The Shaws are in Phoenix

Tonight we went out to dinner with my friend Julie, her husband Mike, their kids Adam and Sarah and Julie's mom, Jane.  They live in Chicago and are in town for vacation. It was so good to see Julie.  I haven't seen her since Wes and I got married.  Adam and Sarah are adorable.  I hope they have a great time while they are in town.  

Happy Easter!!!

Happy Easter!   Alex and I had a great day today.  Unfortunately Daddy had to work this weekend.  But he did give Alex his Easter basket before he left for the hospital.  This afternoon we went to Carly and Ben's house.  They had an Easter egg hunt for the kids.  It was so nice of them to invite us over. 

What is in this egg?  

Cookie monster is in this egg

Happy Easter!!

looking for Easter eggs

I found one and it has my name on it

Maya helping Karina, Alex and Luke look for more eggs

"what do you have?"

We stopped to get a happy meal on the way home. Alex loves fries..

"I had a great day!!"

Our April visit to St. Louis

This past weekend Alex, Abby and I went to St.  Louis.  It will be my last trip there for awhile since DJ will be arriving in 4 months.  We had a great time. It is always nice to be there but the trips go by too fast.  Alex just loves spending time with Grammy and Grandpa. He even looked at my dad and said "Pa."  That made his day!  Here are some pictures from the weekend.

mommy and her big boy

Our last flight was difficult with the car seat so my mom found this seatbelt that wraps around the seat for Alex.  He did really well and liked being in his own seat like a big boy. He even fell asleep for a little bit on the plane ride there. 

playing with all of the toys at Grammy's house

what is this??

giving Abby hugs.

trying to wake Abby up so she will play with him

watching a movie with Aunt Abby

eating a snack with Grammy

My mom's birthday is April 10 so we celebrated a little early.  Bruce and Judy even brought over an ice cream cake.  

make a wish!

Alex had so much fun playing in the backyard. He isn't used to that much grass outside.  He just had fun running around

getting a ride from Grandpa

just hanging out

we discovered Abby has a new talent...she can blow grass and make sounds.  Alex thought it was so funny.

we went out to dinner with the family including Bruce and Judy

fun with the paper in the box

Grandpa...what are you wearing?   my dad was getting ready to go to the Cardinals season opener.  It was supposed to be 40 degrees.  But he went anyway.  He said there were snow flakes towards the end of the game.  And the Cardinals lost.

on our way home

Abby's bridal shower

We went to St. Louis for Abby's bridal shower.  The shower was great.  Abby and Tri had a lot of fun and they got a lot of great gifts.

the centerpieces

Abby and me with our cousins Erin and Marsha

My dad and Tri brought Alex to the shower

hanging out with cousin Alli

always trying to find something to get into

the bride and groom

having fun opening gifts

Put the paper in the box

Alex found a new toy to play with.  My dad would put tissue paper in a box and then Alex would take it all out, walk through it and then run to the kitchen. He would give my dad enough time to put the tissue paper back before running in to do it again. He must have done this 10 times before we left the paper out of the box when he ran in.  He looked at it for a minute then put the paper in the box and then started all over by taking it out.  We were all tired after watching him to do this for 20 minutes.  But he had so much fun!!!