Easter Sunday

For Christians, Easter Sunday is the day to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In the Reuter household, not only was this day used to celebrate and teach Wyatt of Jesus and him dying for our sins, but it was also used to give the lesson of "Mommy/Daddy said no" and to remind him of sharing with his sister. Throughout the day, Wyatt constantly tried to negotiate for more candy.

"Please mommy, JUST ONE more."
"Please mommy, JUST one."
"I just want this one little one."

Now that Lauren is mobile and can get her hands on his toys, we also heard a lot of "NO Lauren, this mine." "No Lauren." "No Lauren." "This mine." "This mine." "This is mine."

Thankfully Wyatt is a pretty quick learner - unlike me!! After my attempt for a Christmas shot, you would think that I would have invested in a better camera by now. Our little camera takes great shots. The only problem is that it is really delayed in actually taking the picture once you push the buttons. That makes it difficult to get a good shot of two babies!!

Here is my attempt to get an Easter morning picture.






Later that day we went to the Atlanta Country Club for an Easter Egg Hunt. Well, actually, we tried to go to the ACC for an Easter Egg Hunt. We missed it by a few minutes. We met Nathan's family there. Although we missed it, it was fun getting a few pics. Thanks Kriya for our family shot! :)

Wyatt was not to sad that he missed the hunt. He was mesmerized by the golf course and was just fine. Plus, Nonna and Grandpa Greg came to the rescue with a hunt created just for Wyatt and his cousins!!

All the little ones getting ready...


Wyatt taking off...


Wade going straight for the goods inside:


The puppies wanting to join in....



Caleb with his stash:


Now for the adult hunt. Can I call it an adult hunt? I'm not sure. Aren't adults suppose to set good examples for all of the children?? I think the husbands in this group lost that memo.. We had a few cheaters and one "adult" ran across the hot tub - a big no no!!!!


Can you guess who ran across the hot tub and those that cheated?? he!! he!!



The hunt goes on....








Remember what I said about my camera being delayed? Well, here I got a picture of neighbor Doug's butt! I thinking I was aiming at someone and he walked right in front right as it clicked.



And Mr. and Mrs. Easter Bunny:

Praying for Stellan

Once entering the blog world, I was introduced to MckMama and her family by my friend Mira. You can find their blog to the right....My Charming Kids. MckMama and Prince Charming were given a beautiful baby boy despite severe medical complications. He was "suppose" to not survive birth, but did. He is, however, very sick now and is scheduled for surgery this morning. I've hardly slept all night thinking about him and his family. Please pray for them. You can read their blog to get more details. If you have time, check out his name gallery. On her blog (on the left), there is a button you can push that will take you there. There are hundreds (maybe even thousands) of pictures of strangers who have sent pictures from all over the world with his name somewhere in the picture. Praying for Stellan.

I'll be back soon (this week) with stories and pictures from Easter, visits from Aunt Beverly, Jimmy Buffett concert, Seal Concert, Lauren's dedication, new baby teeth and the births of Hayes (Nathan's cousins' baby) and Luke (Wyatt's friend's baby). We have had a BUSY week. Let's just say, I'm exhausted!!!!

G-Day

Today we took a family trip to Athens for G-DAY!! For those of you who don't know, G-Day is the Spring football game for the Georgia Bulldogs. It's free for everyone, and it's much more family friendly than the season games where most everyone attends under the influence of "daddy juice." We first went to Uncle Shawn and Aunt Angie's house for pizza and then the boys went to the game. Wyatt had a great time, and is still asking to go back!!! Here are some pictures of our little bulldogs....

Baby Sanford

Since I am having this blog created into a book each year for Wyatt and Lauren, I tend to only blog about activities concerning them. I must, however, share the news of Baby Sanford!! In a way, it is news for Wyatt and Lauren. Although miles away, I'm sure Frances will be Lauren's friend in the future! :) And, who knows, maybe a future girlfriend of Wyatt!! She is beautiful! We can't wait to meet her!!!

Introducing Frances Lindy Sanford
Daughter of Molly & Daryl

Lauren is 7 months

I can't believe it, but Lauren is 7 months old today!! My baby girl is still a bundle of joy! She scared me briefly a few days ago because she pushed up on all fours. It has been a little different for me with the second baby. I remember with Wyatt being so excited when it looked like he may be close to crawling/walking. With Lauren, not as much because I know what it means.....more work for mommy!! I'm not sure I am ready to add referee (from Wyatt's toys) to my list of job titles. I think that chef, house cleaner, butt cleaner, bath giver, counselor, chauffeur, wife, mother, daughter, teacher and more is enough!! When she pushed up on all fours, I actually said a little prayer for more time!! "Oh, please no" immediately went through my head.

Seven month update?? At seven months, Lauren is still a great sleeper and hardly ever cries. When she is napping, you have to periodically check on her because she doesn't cry when she wakes up. She just turns on her mobile and lays in bed and talks to herself. Lauren has really surprised me. Unlike her brother, she loves veggies and doesn't seem to care for the fruits. The faces she makes with the fruit resembles the face I got from Wyatt with the veggies. Lauren has sucked on her fists, fingers and arm since she was a born. Unfortunately, now she has resorted to just sucking her thumb. I tried to discourage it, but there was no stopping it. I've been told by some moms that their babies did it for the first year or so and then stopped on their own. I have, however, also been told about babies who did it and never stopped and they are now in school. Hopefully Lauren will take the path of the first set of babies. If not, I may be begging for advice when I can't get her to stop! I guess there is no reason to worry now. !?!?!

Lauren is sitting up like a champ and loves to stand while holding on to things. She moves from location to location by rolling or doing the inch worm. She pulls up on things, but often her weight takes over and she topples back. She laughs often and is in love with her brother. Just the sight of him makes her smile, giggle and jerk in excitement. As I have mentioned several times, she hardly ever cries. When she does cry though, it's trouble. I can visibly see Nathan's heart melt and I am slowly watching her wrap her daddy around her little finger. Since she doesn't cry much, you do want to do whatever she wants as soon as possible to stop her tears. When you wave, she sometimes will move her arm up and down appearing to try to mimic. She definitely mimics noises - mainly screams and she is now a kisser. She started kissing about a month ago. When you ask for a kiss, she plants an open mouth kiss right on top of your lips. Wyatt loves that trick!

Well, this is what Lauren has been up to the past two months. I forgot to do updates last month. Nathan, Wyatt and I have just been sitting back and enjoying the ride!! Here are some pics of our baby Lauren:

Preparing for Easter....


Bath time:

Wyatt spraying Lauren with his dinosaur:

kisses:


Sucking her thumb after dinner: