The One With April's Friday Photo Dump

Another month has come & gone!  Thank heaven that we can take pictures on our cell phones (even if they aren't the best quality) so we can capture more memories!  

This month started with Rick's 30th birthday.  We had a few fun little celebrations & Paige even got in on helping Rick celebrate...

We also got a bunch of new books this month, so we had fun reading them all!

Paige & Lindsey officially had their first bath together (I can call this officially, right?)

& they had a lot of fun playing together.  It's so fun to see them interact more every day.  Oh, and Z has almost mastered sitting up!

Speaking of Lindsey, she's 4 months old now!  

 

We of course had Paige's Apraxia Walk (Thanks again to everyone who showed support in one way or another!)

I took the girls on Trax to visit daddy at work & have lunch with him.  That was a pretty big accomplishment for me :)  I'm glad we did it, though.  It was lots of fun.

As usual we enjoyed watching for daddy to come home from work, but this time we had a helper!

My trusty, dusty old Kitchen Aid died on me the other day... but then it was... resurrected?  Well, I guess that's not the right word because it still isn't perfected yet :)  But it came back to life for now.  Thank heaven, I use that thing multiple times each week.  Rick bought it at a yard sale when we were barely married for $25 ... steal?  I think so!

Rick started playing flag football again, and luckily the weather was perfect!

We "crafted" quite a bit this month, too, but we can post about that another time.  

And here's one more for the road... can you spot Lindsey?

(Paige piled all of her dolls on top of Z & me one day, it was kind of hard to tell which one was the real baby!)

The One About The Apraxia Walk

Yesterday we had our Apraxia Walk for Paige.  It was so much fun!

We had 30 people register for the walk & we raised $890 for Team Paige... amazing!  Originally when I found out about the walk, I just thought it would be Rick, Paige, Lindsey & myself, so I was thrilled when the numbers kept growing.

I cannot get over how supportive everyone has been.  We had lots of people who couldn't make it who even donated money for Apraxia.  That was so generous of so many people!  I feel so blessed to have been surrounded by so many people who love Paige.

Our day started out very cold & wet.  Luckily, towards the end of the day, it warmed up quite a bit & ended up being a pretty nice day!

We wanted to have a little Team Paige pride, so I put my thinking cap on.  Paige & Rick like to wear bandannas  so we bought bandannas for everyone on our team & made some really cute sign language thank you cards to attach to the bandannas as a thank you present of sorts...

We also brought t-shirt markers because I wanted everyone on our team to sign her t-shirt.  Some of us also wrote Team Paige on the back of our shirts, too.  Brittany (Paige's aunt) made a little boo boo... can you see it on one of the pictures below??  Funny! 

I was hoping to get pictures of Paige with everyone who came, but I failed on that one.  Oh well, I did get the following pictures, though...

 Here's the majority of our team... 

And of course we have to do a silly picture, too!

And then it was off on the actual walk.

Thank you again, so much to everyone who came &/or donated.  My heart is so full of appreciation for you!

The One With March's Friday Photo Dump

We had yet another busy month.  It's a good thing I post about our previous months on this blog, or else I would forget so many things we do!  

The month started with my grandma's passing & funeral.  Although I will miss vising with her terribly, I am so happy for her.  Happy that she is free from her frail body & even happier that she gets to be with her husband after almost 37 long years.  

Because of her funeral, my brother & his family came into town, so we spent a lot of time with my family.  We went out for sushi...

We fired up the smoker...

And my girls got some good grandpa time in...

Paige has been having so much fun at preschool.  She loved learning about dinosaurs...

And she really liked Green Day...

We LOVED the week with beautiful weather (at the beginning of the month)!  I decided one day that I would be a bad mom if I didn't postpone nap time & get us outside.  So, we got out our wagon (which I LOVE), walked to the park, had a picnic  then played for a bit before heading back home for naps.  It was awesome & it was Lindsey's first time really being out side.  She seemed to really enjoy it, too.

Paige has been so excited about Easter (I think it's because I told her it's kind of like Christmas).  We made an Easter count down, visited the Easter Bunny & had fun pretending to be an Easter Bunny.  She recently added thanking Heavenly Father for the Easter Bunny in her prayers (and yes, she is still thanking him for Ho Ho Ho, too).

Paige got back into books again, so we've been reading a lot...

And the fun doesn't stop there... we had a tea party...

Lindsey has learned how to play & started laughing this month.  It's been fun to interact more with her & watch Paige play with her.

Z has had a bit of a rough month, though.  She has been getting pretty fussy & we are trying to figure out why exactly.  Besides that, though, she's been so fun.  I love her smiles, her laughs & her pouty, sleepy lips.

Z also had her 100th birthday this month (100 days old)... time sure has flown by!

This month we have also watched this bebe grow like a weed.  I put her in some size 12 month clothes and she fit in them!  I'm sure she doesn't fit in all of that size, but sheesh, dude.  I'm not used to this big baby thing, but I love every roll she has!

We also enjoyed taking a break from boring house chores to have a dance party.  It was just what the soul needed after a long day with a fussy baby.  :)

We also were able to take a break from life towards the end of the month & play outside some more, too.  (can you tell getting out of the house is kind of a big deal around here?)

We went to an Easter egg hunt with some of Rick's family.  It was lots of fun to watch Paige because she got about 3 eggs in her basket and then she realized that there was stuff in the eggs, so she decided to stop & look instead of getting lots more first.  This picture says it all...

Here are the rest of the pictures from the Easter egg hunt.   

Next month we are looking forward to playing outside more in the nice weather, celebrating Rick's 30th birthday, and participating in our Apraxia Walk for Paige. It should be a fun month! 

The One About The Apraxia Walk

As most of you know, I recently found out about a walk to raise awareness & money for children with Apraxia.  I am so glad I found out about it in time, I would have been so sad if I missed it this year.  I immediately got excited about it & we signed up.

I have thought about it for a week now, each day getting more & more excited about the walk.  I want to go for me & for Paige.  I want us to know other families who are going through this.  I want Paige to know she has people who love her.

The topic of Apraxia can be a sensitive one for me (thank you post-baby hormones!).  Although it can be really hard at times, but it also brings us so much joy in her successes.  I know that Paige isn't defined by Apraxia, but it has shaped her & made her who she is today.  Even at her young age, she has allowed it to make her a stronger & better person.  I love her more because of that.  She has been so persistent & patient with it... more so than I have been!

Just this morning I posted about it on Facebook, thinking that nothing would come of it.  I still felt passionate enough about it to post it anyway.  In just a few hours, we have had friends & family sign up &/or donate money.  I have had friends post on their blogs & FB accounts asking their friends to join us.  I have even had people I don't know make donations towards 'Team Paige' for Apraxia.  I have been brought to tears many times this morning because of all of this.  Each reaction has meant so much to me.

I just want to say thank you.  Not only to those who will join us, or to those who have made donations, but thank you for your support through the past few years.  We have amazing family & friends who love Paige so much & I am so grateful for that.

I am hoping to make this a tradition each year and we would love to have you join us.  Please do not feel obligated to sign up.  If you cannot make it or donate, I just want to say thank you for your words of encouragement, your advice & your listening ear.  Your support in other ways have not gone unnoticed.  We are truly blessed to have such great family & friends!  Thank you!


If you would like to join Team Paige on April 20, 2013, please click here.  

For more information about the walk, please click here.
For more information about Apraxia, please click here.