Easter!

This past weekend we met up with Andrew's mom and grandparents at Andrew's aunt and uncle's house in Guymon, Oklahoma. We had such a fun weekend and celebrated Easter together as well!

Easter morning and Sadie is happy....

It was a beautiful day and perfect for egg-hunting.

Uncle Joe helping Parker ride a tricycle....

Playing bubbles with Nonni

Gram and Sadie playing together

Papa and Parker playing a fun game

Nonni with her grandkids

Our family

From left: Aunt Kim, Uncle Joe, Andrew, Nonni, Parker, Papa, Sadie, and Gram

Goings on

So I know you haven't heard from me in a while. This is mostly due to the fact that there has been a little bug traveling through our family, mostly affecting Sadie. Last week she started running a fever and after visiting her pediatrician we discovered that she mostly likely had an ear infection. Poor little baby. For several days she was very tired because she wasn't sleeping as well as she usually does at night. She was so tired the she even fell asleep just sitting on Andrew's lap.....something that is EXTREMELY unusual behavior for her.

Even being so tired and likely not feeling very good, she was still in a pretty good mood and happy to play.

She appears to be much better now, so I'm grateful for that. ALSO, in other big news at the Strait home, Sadie is now crawling! She started less than a week ago, and now she is on the move like crazy. I will try to get a video of her doing this soon so that I can post it on here. Parker is also doing well, and he is really enjoying Sadie's newfound mobility. Pretty soon they are going to join forces, and I am simply not ready for that....

Last night in CO

My parents and nieces left for home this morning, and although some of us got sick towards the end of their visit here, we all had a fun time. Last night I took some pics....

Gram with Sadie and Parker
Poppy with Sadie and Parker

Mom and Dad with all the grandkids

Movies and mayhem....

We've had a fun last couple of days. Last night we took Parker to his first movie, "Alvin and the Chipmunks, the Squeakquel". There is a movie theatre in town called The Picture Show that has movies once they go out of the main theatres. Tickets are normally $1.50, but on Tuesdays they are 75 CENTS! HELLO! Parker seemed to have a really good time, and later on in the evening kept asking to watch the "big movie". Here is a picture of Andrew and Parker after the movie was over.... Tonight we took pictures for a special project for my grandpa on my mom's side. There are 6 great-grandchildren, and they aren't often in the same place at the same time. They all happen to be in Colorado Springs for a few days, so we got together at our house today for a little impromptu photo shoot. With four of the kids ages 3 and under, it made for an interesting time. We plan on making a gift for Grandpa from the pics.

That is Parker's face....

Sweet littl girl

The best picture of the group as far as I can tell.....

Family Fun

My parents and nieces are in town for spring break, so last night my cousin's family along with her mother came over to our house for dinner. We had a really fun time!

My Aunt Debbie with Mom and Dad
Sweet little Sadie girl Parker playing with Cousin A and Cousin Cortnee

Andrew and Troy playing some Wii....what else???

Playing and waving!

On most Friday mornings, we go to the playground at our local mall along with several other young moms and their kiddos. They have a large soft play area where all of the equipment is safe and totally fun to play on. We get there early enough that it's not super busy, and the kids have a really good time running, climbing, sliding, and playing. Here is Parker climbing a tree....Although Sadie isn't yet crawling, she moves quite a bit and managed to get herself stuck under our stroller.

Stephanie and Cousin A have been coming with us and having a great time too....

The boys like to walk hand in hand when we're done and on our way back to the cars....

And in my last post about Sadie, I mentioned that she's learned how to wave bye-bye. Here is a SUPER CUTE video of her showing off! (Click on the arrow in the bottom left-hand corner to view)

Cookie monster

I decided to make some chocolate chip cookies today....what better to do on a snowy afternoon anyway? When Parker woke up from his nap and saw what I was doing, he was pretty excited. I guess you could say that the cookies were "Parker tested, Parker approved". The only thing he didn't like about them was when I told him he could have no more. I even think he kinda looks like Cookie Monster in this picture....