Spring Storm

Here's a pic of our back yard. This was taken this morning, but the snow still fell for about five more hours (with rain mixed in) so there's a tad more out there now! Right now it's partly sunny and no precipitation. Gotta love Colorado!
Koa is always a little apprehensive about the rain and snow. She usually hangs out under the patio cover for a minute and then once she decides she's ready, she will just take off and do a few lightning quick laps around the backyard and then come flying back inside. I was able to capture her flying leap back toward the house! Silly dog.

Look how deep! It's up to her knees!

Unlike her mother, Ella likes eggs. She likes them so much, she thought she would show you how she eats them.

I didn't get a chance to update everyone on our 1st Easter with Ella. Actually on the Friday before Easter we put Ella to bed and Blake and Peter and I dyed some eggs. This year I got some crazy brand (not PAAS) and was totally disappointed! It said it came with 9 colors but really there were like 2 blues and 2 pinks...actually one of the pinks didn't even dissolve. It just turned into dust at the bottom of the cup....weird. But all in all we had lots of fun. We decided to leave some eggs out on the table to see if the Easter Bunny would come to our house one day early. He must have smelled them because guess what!? He came!! He brought Blake a basket with candy and Pokemon cards and also a big container of bubbles and a bubble wand. He also brought Ella a little pink bunny.

On Easter morning we met up with Tina, Blake, and Kathy and had brunch. And in the afternoon we went to Grandma Ruthe's. Ella seemed to be a little under the weather and she felt really warm. By the time we got her home we could tell she wasn't feeling good. She just wanted to sit in my lap and snuggle with her blanky. Unfortunately I had left my camera at home all day so the only photos I have are of her at the end of the day when she was feeling pretty crummy.

Here's her 11 month picture.

That sock she is holding is really soft. She loves to snuggle with it. So we don't use them as socks anymore. We have one in the car and one that we keep in the house. Ahhhh, the things we do for our kids.


PS-Happy 30th Birthday Heather!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!