Bathing Beauties

We started putting both kids to bed at the same time (as opposed to Brynlee going an hour earlier), so it made sense to start bathing them together as well. They enjoy eachother's company in the cramped quarters as they splash Mommy and Daddy. This will be a photo for someone's yearbook down the road!!

Uncle Trent

Trent has been in town for the past week on Spring Break from his college in Boston. We ate at a Mexican restaurant before he took the red eye flight back to Bean Town. We always make Trent's last meal Mexican because you can't find good Mexican in Boston and he needs his last fix before being without for several weeks/months. We'll be going to Boston over Mother's Day weekend this year to witness Trent's graduation from Berklee.

Boat Park

When I was a little kid, we used to visit this park all the time, only when we went, it was a wooden boat! My brothers later dubbed it "S.S. Splinter". I guess that's why the Parks & Rec people decided to replace the wooden version with a cement structure. Here we are, enjoying some unseasonably warm weather at "the Boat Park".

Easter

We had a wonderful day on Sunday! It started out with a delicious brunch buffet at Sweet Tomatoes with Gammy and our friends Christine and Jesse. Later in the day, we went up to Darren's sister Michelle's house for a perfectly-prepared dinner of turkey and other awesome fixin's. Zoie hid eggs for Tevin, who had a delightful time trying to find them. Brynlee was shy most of the time but eventually warmed up and started chattering away and showing off.

BagBabies

Daddy got a wild hair the other day when we brought home Del Taco. He decided the bags would make perfect hats for our little goofballs!

Big Boy Bed

A week ago, we decided it was high time to move Tevin into a real bed. Tevin isn't a climber, so I never worried about him trying to get out of the crib, and everything I'd read told us to wait until as close to his third birthday as possible. Well, he's just 2 1/2 months shy of that milestone, but what really sparked my desire to let go of yet another baby stage was that I took a real good look at my "baby" in his crib only to realize that his body nearly stretched from the headboard to the footboard. How did that happen!?!?

This past week, we had a full-size mattress on the floor and kept the crib in the room just in case he decided he wasn't ready for the transition. After a solid week of big boy style sleeping, we determined he was indeed ready, so we gave Tevin's crib to Brynlee.

"Romantic" Getaway?

This past weekend, Darren and I went away to a local hotel to spend some time alone. We did it for two reasons: First, we wanted the time away! Second, we were trying to see if the kids could handle being away from us for a long stretch of time (it was just under 48 hours!). We're planning a slightly longer trip to Boston in May for my brother Trent's graduation from college and we're hoping Grandma, Granddad, and the Hoben family will be able to handle the kids while we're away. Our weekend trip went very well, despite the fact that Darren was sick (and had been for over a week) and I got sick on Saturday afternoon. Needless to say, there wasn't a lot of romance going on, but a whole lot of uninterrupted sleep and kid-free relaxation. This is the first time we had been away from Brynlee overnight, and the second time we'd been away from Tevin. All reports indicated that neither kid even mentioned us! I do know my mom and dad were pretty tired after the ordeal! Thanks again Gammy K and Grandpa Gene!