Megan's Birthday

Megan turned 2 on May 5th. She is 27 pounds and 33 inches tall. She is in the 20th percentile for height, the 40th percentile for weight and is in the 90th percentile for head. When I look at her I don't think she has a big head but apparently she does. She had a wonderful day. She got so many great presents, she got to go to lunch with Sara (her favorite person right now) and then we had a little family party where we did the slip and slide and had pizza(her favorite food) and then cupcakes. It was a great day! Megan is all girl, she loves to dress up play with dolls and help in anyway. She is very feisty and totally dramatic. She can go from smiling and laughing to throwing a fit and then back to laughing in 20 seconds flat. She is a handful and right now she loves to hit as a way to say hi which is really frustrating for me. But she can be so sweet and her smile just lights up my life. I love her so much! Happy Birthday little girl!Megan got these fun chairs for her birthday and the stroller and doll. She loved them all, my favorite gift was a skirt my Sister in Law Jessica made out of Patriots Material. I didn't get a picture of her wearing it but next time she has it on I will take one.At Chick Fil A for lunch Megan got a balloon and plush cow. She was so excited!The kids hooked up the wagon to the power truck and they were taking turns driving around it was so funny.Megan is crying in the photo below because I put the cupcake with candles in front of her and she grabbed the fire. She totally burnt her finger. I don't know why I didn't tell her don't touch just blow. I guess I just assumed she know what to do. That was definitely not my proudest Mommy moment. I felt so awful!

Jam

Strawberries were on sale the first part of May so my Mom and I bought 24 pounds and made freezer jam. It was my first time trying to make it and I couldn't believe how easy it was. The jam is so good and perfect with homemade bread. We shared with friends and family and still had 12 jars to put in the freezer to use for awhile. YUM!

Easter

On Cris and Kenna's last day here we celebrated Easter. We started with Ryan opening presents from my family. He got Lego Star Wars III for his DS and was so excited!After Ryan opened his presents we headed down to a park near our house for family pictures. Trying to coordinate 24 people is not easy but I think we got a good shot eventually thanks to Jessica!Then we took some individual photos.

The Garthe 5The In-LawsAll 13 grand kidsFor our Easter Egg hunt this year we had over 200 plastic eggs hidden in our front yard. Now that may seem like a whole lot but with 14 kids hunting for them they were found in about 15 minutes or so. We loved what the Easter bunny brought for us!
On Sunday morning we woke up and went to church and then we were so sad to see the Texas Garthe's leave. It is always so hard to say goodbye since we don't see them very often. But it was such a wonderful visit and were glad they were able to be here!