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Equals a sprained foot and 2 days of absolutely NO walking or standing.

Yup, poor Landon was at a birthday party and got hurt in the bouncy castle thing. Gabe reports that "he got kicked over" but I didn't see what happened other wise the kid that did it would no longer be around! He was in a bit of pain for 2 days but is now starting to try out walking again. His Uncle Ben was nice enough to see us the night it happened and wrapped it all up. I just feel so awful when my kiddos get hurt.

Hide and Seek

Immediately after I finished unloading the dishes from the dishwasher, Scotland found a new place to hide. She pulled out all the dishes that I had just put away and climbed on into the cupboard. She was so proud of herself but was not such a fan of the cupboard after Ezra shut the doors. She is such a cutie, even when she is getting into trouble!

I have such cute kids!

I know that this is no real news to anyone, but, MAN, my kids are SO cute!
These are just a few recent pictures that I thought were pretty adorable.Gabe being so serious, he was not feeling especially well.

Ezra, on a very important business call, obviously.

This is the best anyone can get of Landon, he does not like the camera.

This I just thought was beautiful. I love my kiddos. They are each so amazing to me!

WELCOME LIAM!!!

On April 3rd, William Bryant Blanchard (a.k.a. Liam) was born weighing 8 lbs. and 6 oz. He is such a doll and we are SO excited to have him in our family!! This is Bryant holding his new son, SO CUTE!!!

Mud Slide

Ezra and Landon have found that it is really fun to climb up my parents hill in their back yard and slide down on their bellies. What you see here is the result of me not paying enough attention to them as they played. Thanks to Oxyclean, their clothes washed up just fine!

Fred???

As some of you may know, about 6-9 months ago my dad gave my boys a little finch named Fred. My boys LOVED to watch Fred jump all around his cage, and laughed every time Fred squawked. All in all, Fred was and is well loved. Ezra has especially taken an interest in Fred. He thinks it is SO funny to reach in Fred's cage and watch Fred fly around like a mad man (or bird as the case may be). A couple of days ago Ezra was reaching into Fred's cage as usual but reached for the bottom where all the gross poopy stuff is. He grabbed something that I assumed was bird dropping so I immediately tried to take it away. When Ezra reached out his pudgy little hand he had a very small egg in it. I wondered which toy that came from and then wondered if it was real. I held the egg up to the light and sure enough I saw a yolk inside. Two days later I went downstairs to prepare breakfast and low-and-behold, another egg lay at the bottom of the cage. So Fred is not really a Fred! We were so surprised. Gabe had the idea to name her "Mrs. Bird" or "Mrs. Egglayer, because she is a Mrs. and she lays eggs." As if I wouldn't have figured that one out! Oh Gabe! Anyways, I was thinking of renaming her Matilda but Aaron insists that we have to name her the feminine version of Fred. Anyone know what that might be? Anyone want to tell Aaron that, that is not necessary and we should go ahead and name her Matilda? I think it is cute and we could call her Tilly for short.

My latest craft project!

I found this crochet pattern on-line and decided to try it out. It was a really REALLY easy pattern and looks pretty dang cute on my little girl! Honestly; however, I think almost anything looks cute on Scotland. I am not a huge fan of ponchos but since it was such an easy pattern and I thought that Scotland would really enjoy the fringes I decided that this was a pattern I could not pass up. I am glad I made it! It turned out so much cuter than I ever imagined it would.