We have a climber, Easter, Peanut Butter Face, Running with Dad and Reading with Dad

With baby girl Carothers arriving in a few months, Brooks will be moving to a toddler bed. I didn't want to move him until he was ready and I think he is! Who would have thought that he could get that chunky thigh up that high!

EASTER! Our neighborhood puts on a really great Easter Egg Hunt. There are so many things to do and fun games to play. Isabella found one of four GOLDEN eggs and won a choc. bunny the size of Brooks. This Easter was extra special because Isabella is really beginning to understand the sacrifice God made for all of us. I think we went through the Resurrection Eggs with her about 10 times. She is such a special little girl and it is amazing to see her spiritual growth!

Brooks and Bella with Grandmommy and Grandaddy
Family pic. with a real bunny.


The kids found lots of eggs...and I got stuck holding the baskets!
Isabella and her BIG bunny!
Family pic. on Easter Sunday. You can see my baby bump!!!!

SO...Brooks feeds himself every meal. Usually he does a really good job and sometimes we have days like this.
Look mom...NO HANDS!
What? You said I have peanut butter on my face?
Oh yeah!! I'm saving it for later!!

Ben has been waiting for Bella to get big enough to fit in real running gear. She is still so petite, but we bought her a little outfit anyway. We just pulled the draw string really really tight!
Bella and Ben running to the park
We love this pic!
Like father like daughter
She felt so sassy in her running gear. She couldn't stop jumping around.

Nothing like a good read with dad!! Notice all three have a farmers tan :)

Snow Day

So Shreveport actually had a SNOW DAY! Unfortunately, it was on a day where Ben had to go to work so the kids were stuck with me. By the time Daddy got home, there was not enough snow to make a snow man.

Mommy's dinky snow woman. My hands got cold so I couldn't make her any bigger.
Feeling the snow
Yeah for snow! They both loved it.
Bella was the first one out.
The front of the house
Brooks crawling in the snow
Both trying to get up out of the snow. They had on PJ's plus jeans and a couple of jackets. You don't usually have to prepare for snow in Shreveport.
Bella's snow angle
Brooks not wanting to so a snow angle
Bella kicking mammy's snow woman
Are these not the most kissable cheeks you have ever seen!!!!
Tasting the snow
munching on the snow
My Beautiful Bella!
I think she was being a snow leopard.

This was our fun day in the snow!

Hangin' with Dad!

The kids love their daddy so much they asked me to post a couple of pics of them with him.

Brooks feeding himself Chick-fil-A
Brooks feeding daddy Chick-fil-A
Isabella has started falling asleep on her daddy a couple times a month...
I think he LOVES it!!

Christmas 09

We went to Germantown, Tn to celebrate Christmas with my family. All of Isabella's gifts have "bells" on them and Brooks' have "candy canes". Thats how they can tell their gifts apart.

Brooks and Daddy having a moment. Brooks wanting to eat one of his fake candy canes.
The family on Christmas morning. Isabella slept in her bow which is why she has one in her hair so early.
Opening her camera from Grandaddy.

So it's amazing how things have changed over the years. My mom always takes a picture of us coming down the stairs on Christmas morning. When I was little, the pictures were of me with a big smile and almost running down the stairs. As I got older, there was a smile, but my eyes were closed because the morning had come a little too early. Now...
Here is Brooks coming down Christmas morning. My picture (which is not shown) is me carrying Brooks down because he wouldn't go any farther than he is in the pic.
Bella was happy to get down stairs, but the best is Ben (not shown). His picture is him carrying a wet diaper down the stairs. Oh the joys of parenthood!!!!
Sneaky Pete and Sneaky Suzy with Grandaddy. It's a game that they play and the kids love it!
Bella and Brooks with Grandmommy. Mom had the awesome PJ's made for all the girls. They had our first initial on the shirt and the letter matched our pants.
Kristopher and Sara. They will be married on May 7th in Saeside, FL.
This was Ben trying to get Isabella off to bed. As you can see, it's not what she had in mind. She through a nice little fit!
Brooks on his new bike.
Bella on her new motorized bike.
My sweet little snow children saying "cheese". I'm trying to teach Brooks how to show his teeth.