Family Time

Nose kisses! Carter is such a cool big brother. Always wanting to give Arden a hug or kiss. I keep having to remind him that she needs to be treated gently though. He wants to involve her in regular play but that is not to be for a while.

Well in the past 8 days we have been very busy with visiting family. First Opa and Oma Bardonner came down for Easter (sadly Aunt Alexis was sidelined by illness and Great-grandma Treva jumped on that excuse not to board an airplane). Then Betty, Hunter's Mom, took the train down from Virginia for four days. This past weekend we hosted Greg and Deann (or Papa and Mimi to Carter). I took them to the airport on Sunday night and was just relaxing on the couch with both kids asleep thinking, "Ok, well that's all the family visiting for a while" when a text message pops up on my phone and Uncle Freeman is popping by for an hourlong visit the next morning while driving a van down to Florida for a friend. So we have lots of fun guests in these pictures, but there are just so many that I think I'll let some speak for themselves... I think most of these are in reverse chronological order. Silly blogger... why can't I reorganize them?
Greg and Deann visited last (apparently Freeman's visit missed the picture deadline, we'll get you next time Freeman) so here they are first.

Zoinks!

Smiles! Arden doesn't do it very often yet but when they come they sure are great.

Papa pushed Carter in the swings for about 4 times as long as he's ever let anyone go before.

Carter and his stable of vehicles. There's the pony bike, the retro trike, the Radio Flyer wagon, Lightning McQueen, and now a new (to us) tricycle that's actually more his size. This one even came with a helmet, which is just awesomely cute.

A new toy... It sings and you can tickle it!

Oma (April to the rest of us) Bardonner enjoys some Arden time.

My mom took this picture of Oma and Opa with the whole family. She is such a good photographer.

And our little family. Not too bad!

Carter wanted to go down backwards so I told him to hold his hands up too to increase the thrill.

A basket full of eggs on Easter.

Opa and Oma helped us dye the eggs.

Carter rides a toy at Bianca's house.

We went strawberry picking! 6 gallons of strawberries. That ought to cover us for a little while. :)

Carter was very helpful. He would take a bite out of each strawberry before putting it in the bucket just to make sure it was good.

On the road to strawberry picking.

Popping out of our overgrown shrubbery is one of Carter's favorite activities.

Crocs on the slide don't make for a very smooth trip.

Looking at the birds in Discovery Place.

Arden wants to be a dancer. Already pointing her toes.

Mom was so good with Arden. She got her to sleep every time.

Look at me! I can climb stairs all by myself!

Carter has a blue version, so it's only fair...

Mom must have snapped this picture of me trying to document our Easter egg hunt. No matter where I was, Carter turned away from me as he was picking up the egg.

And one last pic of sleepy Arden. Until next week!