the many sweet faces of brecken...

Oh, what a sweet baby brother God has blessed us with. Brecken keeps us smiling...and we sure keep him smiling. Here are a few of the many facial expressions he is making at us these days.

Love the "praying hands"

Smiles, big smiles, happy smiles, wide-eyed smiles...no matter how they are shown, Brecken is usually smiling. Such a happy baby.

Easter Sunday

Our Family ~ Easter Sunday 2011

Pose #49 (just kidding...we only took about 10!)

Oma & us...we love our Oma!

just us...

(Averie ~ 5 years old, Brady ~ 2 years old, & Brecken ~ 12 weeks old)

...and just us again...

Happy Easter!! He is Risen...He is Risen Indeed!

Easter baskets

Every year, Daddy & Mommy fill up our Easter baskets with all sorts of goodies. Then, they hide them somewhere in the house, and we have to find them. Here are our Easter baskets...before they were hidden!!

Brady & me...ready to find our baskets. Brecken was already sitting with his basket waiting on us to find ours!

Brady finally found his basket behind the door in Daddy's office...he was so excited to dig in!

I loved finding my basket behind the door to Daddy & Mommy's bedroom. I screamed when Ifound it...so excited to dig in!

Brady loved his football, race car for the swimming pool, fruit snacks, jammies, colored bubbles, DVD...

...& Elmo notebook.

So fun!

I loved my princess diving toys, stickers, fruit snacks, DVD, colored bubbles, jammies, & crayons/notepad.

So fun going thru our baskets!

And Brecken...well, he wasn't excited at first...

...but we enjoyed all our goodies...eating a pack of fruit snacks first!

After his feeding, Brecken was all smiles again...excited to have his very first Easter basket!!

Happy Boy!!

rooftop fun...

Last year, one of Daddy & Mommy's friends asked about jumping off Oma's roof into the pool. We all thought he was crazy, but it ended up being a super fun thing for all of us to do...all of us except for me. So, this year, I wanted my turn to jump off the rooftop. So, Daddy climbed up there with me...

...and off I went. I loved it, but was happy with only doing it once! :)

All smiles from the rooftop fun...

And, me with my hero...my Daddy!!

We already look forward to lots of summer swimming at Oma's house!

look who's 12 weeks old...

Look who is 12 weeks old...yes, it's Brecken Thomas. What a sweet baby brother he is!!

Happy 12 weeks, Brecken. We all love you very much!!

egg hunt

For our playgroup "kickoff to summer" event, we got together over spring break to have a day of swimming...and an egg hunt. We had such a wonderful day together! Here are most of us...ready to hunt for eggs!!

Oh, & this is what Brecken did while we hunted for eggs...he'll get to join the fun next year!!

And, we're off to hunt...the Mommies hid 230 eggs for 19 of us to find. I (Brady) took my time looking for eggs...

...and Averie ran around gathering eggs!

She even stopped during the hunt to check out a few of the goodies inside the eggs!

I was still busy finding my 12 eggs!

Now, I am ready to start digging into my eggs...

And I loved what was inside...

CANDY!!

Averie looking through her eggs...

...and she smiles for Mommy...

...and likes what's inside her eggs, too!

Averie & me

We loved hunting for eggs...we've been practicing inside our house, and we've had fun!! What a fun day with good friends!

11 weeks old

I am 11 weeks old now, and Daddy & Mommy say I am growing so fast. I love being a part of this family. Everyone gives me lots of attention, and I love smiling for them all the time. Family is a blessing! Enjoy the pics!

Look at me...quite the big boy...

...also a very sweet boy...

...and a very happy boy!