Is that a monkey?

So, Naison has found the art of climbing! I know it is normal for boys to climb but he is on everything. The kitchen table, coffee table, chairs, toilets, dog bins in the pantry, and so on. He loves to climb and does it every waking moment. I sure am going to have my hands full when this baby comes. Don't get me wrong...I am blessed to have a healthy child that can climb, I just needed to tell someone what I am going through!

Have to add to this post because this is what I found this morning....

...and he didn't even tip over! I love my little monkey!

Easter!

We went to my mom's on Easter morning for an egg hunt, breakfast, and then church. Naison got a really cool Easter basket at Grams and Papa's too! Of course he wanted to eat all the candy first! Sometimes I wish he never knew what candy was because he throws a fit for it.

There sure were a lot of egg hunts this year! You think Nais would get the hang of it, but no, he would get one egg and then open it and want to eat what was inside and not hunt anymore. So, we had to help him out a bit.

Thanks mom for having a great Easter!

Egg Hunt With The Sylvias

Kirsten and family came to our community egg hunt this year. I think this is the first year that the kids actually were able to participate. They had a lot of things to do...egg hunt, music, an Easter bunny, bounce houses, face painting, and food. They had it broken up into age groups, so it was nice all the little kids got to go first.

Hmm...wonder who let Naison have his own cotton candy (daddy) and wonder what Naison's favorite part of the day was? I guess we will never know. Thanks for coming and hanging with us Sylvia family.

Robyn and Family come to AZ

My friend Robyn, from college, and her family came to AZ for a visit last week. They do a family trip somewhere every year and this time it was AZ. It was very exciting because this is the 1st time Kirsten, Robyn, and I were together with our kids. We did a bunch of different things while they were here. Our first meet up was for a DBacks game.

We went swimming at Robyn and Paul's aunt's house and she traced them in chalk...they loved it! Nais also had his first otter pop!

One morning, we went to the zoo and met one of Robyn's friends, who also was in town with her kiddos, and saw all of the animals, played on the playground, and played in the splash pad.

We went swimming at The JW Marriott pool.

On the last night they were here we had a college reunion night and all came to my house and hung with the kids. We played outside at the water table, ate dinner, gave the kids baths, and tried to get some pictures of them together!

And, we went swimming in the Aviano community pool for one last playtime before they headed home. We had such an amazing time hanging with the Gentiles. I hope they can come back soon...we are missing them already.

MMR Easter Egg Hunt

The weekend before Easter, my mom's club had a spring party that involved an Easter egg hunt too. I invited Kirsten and KK to come and join the party. There was food, decorating Easter bags, decorating cookies, a bunny craft, and an Easter egg hunt!

One of the mom's in my group Kirsten went to high school with! Small world right?...and her name is Amanda. Here is her son Chase with Nais and KK. It was so hard to get good pictures of all the kids looking at the camera. After the egg hunt the kids happened to find the splash pad! So, we let them go in even though we had no swim stuff. They all had a blast. We love water in AZ!

Easter Playdate

A few friends of mine from Stroller Strides came over for an Easter playdate a couple of weeks ago. We had so much fun!!! We had food, drinks, decorating Easter buckets, egg hunting, eating candy, and playing! Thanks to Stephanie and Alaina for doing most of the planning!

Here are some group shots we got...Shelley got their attention by singing...Hey, whatever works. Best group shot of this many babies/toddlers I have seen in a while!

Mama Shahnaz comes to AZ

Vafa's mom, Shahnaz, came form TX a couple of weeks ago to visit. She stayed with us one night and watched Naison while I went to work. She stayed with Vafa's sister, Venous, the rest of the time but we got to see her a lot. Naison LOVED hanging with her. I am so glad she got to come out for a visit and see all the grandkids. Unfortunately, I didn't get many pictures.

These are from the mall play area and Mama's new hair do!