Meal Time with Baby

Our Sweet little baby girl will NOT sit in her high chair, so unless I am sitting right there with her I let her stand at the kid's table and eat. She loves it too.

Her new favorite meal is spaghetti. She is really good at sucking in the noodles. Below is a little video clip of it.

Easter Eggs!

The kids loved dying Easter eggs. The weather was nice and hot too. It felt like summer.

Little sunshine almost poured the dye out about 20 times. Here she is in action.
Striking a pose. She was modeling her apron that Grandma JC made her.
Look who's taking some steps!
Little gardener planting some basil.

Heat Wave

Saturday we had great weather. In the morning we went to our ward easter party. There was a delicious breakfast and an easter egg hunt for the kids. Then in the afternoon we went to 9th street and had a great beach day. It felt like we were in Hawaii.

There were tons of ladybugs. One landed in baby's hair.

Hanging with the Baltzer's.
Look at these cute beach babies!

Poodle

After dinner at the Irvine spectrum we saw this huge poodle outside of Nordstroms. The kids loved this dog. CJ asked the man, "Where's his ears?" His ears looked like part of his hair on his head.

My parents met up with us later that night.
The kids were exhausted after a long day.

Birthday Time

Tonight we went out to dinner for Mimi's birthday. We went to the Irvine spectrum and met up with all the cousins.

Here is the view of the backseat of our minivan. The kids are taking over!

The cousins.
We ate ate at Nordstroms' cafe. It was delicious.

The Golden Boy at School

It looks like Ms. Grady discovered the golden boy too. He was presented an award from the principle and his teacher for being respectful. There were only a couple of awards given out that day, and there are only 5 months in the extended kindergarten program. This truly shows that he stands out, and really tries hard to be a good boy for his teacher. I am not surprised his charm shines through the pack of 31 kids. I love him so much.

Just Another Day in the Life of Us.

Just another park day with the Baltzer boys. There have been countless and I'm sure there's a few more in the future. Sunshine loves hanging out with her boyfriend!

Here we are chilling, watching a movie, waiting for CJ to get out of school. Notice all the strollers piled up in the back. Got to love the mini van.

Wedding Bells

I am so happy for both of my dear friends Maryann and Bryan. They are perfect for each other and will be so happy in life. I am even more excited because they are going to be living right around the corner from us!
I have been friends with Bryan since I was 7. We were in the same first grade class and I went to my senior prom with his brother. He and his twin brother were like brothers to me. I am so happy he found such a sweet girl.

Little Buddies

We went to the park for Chase and Ellie's birthdays. We always have such a great time with all of our little friends. There are so many great families in HB. I love how we never feel like we have to "keep up with the Jones'" because everyone is so down to earth and fun to hang with. It feels like the world is so materialistic these days.

CJ loves his little friend Chase. He is such a nice little kid. I also like him because he helps my boy to always be reverent at church. They are in the same class and the teacher always tells me how good they both are. JB subbed one day and he witnessed it too.
The Girls were all playing so well together. It was adorable to see them all running around together at the park.

Happy 1st Birthday!

I can't believe it's been an entire year. I don't want my baby to get any older. I wish I could freeze time sometimes so I could just savor her cute little gummy smile and her soft little cheeks a little longer.

Here she is at her birthday dinner at Grandma and Papa Hennings' home. She was so good all night even though she did not nap well all day. That just shows her great personality, happy, easy going, and funny.

All the cousins.
Happy birthday girl.
She dove right into the cake.
She loved the coconut cake. It was delicious.
She did not stop until her plate was clean.
She got a new baby doll, stroller, crib and high chair set. She LOVES babies. She calls a baby a "de-de" it's pretty cute. Notice her pointing to the baby in the picture.

Hennings Boy #4!

So my wonderful older brother and wife had their 4th baby boy in January. We just adore him. This crazy world needs more handsome, good, young men.

M takes holding her new baby cousin very serious.

The Golden Boy

CJ is turning into the little golden boy of our family. He is such a stud athlete, he tries hard in school, he is reverent at church, and he is always so sweet and loving to us. We feel so blessed that our daughters have him for an older brother.

He has really gotten into building airplanes out of legos lately. He is growing up so fast.

Crazy Hair Day

CJ is having so much fun at his new school. Here he is on crazy hair day.