Easter 2013!

The last couple of years we have gone to both Easter services and the pancake breakfast and Easter egg hunt in between. It makes for a long morning for the kids but the Egg Hunt (and treats) is a nice incentive.  Unfortunately, even though we were there on time and ready to go, there were no eggs left for our little ones.  The bigger kids (and a few of the little ones) along with some kids whose parents swung by specifically for the Egg Hunt got all of the eggs!  I, along with some of the other parents, were so frustrated.  It just didn't seem fair. Thank goodness Keegan didn't quite understand since the poor boy was there for hours on end.  Of course, the most important part of Easter is that Jesus rose again and we are saved.  But still, some eggs would have been nice.... BUT thankfully the kids thought it would be tons of fun to go on a pine cone hunt instead.  I don't even think they realized that wasn't the point!  Keegan and his gal Avery got quite the loot of pine cones! Gotta love 'em!

As for Easter baskets, we didn't go through them until after service. Jay and Kara always seem to get some goodies from the Easter Bunny too....

AND Easter also meant one more week until the Gender Reveal Party!!!!

Birthday Parties and Outdoor Fun in late "winter" 2013 (February/March)

It's just plain awesome to have friends with kids the same age as ours.  Keegan's got a built in set of buddies already! One of my very best friends from high school lives in the Orlando area and has amazing friends up there too that we have gotten to know.  We are blessed to be able to visit and have Keegan play with all of their kids!

On February 23, Amanda and I brought Evan and Keegan to Orlando for one of their little buddy's 3rd birthday party.  The weather was nice and cool and the kids had so much fun!

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Then on March 2nd we got to celebrate Evan's 3rd birthday and Ryan's 2nd birthday.  Keegan was a little under the weather, but that didn't stop him from having a ball climbing and playing!

 

We've been having so much fun and the weather has been so nice that we've been making it a habit to go outside, blow bubbles, and play on our big boys new swing set!  I love my little man and I'm glad I can spend time with him before he's got a new little sibling.

 

 

Pieces of Eight Pirate Boat Adventure at FMB 1/20/13

My dad thought it would be a great time with all the grandsons (along with Kara and I and my grandmother and younger brother) to go on the Pieces of Eight pirate ship off Fort Myers Beach.  Morning Sickness and Sea Sickness - Oh My!  I have notoriously lousy first trimesters (although I love being pregnant - the morning sickness and exhaustion always take a toll the first few months).  Not only that, I have always had a penchant for getting motion sickness.  Thank goodness I was able to hold my own!  The kids loved it! I was a nervous wreck since Keegan doesn't quite get the dangers of things yet.  But what a blast they had! And it's always great for Grandma Dot to get out and about.  She loves an adventure herself!  I know I tend to take for granted the beauty of our own backyard here in South West Florida. I sure am glad I have a generous father who is great to my siblings and I and is such an awesome beloved Papa to Keegan!

AND Papa even bought the three little ones (the grands...) their own pirate swords - Arrr!

Christmas 2012

Christmas with Keegan at 2 has been fun!  We did what I am sure will be an annual tradition and saw Santa at Bass Pro Shop, we celebrated with my dad, stepmom, grandma, and younger brothers at their house, and then of course Christmas Eve and Day amongst our house and my mom's.  We also had some very exciting and VERY new news to share!  Baby Lee 2.0 was going to be making a debut in August 2013!  I found out at basically 5 weeks and told the family shortly after (it would be a while before being "Facebook Public").  When we went to my dad's house Keegan wore a green Big Brother shirt.  Kara had already known (as did my mom and Jay) but the rest of my family did not.  We were there for over a half an hour before my brother showed up and he caught on right away! I knew he would!  Everyone else thought nothing of Keega's "festive" green shirt!