Just returned from the hospital....

...and anouncement of the details will be coming shortly!

Welcome Alexa Marie Valeich!

Our wonderful friends the Valeichs have a new addition to the family!! Alexa Marie was born on April 27th at 3:01 p.m., weighing 6 lbs and 12 oz. We are so incredibly happy for them - she's a beautiful baby! 

Early Birthday Gifts

This year the girls received early, but very special, Birthday gifts - matching raincoats and boots! 

Dagney was so excited when Dad got home from work so she could open the box that arrived from California and said "Happy Birthday" all over it. When she did, she screamed '"Boots!"
Dad was so eager to try them out the very first day, even though it was still a little too cold outside. 

We were able to get out for a couple of pictures, but not for long. Paige always likes some attention, even if it is getting dressed up in new clothes and trying to stand on her own.

We hope to get some better pictures when it gets a little warmer.

Thanks Aunt Jenny, Uncle Kent and Cousins Maddie and Sophie!

The Over-sized Orange Toddler Swing

Here, Dagney takes her turn on the over-sized Orange Toddler swing! The kids just love this swing!

Early Easter Cupcake

And closing out our trip to the Lafayette village, Dagney picked out this delicious looking Easter Cupcake!

Old School Potty Training

While at the Lafayette Village, we found an old school out-house. I could not resist sending Dagney in to see if she had to poop-poop or pee-pee.

"Don't bring Lamby with you!"

Fat, Lazy, Worthless Ducks

I was so excited to have Good Friday off, I recommended we to go to nearby Lafayette Village and feed the ducks! I was convinced this would be a huge hit for Dagney, however the ducks had other thoughts. These overfed, lazy ducks would not move. In fact, I threw a couple wads of bread at a few of them, yet they hardly flinched. Dagney was not amused either.

Play-Doh Fun!

On Sunday, Dagney got Play-Doh in her baskets from the Easter Bunny and the Crafts, so this morning we decided to try it out! She loves it and wouldn't even look up when I took the pictures - but I still got her to say "Cheeeeeeese!"

Here Dagney and I are assembling duck parts....

The finished product:

Finder's Keepers, Losers Weepers

Now that Paige is getting mobile, anything is free game! Here Paige finds one of Dagney's sippy cups and Dagney could not pry it away.

Chomp-chomp-chomp!

Easter at Ohma's

Paige and Dagney got the royalty treatment at Ohma's. Paige got a yellow duck and Dagney got a a white lamb. They both also had magic dresses but we did not get a good picture of them together.

It took some coaxing to get them together.

Here they checked out Ohma's magic eggs.

Easter Sunday 09 - The Morning Come'th

Dagney could not believe her eyes coming down the steps today...

There were three baskets, but this was the main one with an Easter Duck, some organic fruit snacks and some MONSTER TRUCKS!

Paige got a new piano. She has such an ear for music some have speculated there may have been a mix up at the hospital (for those who know of Josh's musical prowess). That's right Paige, 'Keep on Rock'n in the Free World'.

We showed Dagney the first egg, pointed to the second and then she was off to the races. She caught on real quick.

Dagney collected all the eggs and than took them apart and put them back together all day. In fact, she took a pink egg into the bathtub tonight!

Easter '09

Tonight we decorated Easter Eggs with Janelle, Dave and Cole and it was a wonderful evening.

Here we are with our "Easter 09" egg.

Josh, Dagney, Dave and Cole overlook the 20+ Easter Eggs in dire need of color!

What is that? Is that the Easter Bunny making an early visit?
Here is mom and her daughters. Paige was the only one who was impressed with Jenn's ability to produce this briliant orange egg!

Paige was really getting into the egg thing, she had no problem claiming her own egg!
Janelle and her boy Cole got a real kick out of this red Easter Egg they dyed together.
Before the day was over, Cole was a real pro at turning his eggs.
And I had to put this picture in the blog, I cherish these 'firsts', such as dyeing Paige's first Easter Egg with her.