Pickle taking steps and other various updates

We've been going to the park a couple times a week. Lily and Sampson love to run in the big field.

Exploring the grass. It was bright out so I couldn't get him to look up at me.
Lily loves to pick "Candylions." We don't have the heart to tell her that they are weeds.

Giving Dillon a "candylion."

We haven't had much luck flying Lily's kite. The wind seems to die off once we get to the park. Daddy did get it up a few times, though.

Thursday I took the day off to clean house for our Open House that we had today. I also wanted to spend some time with the kids.

Playing with Dillon's bubble machine.

Friday night we ate Spaghetti. Doesn't Dillon look like an Oompa Loompa! Good thing it was bath night!

Dillon crawled into the toy box all by himself!

Lily loves to help clean. She mopped the kitchen floor for me. I hope this continues as she gets older and wiser!

She told me the first picture wasn't good, so she made me retake it. She liked this one much better!

Sporting her shades

Blue eyed baby!

Videos of Dillon taking some of his first steps. Last Friday was the first time we saw Dillon take 3 steps. Since then, he has taken a few steps here and there, but he hasn't really taken off yet. It's hard to catch him on camera, but I tried...

House Update: Had our second Open House today. Two more sets of people came but no real leads yet :( We drove by a few houses we've been eyeing online. One has potential but the others weren't what we are looking for. It's amazing how your opinion changes once you drive by. You can learn a lot. We are going to drive by some more tomorrow.

Weight Loss Update: The first round of the weight loss challenge at work ended 2 weeks ago. I lost 14 pounds. The next round started Wednesday and I'm really hoping to lose another 20. The challenges are 12 weeks long.

Easter Photos

Lily in her Easter dress. We took the kids to the Hartville Marketplace to see the Easter Bunny on Saturday.

I told Lily to pose and put my hands on my head. She was mimicking me :)
After we saw the Easter Bunny, we ate lunch at the Hartville Kitchen. The kids love to play with the train there.

Watching her pennies go down...

She was begging us for a Dora balloon all day on Saturday. So when I went to the grocery store on Saturday evening I bought her this life size Dora balloon.

Coloring Easter eggs...

Pickle cheered us on as we colored the eggs

A "Pickled" egg for our Pickle

Opening baskets that the Easter Bunny left.

Daddy made us a really yummy Easter breakfast - pancakes and bacon!

Lily waiting to go outside to hunt for Easter eggs. She kept telling us "I'm a good egg hunter."

Pickle found one or two eggs too...

Opening all the eggs to see what's inside

Putting the money from the eggs in the piggy banks. Lily was a great big sister and put half the coins in Dillon's bank.

Around 1 we headed to my parents' house for the afternoon and dinner. The Easter bunny left some baskets and hidden eggs there too.

Daddy blowing up Dillon's punching bag.

After dinner we played outside - in the sandbox, drawing with chalk, running around the yard. It was a beautiful day!

We are all battling runny noses and colds but otherwise we are good. We have one lead on our house so we are excited about that. We're having another open house next Saturday. Lily is officially potty trained :) Dillon is 13 months old today! Still hasn't taken any steps, but he's getting closer every day. That's all for now. Hope everyone had a nice Easter!