SPRING fever!

I left Ellie in her crib and Luke was playing with some of her toys....when I came back in Luke was IN the crib with her toys! Ellie is not for sure what is going on...She's a trooper. :)

Luke at his swim lessons! We are SO proud of him. We signed him up for the 3-4 years old class because I was really trying to avoid going in the water with him. They allowed him to sign up but said we would have to see how it goes. Just after 7 classes Lukey passed the class and is now onto Junior Step 2! These are the benchmarks he passed to move on:

- No tears in swim class for 3 consecutive classes

- Independent barbell kicking

- 10 second breath control in underwater dip

- Sea otter- back float 5 seconds (assisted)

- Octupus- front float 5 seconds (assisted)

- Pulling paddle 5 ft. (unassisted)

- Climb out "elbow, elbow, tummy, knee" (assisted)

- Jump, turn, swim to wall (assisted)

- Rollover front to back (assisted)

- Rollover back to front (assisted)

...and the biggy.... Superman glide 5 ft! This is swimming underwater for 5 ft. all by himself!

The cutest Easter bunny around hanging out with Grandma!

Watch the superman glide for yourself! He did it...he did it...he did it!

ABC's.. love when his eyes cross to look at the microphone :)

This is one of my FAVs! This is Ellie eating with her favorite nanny Jacque. SO sweet.

Family from near and far!

Little Miss Piggy is loving her baby food! She is up to at least 2 feedings a day and at each feeding she finishes 3 different containers! For breakfast she loves her Oatmeal, yogurt, and fruit and for her 2nd meal (around 3 pm) she eats a mac and cheese/veggies, a veggie, and a fruit! When we all sit down to dinner she is at the table with us in her high chair and so sometimes times she wants to eat again. :) With all of this baby food her milk feedings are down to about 3 a day, early morning, noon, and before bed. 

We had a special visit from Grandma Cooley! She came up from Florida to see us for the weekend and we we had a great time!

Luke is LOVING his swim lessons and open swim night is a pretty good time too! Friday nights sure look different now, but different in a good way. :) 

Ellie's first time in the pool! She was a hit with eveybody!

Ben was able to take the kids mid-week to Grandpa and Grandma Uitti's house for Grandma's 40th birthday AND they were able to visit with our relatives from the UP! Grandpa George and Aunt Pam were stopping by on their annual trip down to Florida.

Grandpa George meeting Ellie for the first time and Lukey in his "Little Yooper" sweatshirt. Grandpa is now 92 and doing great!

A beautiful family!

Happy birthday Grandma! I think there are 40 candles on that cake?! ;)

There are 90 years that seperate these 2 guys. 9 decades of life!!! And yet they still both enjoy a late night snack of ice cream cake.

"I'm so cute, and I know it!" Ellie is still just the sweetest little girl. She is ALWAYS smiling and gives the most scrumtious hugs and open-mouthed kisses.

More BIG news in the Morin household: NO more baby bath tub. It is packed away down stairs (along with the baby swing and Bumbo). Luke was so excited to take his first bath with his sister. :)

Luke has been the biggest ham these days...anything for a laugh from this guy!

It is SO hard to believe that my little sunshine is 7 months old! She is grabbing at everything (hence, the pic above) and will reach so far in front of her that she'll tip over forwards. She will look kinda stunned, like what just happened, and then will roll to find the next thing to grab. :)

Enjoy the movies!