the tree slide at the Baltimore Zoo
a peaceful moment in the double stroller
riding on the giant turtle
brielle's first time at the Baltimore Zoo
cheese!
trying to get them both to look at the camera was impossible
one of his favorites...the giraffe's
brielle in a giant birds next

learning to pick up cheerios
a playful moment between siblings
smiley little girl
hi mom

trying brett's motorcycle helmet on....the thing weighs about 5 lbs
again with the helmet
Melissa Thiel visits...we head to a Baltimore Orioles baseball game
melissa and braydon swinging
one morning.....daddy and his kids

brielle and brett
happy girl
love my sunglasses!
comparing whose glasses are better...
enjoying a soda out on the deck

outside...outside....outside..

we spent a lot of the weekend outside...yesterday, the new playset was put in and Braydon loves it, even Brielle seems to enjoy her baby swing. We had some friends over last night and the kids welcomed in the new playset by trying everything out. Can't believe tommorrow is already May!

climbing the rock wall ladder
testing out the slide
swinging with mommy
trying out her new swing.
braydon and josh in the fort
just too cute!
"now if i could only move"
josh
even maggie likes the new playset

a rare touching moment between siblings....
and yet..another rare moment
braydon helping "mr. bob" build the playset
allison
yeah! i got a new playset...

April is almost over...

April is almost over...figured I should post a few pics. We enjoyed a really warm, and very much needed weekend. Spent a lot of time outside running around, mowing the lawn, walks, bubbles, braydon riding and inspecting the motorcycles, etc.

Braydon loves to be outside and loves to be involved in any project that we attempt. He favorite thing at the moment is to look after the motorcycles and "check them out" as he says, while trying to convince Brett to take him on a ride.

Brielle turned 6 mos on the 20th and celebrated by really sitting on her own for long periods of time and rolling around a lot. She has changed a lot in the past week and we are noticing that when on her belly...those legs come up and "push"....she either goes forward or backward......

As we head into May...we have another quiet month at home, with some visitors and the hope for nice weather.

climbing at the park..
of course we have to climb back up the slide
very serious in his sunglasses
yeah!!! i can sit by myself..
kim and brielle
hanging...braydon and josh
aiden(2wks)-brielle(almost 6 mos)-ben (almost 3 mos)
holding hands

he must be telling her a secret...
new outside chairs
we decided to shave his head...he did really great until..
the end! and he wanted that shirt off due to all the hair
her first skort!

engineer cap
relaxing in the sun
hello.
riding the motorcyle with daddy (up and down the street)
brother and sister

Happy Easter

Hello...

Happy Easter everyone...lots of new pictures below!

we are celebrating the day with the common cold all around! we all have had a touch of it this past week, and brielle seems to have it the worst right now, but we are getting better!

oh....and i was very excited yesterday....even though she is in the dumps with a really bad cold, she ROLLED OVER for the first time yesterday...and she did it FOUR times! braydon spent the day with Brett...going from Best Buy, the Train Store, out to eat, etc....he had an awesome day!

love you all!