Easter Eggstravaganza

Eggs, eggs, and eggs...our weekend was full of family, lazy days spent at the cabin, buggy's, baby dolls, candy, a dallop of sunshine, and so much more!  It was such a great weekend and what we love more than anything is having time to get out of our "city life".  A retreat to the cabin is always good for the soul as it allows us to rest and relax!  This weekend in particular is so much more than Easter baskets and bunnies.  Feeling a connection to something much bigger than any single person, and giving thanks for the gift that God gave us. 

"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life in Heaven."  John 3:16

I can't help but think how blessed we ALL are to have something so wonderful to believe in.  My heaven is up in the clouds, kind of like how the Care Bears lived, but there is a whole world up there.  All of my relatives and friends that have passed away are there and it is pure happiness!  Something for all of us to look forward to someday...when the time is right.

And now for the egg hunt.  My precious baby girl was just so cute cuddling her baby dolls all weekend, pushing them around in the buggy that Grandma Kathy bought for her.  She did a great job searching for eggs and she even caught on to the concept of putting the eggs in the buggy so we could continue the hunt!  Marley is just a bundle of sassy cuteness and I just can't get enough of her, ever.  Period. 

Now this is the cuteness I'm obsessed with!!!



Our girl is getting bigger everyday...or should I say, she is growing up more and more everyday!  We just had her 15 month check up on Monday, April 18th.  She weighed in at 21 lbs 15 ozs and was 33 inches tall.  Miss Bean Pole!  It's amazing to watch how fast she learns new things at this age.  She is just a little sponge!  I captured a little video this evening of some of her tricks, but she's kind of shy around the video camera (go figure, because this girl is anything but shy)!!  Check her out in the video below!

Wishing everyone a belated happy Easter and a happy, happy Spring.......is it here yet?!  The busy-ness continues in our house, with Travis working long days and heading north for a week long job!  Boo!  That means I'm solo mommy for next week, which I don't love!  But, I do have lots of fun stuff going on next week, so it gives me something to look forward to!

More updates to come!!!

Qik - Marley's Tricks

Marley Rocks!

Miss Marley, aka Miss Diva, aka Miss Ham, aka Miss Sassy Pants, aka Miss Love Bug...oh, the many faces of our little babe!  We had family pictures taken today.  I didn't have 1 year pictures taken professionaly, so these will have to do.  She's 14.5 months old and, as we soon discovered, is at a very difficult age in terms of sitting through a photo shoot!  There were a few melt-downs, a mini tantrum, a "no, I'm not letting go of my lovey" moment (or two)...but, when I broke out her favorite pair of shades (purchased at Baby Gap last summer), we saw a new side of our little lady...........our little rockstar!  And Mars does rock!

Photos were taken by the very talented (total understatement) Casey VonStein of Casey V Photography.  She is amazing!  This was the fourth time we had Casey take pictures of our little miss and we are continuously AMAZED with her work.  Talented, creative, sweet...and just plain kicks butt at what she does!  Casey wrote the cutest blog post about our session today, and she shared several other photos of Marley Jean the Rockstar!

Besides rockin' the photo session, Marley has been so proud to show off all her new talents lately.  She is more than happy to show you where her head, mouth, nose, ears, and piggies are....Trav thinks it is weird that I call her toes piggies, and even more weird that when I ask Marley where her piggies are, she sits down and grabs her toes!  Hopefully this won't confuse her later in life!  She's also learning to master several animal sounds...her favorite is the lion!  But even more fun than all of that is the covering her face with whatever she can find...towel, blanket, lovie, pillow--then she waits for someone to ask, "Where's Marley?"  Promptly followed by the big reveal and belly laughs from the little girl!  Miss Mars fills out house with love and laughs and silliness and FUN!!!  Well, and the occasional diva-like tantrum when I won't give her another mini cadbury egg, but hey...........you take the oh-so-good, with the bad!

It's still the weekend..............ENJOY!!