Happy Easter!

Easter Sunday did not start off as planned.  Teddy woke up at 3:00 a.m. wheezing and had a barking cough.  I decided to take him to the Children's Hospital emergency room.  They initially thought he had Croup but ended up just diagnosing him with a cough and a fever.

How sweet is he with his hospital bracelet on?!

Teddy and I got home just in time to see what the Easter Bunny brought us!

The bubbles were a big hit!  Thank you Easter Bunny!

We went to Mass and then to brunch with Gigi, Cathy, Anne, Joe, Vinnie and Gabbie.  After brunch we headed to Dayton to celebrate the rest of Easter with Grandma and Grandpa.  Shana and Ari were also in town, so on Monday we visited the Boonshaft Museum, a children's museum in Dayton.  We had lots of fun!

Here are Bella and Jack in the pretend jail. :)

Bella getting a visit from an otter!

Bella checking out the ball floating on air.

Teddy took it easy with Daddy on the couch.

Then Jack and Bella caught Teddy's virus.  The doctor thought it was Strep, but the test came back negative.  So we have been resting and trying to get well and watching a lot of Toy Story 3.

Teddy is starting to feel a little bit better. 

Here he is modeling his new sunglasses he got for Easter!

See you tomorrow!

Here Comes Peter Cottontail

The past two days we have been getting into the Easter spirit. 

On Friday, we colored Easter eggs.

Bella loved it!

Jack loved it too.

  (Doesn't he look so grown up and handsome in this picture?!  They grow up too fast!)

Because they really do grow up too fast, I have been holding and cuddling my three little babies every chance I get.  Teddy is my little cuddlier.  Here he is sleeping on my chest.  I going to miss these days when they are all grown up.

This morning we went on an Easter egg hunt in our neighborhood.  This was Bella's first hunt because last year she wasn't walking yet.  She took to it like a fish to water.  She collected ten eggs in her arms at one time!  Here she is putting all her eggs in one basket.  Pun intended! :)

Jack had a great time too!  Here he is collecting his eggs.

 The Easter Bunny even made an appearance!  Bella kept waving at him saying, "Hi Easter Bunny!"  Here they are with him and their friend Bridget.

See you tomorrow!

Long Time, No See

We have been keeping busy since my last blog post.  I just have to better at taking pictures and blogging!

Teddy has proven to be a pretty laid back baby so far.  I guess he has to be being the third child! :)

The other day at Target a woman stopped me to tell me how cute he was and how he looked like the baby from the movie, "The Hangover".  He kind of does, especially in this hat!

Jack and Bella are loving their baby brother!  While I was getting Bella dressed the other morning, Jack made a "bed" on the floor for the two of them to take a "nap".

We have been having some really rainy weather lately.  Luckily, there were a couple of sunny days we could enjoy outside.

Aaron put the Cozy Coupe together that Jack and Bella got from Santa.  Bella loves driving it up and down the driveway.

They also love playing basketball in the driveway.

 Bella slam dunking the ball!

He shoots, he scores!

We were able to get our first (and only, so far) trip of the year to the zoo.

  Jack and Bella checking out the boat at the Manatee exhibit.

 Bella pointing out some fish.

Jack took his camera he got for Christmas and took pictures of the animals.  He did a pretty good job!

Teddy didn't see any animals while we were at the zoo.  He was too busy snoozing in the wrap!

Believe it or not Teddy is now two months old!   He is such a sweet boy.  Here is he checking out his teddy bear mobile.

This past Tuesday he had his two month check up with Dr. Riccardo.  Bella and Jack came with us too.  Here they are playing with some toys while we waited for the doctor.

Teddy weighs 14 pounds and 14 ounces.  He is 97th percentile for weight!  Teddy is 23 inches long.  He is 50th percentile for height.  He got two shots, but he only cried for about a second!  He didn't feel good for the rest of the day.  He took it easy and rested in his chair.

He is a bruiser (as Aaron calls him).  The next day he was back to his happy, little self.

See you tomorrow!

Look!

Look at this happy boy!

Look at these happy kids!

(Thanks for the hats Aunt Sheila!)

Look at these three happy kids together!

See you tomorrow!

Social Butterflies

 What a busy day we had today!

First, Gabbie and Vinnie came over to play today.  Jack and Bella had so much fun with them.

(Bella was still taking her nap when I took this picture.)

This evening we went across the street to our neighbor Martha's house to eat dinner and play with her 5 kids before bedtime.

All this socializing tires Teddy out!

It looks like he enjoyed our day by the smile of his face!

See you tomorrow!

Cultured

Yesterday we went to the Columbus Museum of Art.  They recently renovated it and they made a special area for children so we went to check it out with Jen.  The kids had a great time.  Here is Jack making animal art.

 Unfortuantely the staff there was really rude and accused us of throwing things (long story) so its very doubtful that we will be going there again!

Today Jack, Bella and Teddy played at home while I got things done around the house.  Here is Bella walking a mile in my shoes - literally!

Here is a sweet video of Teddy.  Ignore me talking in a high-pitched voice - I was trying to get him to "talk." 

See you tomorrow!

Behind

I am playing catch up as usual!

We had a nice weekend.  We relaxed at home...

 ...and we watched a little T.V.

On Sunday we visited Uncle Jim and cousin Naomi.  They are visiting from Alaska.  I didn't get a chance to take any pictures though.

This morning we played at our neighbor Martha's house.  On our walk home from across the street it started raining pretty hard so we broke out the umbrella...

...and the raincoats and rain boots.

See you tomorrow!