Millan is here!

     I am so happy to announce that I'm an AUNT again!  My niece, Miss Millan Gray Caldwell, made her entrance on April 22 weighing a tiny 6 lb 9 oz and 19 1/4 in long!  I had to wait 5 LONG days before I could hold her due to work commitments, but she was well worth the wait!  Ali and David are awesome parents and I am excited for all the years to come with our kiddos playing together.   She is so sweet and tiny and definitely gives me "baby fever", although Stephen says NO ;).  I will just have to get my fill of bitty babies at work I guess...  Here are some pictures of the brand new baby girl, and of course, a few pictures of MY 2 favorite kiddos!

Sweet Millan sleeping on Nini!

Being Funny, wearing her Bop's glasses ;)

Cousins!

Matt pulling everything off the table, or trying to climb onto the table.  ALL BOY!

Loves his cars and trucks.

I miss the days when my kids would fall asleep in 5 seconds,
no matter where they were or what they did (or didn't) have on!

All dressed up and wide awake!

Looks good on him ;)  Now if only I can convince him....

He has "one hand for each of them" though--  perfect photo op on their way to the mailbox!

Easter 2014

"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead."   1 Peter 1:3 

     Happy Easter from the Poole Family!  While we didn't get to wear our fancy clothes or celebrate at church today (Matt still battling the stomach virus), we did celebrate Jesus today in our hearts as a family!  I pray everyday that Stephen and I will be successful in raising our children to follow Christ because the trials of this world we live in are only going to become more challenging.  Love to all of you!

Pre-K Easter Party!

Mommy and Emi

The start of the Easter Egg Hunt!  I love that I caught this action shot!

Showing off all her eggs-- she looked like a little pink dart running around out there.  So cute!

The Easter Bunny came to our House!

Emily got a "Lambie" to (almost) complete her Doc McStuffins collection!

Cups for Matt, to hopefully encourage him to stop drinking with a bottle ;)

Backyard Easter Egg Hunt (short lived since Matt got sick again after this picture)

Watching Emily before he got sick!  :(

Egg Hunt Success!

Easter 1989

The Newkirks!

Congratulations to my sister and her new hubby, Lance!  It may have been a rocky road to meet each other but God put you in each other's path for a clear reason.  I am glad you have found your soulmate in one another and wish you many years of HAPPINESS!  

Lord knows you both deserve it... ;)

(And Happy Birthday Melissa!!!)

Emily is 4!

     Emily is FOUR!  She is so grown up now and I have said more than once that this is definitely my favorite age so far:  grown up enough but still small enough to listen to mama ;).   If I could freeze time with her right now, I would because I know I will blink and she will be five before I know it.  She can write her name and Matt's name without help, she knows all her letters, numbers, and days of the week.  She believes princesses are real and that she is also a real princess.  Her favorite things to do are play dress up, swing set, and ride on her bicycle.  Her favorite TV show is Sofia the First!  She is slowly starting to branch out on what she likes to eat, but by branch out I mean she now eats her hotdog on a bun.  She loves to help me cook but rarely eats what we cook!  Oh well, can't blame me for trying!  She is THE BEST big sister and I love seeing her and Matt play together.  I cannot say enough about my sweet daughter and how much she means to me.  I hope she always wants and needs her Mommy as she gets older.  Happy birthday Emi-Bear!!!

Birthday Cake on the night of her real birthday!

Bubble Wand Fun! 

Princess Sofia Cake

Future Career???

Loves Cards that make music...

Covering her eyes for her big surprise!

A Bicycle!!!

Riding her bicycle-- already a pro!

Baby brother wishes he had a bicycle too...

Video Overload

If you would like to see some videos of my crazy kiddos,
here you go!

I need a translator...

Got some "happy" meds before his ear tube procedure on March 6th.  Needless to say he was everyone's friend after that!

What can I say?  She's crazy.

First steps at 13 months old.

Singing Happy Birthday to their Grandma.  I love that Matt is the backup dancer.

Learned how to clap!

Starting to get the hang of this thing called walking...

Like I said--- CRAZY kiddos!

March Madness

     March has been a busy month for our household!!  Between work, birthdays, traveling, baby showers, and doctor's visits, the month has flown by.  I still cannot believe Matt is one and Emily will be four is just a few short days!  Matt had tubes placed in his ears on March 6th along with a lot of lab work done to test his immune system.  The tubes have been GREAT and have already made a huge difference.  We are still waiting on the results of the lab work and will hopefully find out next month how everything looks.  Matt has been a super busy boy---  clapping, walking, "talking", and getting in 4 molars all at once.  He has a cold and has been wheezing, but it does not seem to be bothering him very much and the abuterol is working.  Hopefully this is due to the increase in his Flovent inhaler.  Emily is sassy, sweet, and so much fun all in one pint size toddler package.  I have decided this age is probably my favorite thus far and if I could freeze time with her for a while, I would!  She is growing up too fast before my own eyes.  We have been enjoying the warm weather on the days it is actually warm, and getting a lot of use out of our swing set from Santa!  This weather is CRAZY--- beautiful and warm one day and then 30 degrees the next.  No wonder both of my kids have runny noses this week!  Hopefully it will warm up and stay in the mid 70s for while before it jumps right into being 90 degrees!  Here is a multitude of March Pictures!

Matt the "Cookie Monster"

Swingset fun!

Morning Cartoon Buddies

Hmmmmmm........ ;)

Ice Cream Cone!

Lunch at Poe's Tavern in IOP

Emi and Bop looking at the ocean-- too cold for swimming!

Bed head- one of my favorite times of the day is each morning when they wake up and are still sleepy!

First Hair Cut!!

The Princess watching a princess movie.

My sweet sleeping baby.

Put her sunglasses on her head like a big girl.

They call me Poolio (Jr Jr)

Happy Boy!

Note her baby doll is swinging with her-  we may need to practice our "holding" techniques though.

Mommy and Emi Fun

Pizza Night!  He is a fan of pretty much anything, edible and inedible!