March of Dimes!

Team Ames!

March of Dimes was two weekends ago and Lance and Kayla had quite the support for the 5k walk. We walked with a team with all the Moms Kayla and Lance met in the NICU, plus some friends and family. It was a perfect morning for it, a little chilly but no rain which is all we can ask for in April in Oregon.

Breastfeeding in the stroller, 'dis how we DOOO!

 Ames slept most the way, occasionally waking up to catch a glimpse of the hoopla :)

Getting a police badge sticker :)

Halfway!

Selfie with Mr. Ames!

I'm a proud Auntie and sister

He was so excited about the sticker ;)

Bria and Reese were enamored with him the whole weekend. He was so smiley with them and it made them beam. Bria was playing peek a boo with him and he kept smiling and was on the verge of full blown laughter. It was the highlight of her weekend:

LOVE!!!!!

He is just so incredibly happy and smiley and is sweet beyond sweet. I got to hold him while he napped and then held him most the evening. I just couldn't get enough.

Napping with Aunt Lulu

Bedtime with Aunt Lulu

I LOVE BABY FEET. It's an obsession. 

So yeah, it was a great weekend. I think Lance and Kayla were there but I can't remember.
Kidding.
We always love when they come up. Our evenings are spent drinking beer, eating candy, talking, and occasionally watching a movie. Just love when family comes up and visits, so much fun!

The move...it happened

 I don't have a lot of pictures from the move. It was such a frustration for me. First, I hate moving. Second, I hate moving. Third, moving sucks.
Not only that, but this was unexpected and we all know I don't handle the unexpected that well (Bria doesn't get it from a stranger).
Anyway, I've complained enough about it and I need to get over it and move on...even though I want to throw an epic, 3 year old tantrum. Probably that's not productive.

A glass of red wine during the move helped!

And now that we have been at our new home for over a month, we are loving it. It's smaller, yes, but we really like the layout and the updated kitchen appliances. We are definitely learning what we like and don't like in a home...making us the pickiest home owners ever. Well, once we own a home we will be.
Here are a few pics of the new digs:

View from the front door right when you walk in,  stairs are slightly to the right. The area above is a loft.

View from the kitchen, looking towards the front door

Dining room

My new favorite piece, from Ikea of all places! Holds our shoes.

Girls' bathroom

Favorite place: backyard and covered patio

Loft

I don't have pictures of the bedrooms because they are rarely clean enough for me to feel comfortable taking a picture! They aren't terribly messy...but ya know, not picture clean :)

So there's the move. Really praying we own soon and the perfect house comes along at the exact right time.

About that...

 That's right! We had the once in a lifetime opportunity to go to Garth Brooks!!! We were ecstatic and I was counting down the days until I could rock out at a Garth Brooks concert. Scott and Randi invited us to go and we all had a blast. First was dinner...then was music...

 The seats were incredible, we were so close.

Date nights' rock!

 And when he came up on stage, I screamed and sang my heart out until the very end...after 3 encores :)

 He was incredible. I loved every minute of it and had such an awesome time. Love me some Garth!

 In addition to concerts, we have been having a sensational winter and spring as far as weather goes. I am thoroughly impressed with Oregon and all this sunshine, it's made me so happy.

 The girls are enjoying it as well.

Sister hugs

 We have had multiple picnics and BBQ's already.

Silly Penny

Ready to take Bria to school

 We have enjoyed our backyard, neighborhood, and parks so much lately. As well as vitamin D.

 Reese gets tired easily though, good thing her big sister takes care of her.

Sisters and best friends (most the time...)

Easter at Grammy's

For Easter it's tradition to go to church with Grammy and the girls look forward to it so much. I think Grammy gets pretty excited for it too :)

Night before Easter shenanigans

Grammy cuddles

 We let the girls stay up late and even though they weren't acting tired, I knew they were. I swear, my girls would never go to sleep if we didn't put them to bed. Maybe Reese would, she seems to like her sleep. But Bria, she never wants to go to sleep. She will stay up late, playing in bed, and wake up at the crack of dawn. Crazy girl.

Grammy cuddles before bed

 The girls went to sleep and about an hour later Bria starts screaming and then Reese starts crying. Bria was having some sort of nightmare and woke Reese up. We could not console Bria or calm her down in the least, so I took her downstairs and laid with her and ended up just sleeping with her. It took a good half hour to get her to calm down. At first I assumed it was a night terror, but nothing was working, even taking her to the bathroom which is usually the fix. Also, she was somewhat coherent. She was able to explain that her body was hurting all over and she felt dizzy. Her head hurt and she couldn't stop her body from being tense. It was really scary. Brian and I were at a loss. We think maybe it was a panic attack of some sort, maybe brought on by moving into a new house just a week prior? I'm not really sure, but it is something I don't want to go through again. She continued to cry out every hour the rest of the night, she wouldn't wake up but she would cry and be inconsolable for a few minutes, then eventually go back to sleep. In the morning she remembered her episode and couldn't offer any more information on exactly what it was. Again, just praying it doesn't happen again. But we were very concerned and the whole next day I spent online trying to figure out what it could've been. Again, panic attack seemed to keep coming up. Also OCD seemed somewhat to fit some of the symptoms. Ugh, where is a manual when you need one?
Despite the eventful night (did I mention Reese woke up with a bloody nose too?), church went well and we had fun.

 The girls looked adorable...I loved their dresses (thank you H & M!) and we all coordinated very well. These pictures make their dresses look black and white, but the polka dots are actually navy blue.

Reese is so good at pushing out that belly!

With their Grammy

Mother and son

 We went to church and had breakfast then the girls got to do the Easter Egg hunt.

 After that we went in for service.

 And afterwards when we got home we snapped a few more pictures for good measure :)

And because I love me a good comparison...

Easter 2015

Easter 2014

Easter 2014, again

Thank you Whole30!

This year... Easter 2015

...and last year:

Easter 2014

 The girls outgrew the tiny green bench and had to move up to the bigger one!

 After pictures we got to relax inside, which consisted of doing Dad's hair...

...and then a nap :)
Easter was a success!