Mother's Day Weekend

We went to Indiana for Mother's Day weekend and had a great time!

Clayton experienced ketchup for the first time at Red Robin - he loved it!!

It was so loud at Red Robin, that I was trying to shield Addy's ears from the noise - it was really that loud. We could hardly have a conversation at our table.

The 4 generations picture!

We were so glad Aunt Cindy, Uncle Hugh, and Grandma Herring were able to come by so they could meet Addyson for the first time.

Clayton thought it was pretty cool to be able to hold pencils behind his ears.

Mother's Day Sunday

The whole Herring clan!

My two treasures!

This video clip is of Clayton eating ketchup. He really only uses the french fries to lick the ketchup. (You can also hear how loud the restaurant is!)

Baby Allie

Congrats to my brother and sister-in-law on the birth of their baby girl, Allie Kay Englund. She is a darling! I love taking newborn pictures - here she is at 11 days old.

MO Trip #1

At the end of March, we took a weekend trip to Missouri. Addyson had never been "home" and I wanted her to go before she got too grown up.

I love the trampoline probably just as much as the kids do. Now, Clayton points to our neighbors trampoline and says, "jump, jump." :-(

The King and Queens of Burger King!

We went out to the lamb barn and I didn't know this lamb was jumping like this until I put my pictures on the computer! :-)

Clayton loves animals and was so fascinated with all the sheep.

Vernon Time

I was so excited to finally be able to meet my newest nephew, Tanner, a few weeks ago. And, of course, a new baby means new pictures! :-) Elijah wasn't quite as excited about the pictures as I was, but we managed to get a few.

Dana, Phil, Tanner, and Elijah

Tanner Mark Vernon at 2 months old

Senior Time!

Seniors are so fun to photograph and Amber was no exception! We went to a cemetery for her outdoor photo session and enjoyed the beautiful flowers, trees, and cool buildings. Here's a few favorites:

Rocking Sheep

I LOVE consignment sales, yard sales, garage sales, etc. and have gone to 3 kids consignment sales in the last 2 weeks: Mason, Florence, and West Chester. It was very interesting to see how the sales were conducted, the items that were there, and the volume of people that showed up. I got to the West Chester sale at 7:50 AM (it opened at 8), and there were over 600 people in line - no kidding! So much for being there early! But, I still snagged some bargains and especially loved this rocking sheep that I found for only $5. Clayton absolutely loves it! In fact, I had to hide it on Sunday morning because he wanted to play with it instead of get ready for church.

He drags the sheep to where I am in the house. We were getting ready to eat supper and he thought the sheep should be fed too!


Saturday morning when he got on it for the first time.

He loves this toy I found there too. He pushes it all over the house and it makes music. He's also wearing the cool yellow rubber boots I found. These will be great for the muddy outdoors!

Addyson at 2 months

I can't believe Addyson is already 2 months old! I managed to get these pictures done while Clayton was napping. I haven't attempted a photo with them both together - makes me nervous just thinking about it - but I want to try it soon. She did great with her photo session and was happy as a bee!

Clayton at 16 months

Clayton is getting a little harder to photograph because he won't stay still! :-) You should have seen me trying to get these pictures (or maybe not). I would throw sweetarts on the backdrop and he would run get them, and I would try to snap away. He also loves to climb, so I put a box under the backdrop and let him explore that for a while. Next time, we're waiting until Aaron gets home. He's a 2-man job!

Bumbo Time!

We pulled out the Bumbo seat for Addyson this weekend. She loved it! And Clayton loved it too. He kept wanting to sit in it. Only problem with him was he would get stuck once he was down and had a hard time getting out. :-)

Our Chinese meal of Cashew Chicken and Teriyaki Chicken - yum!

I always have a hard time judging how much rice to fix - yep, we had plenty!!

This video was when Clayton saw Addyson in the Bumbo seat for the first time. We thought it was so funny that he kept saying, "Hi, Baby."

This and That

Addyson all dressed for church. I just love this outfit (thanks, Jana!).

Clayton having one of our favorite snacks - popcorn and juice! This snack is our traditional Sunday afternoon snack. (No, I normally do not have him eating in his high chair with a white sweater and a white turtleneck, but it was nearly time to leave and popcorn shouldn't hurt too much.) :-)

We have had a LOT of snow recently!

Right after we paid this guy to clear our driveway, it started snowing again!

The snow is pretty, but I'm ready for Spring!

Clayton is really wanting to use a spoon to eat, which is great - except for the fact, that he's not that great at making his mouth, yet. He'll learn soon enough! :-)

I got him this balloon for Valentine's Day (a chocolate covered strawberry balloon). He would hardly let it out of his sight and had to hold it while he ate breakfast the next morning.

Venture to the Mall

We tried it and we survived. We took the kids to the mall last week. I'm still waiting on a double stroller, so we probably looked pretty interesting going through the mall with Aaron and I both pushing a stroller.

Clayton went crazy when he saw all these cool things to ride on. He didn't want to leave. :-) I have a video clip, but it won't load properly on here (I've tried 3 times now), so maybe I'll put it on Facebook.

Waving at the "crowd"!