebrated his birthday on May 12th. He was so excited when he woke up. He, of course, wanted to open his presents right away. We planned his birthday party for the next weekend (just in case Uncle Jeff and Aunt Heidi had their baby- which they didn't...haha). But he had a big day on his birthday anyway. A friend of Zeke's, Caiden, had is birthday party. The Zeke went to Chucky Cheese with Grandma and Pap pap. What a big day. Oh, and I added a picture of Zeke shooting a web (he is in LOVE with Spiderman). Needless to say, most of his presents were...Spiderman!

Busy Body

For the past several months, Zeke randomly asks to talk to people on the phone. He wants to talk to his Grandmas, his friends, his aunts or uncles...pretty much anyone. It hilarious!!! This spring he also started to learn how to pedal his bike. We were so excited! He was too.

Easter Day

On Easter, it was pretty crazy. Waking up and going to church at 7:00AM to get ready for the tatoo artist and set up for the drama and everything else that is normal to set up. After church we went to Nathan's parents house to celebrate Easter. Dad, Gwenda, and Ryan went as well.

Easter

My dad, Gwenda and Ryan came out to our house for Easter this year. It was a great weekend, minus the fact that Zeke had to go to his Easter egg hunts in a winter coat and hat!!!! Especially since we'd experienced such nice days prior to Easter. Easter Sunday was great too. If you want to check out what we did for our Easter service, a couple newspapers in Columbus did articles and here is one of the links copy the first part and then paste it then copy the next part and add it to what you already pasted. http://www.dispatch.com/dispatch/content/local_news/stories/
2007/04/09/crosstat.ART_ART_04-09-07_A1_VP6B19A.html

Too long

Okay, it has been way too long. Life has been CRAZY!!! Ever since Easter, we've pretty much been going non-stop. So I've been thinking about how badly I need to keep up on the blog, so I decided I would take time out (the kids are still sleeping) and blog a little about the last month or so of our lives. So here goes...

FIRST TOOTH

On Friday, Amelia's first tooth came in. We were soooo excited!!!!!! Her tooth is on the bottom and her second tooth is about ready to come through right next to it. I'll try to get a picture and post that too.

Nate Vaill

It has been almost four years since Nathan saw his high-school friend, Nate Vaill. Last weekend we went up to Nathan's hometown, and saw Nate and his band in concert. We wanted to surprise him, and man was he surprised. I think when he saw us, he forgot the verse he was in the middle of singing. It was a great time and so good to see him.

Our Little Koala

Zeke loves to climb the tree outside of our apartment. He says, "Look, Mama, I'm a koala".

What a Cutie

Amelia is so cute. For the past month or so, she has started sucking on her fingers and holding a blanket close to her face. What a cutie!!!!

Library Days

One Saturday, we all went to the library to see a play put on by the Columbus Children's Theater. Zeke loved the play and spent some time reading books with Daddy.

In Formation

Ezekiel, for some reason, loves lining all his toys up. I'm not sure what this tells us about his personality, but I think it's pretty stinkin' cute!!

We thought we would try and see if Amelia would eat cereal. So one day Nathan and I took turns and gave it a try. She did okay, but we'll keep practicing with her so that when she turns 6 months (in just a couple weeks) she'll be eating like a champ.

Fun Fair

We just recently went to a community function called the fun fair. As you can see, Ezekiel and Amelia got their faces painted. Zeke's friend, Sofie, was there too. There were games and food. Zeke loved the bowling game and basketball game. Amelia was just along for the ride!!

Sleepy Head

Just wanted to update you all on Ezekiel's sleeping. He is doing great!!!! He only occasionally gets up during the night now. Normally he sleeps all the way through and just gets up earlier. Can't complain about that!!!! Thanks for all your prayers. (thought I would add a picture of him sleeping, for fun).

Cosi Children's Science Museum

During the winter, it is "fun" finding things to do for Ezekiel. Every week we go to story time at the library, but other than that, there's not much else to do. So I try and set up play dates with other kids his age. We were fortunate enough to get a membership to Cosi Children's Science Museum. And we try to set up a play date there about every other week. So here are some pictures of Zeke with his friends, Caiden and Landon at Cosi.

Bowling

On Saturday, Watershed had what we call a "mixer". A mixer is basically an outing/event where we invite our friends (non-Watersheders). It's just a fun time for us all the hang out, get to know each other, and "one-another" (which is basically a non-threatening way of networking). So for this mixer we went bowling. I totally stink but it was actually fun! And we had several visitors. So it was definitely a success. And it was Zeke's first time bowling, man was that fun!!!

Snow Days

A couple weeks ago we had lots of snow days, and since I teach part-time, I was able to stay at home with the kids. We had a lot of fun. Ezekiel and I played in the front yard while Amelia took her nap. And when she woke, we spent time helping her practise rolling over, with Zeke cheering her on. Now she rolls over all the time, even in her crib at night. Zeke and Amelia also got some great quality playing time. Oh, and here's a story...when Zeke and I were outside, I let him play on the car and slide down the front window (which for those of you who don't know Zeke, this is right up his alley, he is not afraid of anything). Well, one time I set him up there and readied the camera, and said go. I shot the pic just as he slide and he slide off the side instead of the front, landing on the side view mirror. But the funny part was that he got stuck there. He couldn't get down!!! After that, he wasn't too keen on the idea of sliding down the car and the next day, a large bruise miraculously appeared on his leg. We still had fun in the snow though.

Roll with me!

That's what Amelia is saying today...because on her 4 month birthday, she rolled over. We were so excited and have been trying to get her to do it again, but I guess she'll do it when she wants to. But praise the Lord, Amelia is developing totally normal!!!!

Shunt Update

Yesterday Amelia had an appointment with her doctor. They did another CT Scan to see if the shunt is working properly. Well, great news, it is!!!! He even said the shunt was shrinking her Dandy Walker Cyst!!! So that is a huge praise!!!! Thank you God.