Learning to walk is hard work.

The Performer: William Horn & his Preschool Class

Will's Preschool Class (look for the boy with the cheesiest smile!!)

Will had his School Spring program on sunday.  Here is the entire Preschool singing togetherThe first song is "Trust and Obey":

The 10 Commandments:

"If your happy and you know it"

Here is Will with his class singing "Someone Special":

Matthew 19:14 "Jesus Said let the little children come to me" and "Jesus loves the little children"

The last song is "Waddily-Acha".  I have never heard of this song but this one was Will's favorite!!

And She is off...............

On April 17th 2012 (3 days after her 1st birthday) Emma took her first steps:

My little Princess Emma turned 1....

I can't believe it has been a year. WOW!!! This had been a year of many ups and a few downs and when you are in the midst of it, it seems like it will never end. Now looking back I wonder where the time went. Emma is doing wonderful now and the ears are finally cleared up and she is just starting to walk. When I say walk I mean hold onto our hands and walk. She has taken just a couple steps on her own but of course there was no video camera around at the time. I know it won't be long.

We had her 1 year check-up today and here are the stats:

Height: 29" (50%)

Weight: 16.8 lbs (5%)

We still need to pack on the poumds but she is completely healthy!!  We are trying a lot of cheese and Greek Yogurt for the calories and whatever else I can get her to eat.  She is a self-feeder so she won't take anything from the spoon. 

In our typical party fashion Emma got to enjoy 2 parties to ring in her 1st birthday.  Here are pictures from the parties. 

 Her 2 cakes in Kansas (one smash cake)!!

Here are her 2 cakes @ home:

Here is a picture of Will wearing his Mickey shirt and Emma in her Minnie Mouse shirt (this was as good as it gets!!)

Easter 2012

Happy Easter!!! We had a great one spending time with our family and frieds in Kansas. This is the first Easter I have been home since I moved away in 2001. The kids had so much fun hunting for eggs. We also had a birthday party for Emma with her Kansas friends and family while there (that will be a seperate post).

We have been really busy....once again we can't seem to stay healthy or out of the hospital here. Emma has another ear infection and Mike had a bad accident at work on March 29th and ended up having surgery on his finger. We won't be 100% sure if he will get to keep it till this coming Monday when the stitches come out. Most likely he will end up with some more skin grafs as he may only lose part of his finger. It could have been a lot worse so we are fortunate that it is only his finger we are talking about.

Emma modeling her Easter dress.  I tried so hard to get a picture of her smiling and looking at the camera at the same time but these are still some pretty cute shots.