Looking back, looking forward

Just looking through old pictures, and thought these were a great comparison. Addie in 2006, Max in 2008. The funny thing is most of Addie's pictures have her with a binkie, and most of Max's don't.

Easter Snow

Aahhh, Spring Break! A time to enjoy the renewal of life... HA! Not in Milwaukee. We just endured a major storm that brought us 15 inches of snow. This brings us into the #2 spot on record for most snow in one season in Milwaukee, beating out 1897 at 94 inches. That's right, folks, 96 inches this year!! And we only need 13 more to break the all time record of 109 set in 1885. The National Weather Service states this is roughly double the normal amount received. I'm sure I'm being punished for my wishful thinking in my previous post.

Addie had a visit this afternoon from the Easter Bunny, who decided to stop by during the day instead of Sunday because of our hectic schedules. She woke from her nap to find the basement decorated with colorful eggs and a fun basket for her and Max each. She was so excited about every egg she found, we had too much fun watching her run from one end of the room to the other as she noticed each new egg. I wish I had that kind of enthusium for life.

Max, just chillin'

All decked out for the Egg Hunt

Addie partying with Trey!

Spring is coming, my tulips tell me so!

Okay, so maybe it's wishful thinking, but I swear I can feel the change in the weather. Even though it was only 34 degrees today, it seemed less frigid. Maybe it's because we can finally see some grass (although there is still a TON of snow). And I did see tulips poking their little heads out of the frozen ground this morning. This picture is from last May, so don't think that we have anything but brown grass covered with dirty snow in our yard right now. You all should see our house the first couple months of spring. What a sight!!! Now, I can't say that our house is anything wonderful, but when I pull up to our driveway in the spring, I swell a little with pride. I just love flowers!!! And, anyone who saw our yard when we first moved in knows, we started with a blank canvas. I'll be a little sad to have to start over when we have to move. Maybe I'll just dig up all our bulbs and transplant so I don't have to go without.

Sorry about the gardening ramble, I just can't wait!!! Addie, too. She suffers from cabin fever more than the rest of us, I think. Mainly because I'm a homebody, Corey leaves the house for work, and Max doesn't know any different.

On the family side of news, Max is nearly 6 months and we've just started feeding him cereal. That's right, folks, he keeps up those cheeks on just milk alone (until recently). Everyone that sees him just can't get over his round little face and how big he is! He has an appointment in 2 weeks, so we'll see how big he truely is.

Also, a little news about Corey. After serving for over 3 years as the Elders Quorum President, he has finally been released!! But, lest you think he will get called back into Primary, they've called him to be the Second Counselor in the bishopric. Oh, joy! Just in time for Max to become more active at church, I get to juggle them both alone. Oh, well. Corey would be bored with anything less involving.

That's it for now, I would just invite all to think warm, green thoughts and help Spring hurry itself back into our lives!