Arabella is on the Roll

On my belly....

and now on my back (I didn't want mommy to take any more pictures of me on my belly)

April 22nd our little girl rolled over! She is so strong!  I tried and tried to get a video but this little lady is camera shy.  Although these aren't of the first day she rolled over she did keep rolling over on Easter while I was trying to take her pictures.  So this is the best record I have as of yet.

He Is Not Here, He Has Risen!

Matthew 28

 ¹ After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.  ² There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. ³ His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. ⁴ The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.
 ⁵ The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. ⁶ He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. ⁷ Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.”
 ⁸ So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. ⁹ Suddenly Jesus met them. “Greetings,” he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. ¹⁰ Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.”


Thank you LORD for your precious undeserved gift! 

Farewell to great friends

Our close friends, Chris and Jason are moving at the beginning of may. I may really sad they are leaving. They are moving to new York. Chris and I have known each other for over 8 years. Our friendship has grown so much since the beginning. Chris' husband Jason and Josh have also become great friends.
Hopefully this won't be good bye forever. Since Landon was born I have always wanted our children to one day be friends. Sadly now that my hope has a possibility(Chris is pregnant!!) Jason gets an awesome job with IBM and they have to move to New York. I am happy for them and their new adventures but we miss them terribly. Good bye Chris and Jason you we be greatly missed and are very loved here in Gainesville.

Landon had fun on the rocking horse Chris and Jason received for the their baby

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Barbershop

Its that time of year again. The sunshine state barbershop competition. If you don't remember from the last few years Grandpa Williams sings in a barbershop choir. This year's spring competition was held in Orlando.

This was Arabella's first competition and first car trip. It was Landon's 3rd. We all had fun! The kids did so great! It isn't really a kid friendly event since the during the singing there is suppose to be complete silence. I only had to leave once with Arabella. The rest of the time she slept or listened. When she was listening she was smiling frequently. Both Landon and Arabella seem to love the singing. Not that I blame them. It is so amazing listening to all of those men's( and some boys) beautiful voices.

Landon rode with his grandparents, Jamiie, and Jeremiah. Josh, Arabella, and I headed out a couple of hours later. We meant to leave shortly after they did but there was just too much to do. So we missed all of singing on Friday. Josh and I unfortunately missed out on a lot of singing. We loved what we heard.
We also were able to spend an hour or two at the pool which was so much fun!

A super exciting thing happened on Saturday while we were there.  Arabella laughed for the first time!  She was playing with Daddy.  The fact that Daddy was able to see her laugh and was the reason for it made it even more perfect!  He was holding her up in the air and then slowly bring her down towards him making silly sounds at the same time.  

The trip was a great little vacation for us. Unfortunately and thankfully we had some car trouble on the way home. Our car actually broke down several miles past the turnpike. Josh and Dad W were able to get it running. Thankfully it was an easy solution and we were caravaning. I am up for my challenged as a mom but being strand even in town is not an experience I wish to add to my resume as mom.

**It is almost a week later and the car seems fine so hopefully the car will be good for us!**

So the car troubles aside it was a awesome trip!

Conversation with Landon

Landons loves to build water sprayers (he loves spraying people with our water bottle that is used for disciplining the cats) with his blocks.

Landon: Mommy I build water sprayer that can fly over kids.  Outside and In.
Me: Really?
L:Yes, it shoots warm water not really cold (and then he pretends to shiver) or hot. Ow! Ow! Ow!
M. Well that is good I don't like water that is too hot or cold.
L: It has hot and cold water cause it makes warm water. Yes.
M: That is right hot water and cold water make warm water.
L: Yes. It now shoots "beome" water.
M: What is "beome" water?
L:It is made of hot lava. Lava start with "L" like Landon starts with.
"Beome" water makes more hot lave too and goes really fast!

I love my little imaginative toddler!