The kids and I visited Indiana for a long weekend. My sister and her kids were on spring break, so it worked out pefectly. My parents came to visit us for a day (evening!) and then drove me and the kids to Indiana on Wednesday. On Thursday we all went to the zoo. I was so mad at myself - I took this ONE picture at the zoo...and my batteries died! I had two sets of backups...in my suitcase at my parents' house! Argh! Oh well - I got this cute picture of Parker, Will and Drew trying to pet a shark. I took a ton of pictures with my mom's camera, so I'll have to get those from them sometime. The boys had a blast running around the zoo together. And we were all pretty surprised at how much Emma LOVED all the animals and didn't miss a thing. She'd wave and say "wow!" at every animal.

I LOVE this picture of Drew! It's so hard to get him to smile normally!

Emma really enjoyed exploring outside - especially the bridge! (of course I was hovering over her like a mommy hellicopter b/c she has no fear of crawling right off the edge!)

Nothing like a little duet bright and early in the morning!

Emma terrorized the poor OLD cat! She would speed-crawl as soon as she saw him, waving and saying her version of "kitty!"

The three boys (Parker, Will and Drew) played some baseball with my brother Ben and my dad. Here's Drew - eyes on the ball!

And here's one of Drew's decent hits. Parker's bat was a little too big for Drew. Parker could hit it really hard! Will liked to pitch it

The three boys STILL fit in the wagon...barely!! I'll have to dig up the picture from a year or two ago of the three of them in this same wagon.

My dad gave us some rides in the big wagon too! Emma was in a serious mood and just sat there - at least she wasn't scared at all!

I can't figure out what we're pointing out! haha Drew's too busy watching the tractor wheels.
My mom made a cake (I guess it's sort of an early birthday cake for Lyndsey who'll be 13 on April 15th and Emma who'll be 1 on April 16th). Emma wasn't sure about it at first, but once we stuck some in her mouth, she got a little more daring!
Today, after we got home from the Y, we decided to eat lunch outside and enjoy our 80 degree day! Here's the cheeseballs on the back deck!

Emma scrunches her nose up and does a silly grin - and I finally got a picture of it! Her little personality is growing every day and she is becoming more and more SILLY! She thinks her brother is hilarious!

Drew's enjoying our warm spring day!

And another cute picture!

In Indiana, Emma didn't walk too much - it was new territory and she explored ALL OVER on her hands and knees. But ever since we got home, we'll look over and see her wobbling around - practicing on her own. Here she is with Drew's balloon walking around today.