Easter Egg Hunt

Elcee got to go to the Easter Egg Hunt at church last week. it was special b/c it was the first time that she was excited about going to the hunt. We spent the morning putting candy into our egss, b/c each child had to bring so many eggs with them. Elcee was so excited about her hunt. They had lots of fun activities. When the hunt began, Elcee picked up her first egg and every egg to make sure there was candy in it. You have never seen a slower person at an Easter egg hunt b/c she had to check to see that the candy was in the egg open the egg and then pour the candy into her basket separate from the egg. It was too funny to watch. Justin was trying to get her to hurry, but she was in no hurry.

Elcee checking to see if there is candy in her egg

Elcee giving Justin some of her cookie she decorated

Elcee and Abee and I at the Easter Egg Hunt

Family Fun with the Boerms

We had the special treat and Kurt, Judy, Brendon and Mitchell coming to visit us on the way down to Grandma Shirley and Herm's house in Florida. It was a special treat. We do not get to see them very often and so wish that we got to see them more. Elcee has met them a few times before, but she does not remember. This time she remembered and it was special b/c she got to see them on their way to Florida and then will they were coming back through. Elcee wanted to go home with them to see the cows on their farm, so hopefully one day we will get to visit them.

Abee Ruth

I am so behind in posting anything that I have a lot to catch up on. Abee has her four month check up at the doctor weeks ago, but I am just getting to writing about it. Abee Ruth is such a sweet baby. I was curious to see how much she would weigh when we took her to the doctor. She weighed just 11 pounds and 13 ounces. She is growing great, she is just so petite and little compared to Elcee. Elcee weighed that much a week after she was born, or so it feel like. Anyway, Abee has been learning to eat cereal. We have a video of her below. We quickly learned not to try to teach her to eat cereal with Elcee around. Elcee gets so upset that she is making a mess. She says, " NO Abee, NO NO... need a napkin Abee No." Elcee does not like the fact that Abee gets cereal all over her mouth. I have one very clean child. Abee is such a sweet joy to our lives and we look forward to watching her grow.

Rolling Over

Abee Ruth is learning to roll over and she is getting very good at it. She of course has a good teacher in learning how to do everything. Elcee teaches Abee how to do everything and then insists that she does a good job teaching Abee by praising herself saying " Good Job Elcee." Elcee is a sweet sister to Abee and we sure hope that they continue to love each other and get along. Below are a couple of videos. My sister is letting me borrow this Flip Video camera and I am just learning how to use it, but hopefully I will get better.

Abee Ruth 3 months old

Abee Ruth is 3 months old and we realize that many have not even met her or seen pictures of Abee. Abee was named from my maiden name Huckabee and named after Justin's wonderful Grandma Ruth and from the Bible a woman named Ruth. Abee Ruth is such a sweet baby and is now laughing and talking up a storm. I suppose she is trying to keep up with Elcee. Elcee and Abee look so much a like even though they were so different when they were born. Elcee was 9 pounds and 12 ounces when she was born and Abee was 6 pounds 9 ounces when she was born. Abee was so little, but is getting big so fast. We are so thankful for Abee and the blessing that she is to our lives.

Let it snow

I should have started this blog a long time ago.... but I did not and so now I keep procrastinating b/c I feel that I need to go back and capture everything that I have missed sharing in the past few years... so I just keep procrastinating. I have now decided just to start with where we are and update the past as we go along.

Over the weekend it snowed here in Macon. It was so much fun. We had family in town for the weekend and they were able to experience Elcee Pearl and Abee Ruth enjoying the snow. Elcee loved the snow so much. She just kept eating in and we had to beg her to come in. We were all so cold but she never got cold and probably would have slept out there if we would have let her.