April, Easter and Mother's Day!

Well, a lot has gone on since I updated. We'll start with Ruby! She is now 11 months. I can't believe that my baby is going to be 1 on June 11th. She is now mobile and our life will never be the same. I don't know why we thought we wanted her to move, because now she is into EVERYTHING. She does not crawl, she scoots on her bum! See the video below to see how cute it is. She won't even try laying on her stomach now. She is getting pretty fast and she can turn and go the other way without even wobbling. She has now been moved into a big car seat. It faces backwards, but she loves being able to sit up and see stuff. She still only has 2 teeth, but I think that her 2 top ones are on their way in. She loves to wave and clap. We are trying to get her to hold up 1 finger and also blow a kiss. She loves to bug Abe and wake him up when he is sleeping. She tasted dog food for the 1st time about 3 weeks ago. Then when we told her "no" she flipped out. She was throwing a fit and screaming. She does not like to be told "no!" She is going to be a fun teenager.


The Easter Bunny brought Ruby a hopping bunny, a book, and a ball. She would just laugh whenever the bunny would hop and sing. She also loved her ball. She is pretty good at catching it, but not so good at rolling it. We dyed eggs with all of my nieces and nephew. Ruby had fun but she just hung out in the highchair. My dad gave her 2 eggs and she would just clap them together so they would break. We were able to visit both of our families on Easter. We also had our annual Easter Egg Hunt at my grandparents. Ruby didn't really care about finding the eggs, but she loved to hold and throw them. She made $1.80 from all of her findings. We had a really fun Easter!

Her jumping Bunny-Look at that smile

In April, we have a lot of birthdays! On the 6th, Leta turned 15. On the 9th, Nate turned 6. On the 19th, Paislee turned 4 and on the 20th Mafa turned 16. Will also ran a 1/2 marathon (13.1 miles) with Allen and Koy. He didn't even train (crazy) and he finished it in 2 hours and 10 minutes. Way to go, Love!

Chucky Cheese for Paislee's Party
Riding the Merry Go Round
Right before the 1/2 marathon

Me and my friend, Liz were able to go and see Daughtry in April! It was so AWESOME!!! We have been wanting to go to a concert together but she hates country and I don't really listen to anything else. But when we heard that Daughtry was coming, we got our tickets. I love going to concerts and singing at the top of my lungs! It was SO much fun!!! Thanks Liz!

Me and Liz at Daughtry
So close to the stage!

We also went to the Tulip Festival at Thanksgiving Point. We went with Liz and Allen and their kids. It was so pretty and fun! I have never been, but we were able to take a lot of cute pictures of Ruby. We just sat her down right in the middle of the tulips and started clicking away. She wasn't so sure about them, but we got some really cute pictures!!!

Will and Ruby bought me some really cute black shoes for Mother's Day. I am so grateful to be a mother. I have the best daughter in the world. My day always starts out great when I get to go in and get my smiling Ruby out of her crib! She is the joy of my life (along with her dad) and I am so grateful that the Lord would trust her precious spirit to me and Will.
I want to thank my wonderful mother! She is such a good example to me. I love her with all of my heart and I am so glad that she is my mom!!! I am also grateful for my mother-in-law. She is an amazing person. I am grateful that she raised such a wonderful son and that she loves me like one of her daughters. I am so grateful to have 2 wonderful moms. I love being a mom and wife and I am so blessed!!!