A Day With My BFF!

This past Saturday, one of my best friends from college, Lisa, invited Crew and I to meet her in West Lafayette for the day. She coaches volleyball and her team had a tournament there. Crew and I went down early and watched her team play. She did such a great job coaching them. They came in second place in the tournament. They were so cute! We then went to lunch at our favorite restaurant, Don Pablos. While we were there Crew and Lisa opened their birthday gifts. Lisa and Justin got Crew the cutest helicopter toy. He kept throwing the balls on the floor. We then went shopping and found lots of great things! It was such a fun day! We miss Lisa a TON! She is such a great friend and loves Crew to death! We are already counting the days until we see each other again!

Playdate with the kiddos!

This weekend we were able to spend some time at my sister's house. Crew hadn't seen his cousins since he stayed with them while we were on vacation, so he missed them a lot! They are all always so funny together. They have such a fun time playing in the playroom with all the toys. Lincoln is now officially walking, with Crew not far behind! We love them so much and are so blessed to have them close by to play with so often!

Daddy's Boy

As Crew is getting older, he is starting to get such a personality. Matt and I just eat it up. We love him to death and are finding it more and more fun as he starts to comprehend things back to us. I loved this picture of my two favorite boys hanging out. Crew is such a mini-me of Matt. I thought that this picture did a great job of capturing that reflection. ;)

Crew's New Obsession

If we had only known it would take a fridge to keep our child occupied, we could have saved hundreds of dollars on toys! Crew's newest obsession is our refrigerator. He absolutely LOVES playing in it. As soon as we open it, he makes a b-line to get into it. He loves pushing the button on the door to make the light go on and off too. Yesterday I heard him saying pop, and turned around to find him reaching for the can of Coke in the fridge. He also climbed into the dishwasher when I turned my back to put something away. I removed him only to find him in it again minutes later. He is on the move! I can barely keep up with him! =)

I'm A Gamer, Just Like My Dad! ;)

Is this picture not hilarious? Most of you know that Matt loves to play video games, so I could not help but laugh when I came out in the living room and Crew was playing with his controller and had his head gear on. Matt thought this was the funniest thing ever, and I must agree, despite the fact that I disagree with video games being a ton of fun, it was pretty cute! ;)

Good news!

Looking outside
Going for a walk with daddy to put the For Sale sign in the yard
Love him :)

His new fascination: staring/playing with the front door

This week was an exciting one for us! For months, we have known that there was going to be a lay off of teachers at my school, considering the state cut $300 million in education. We came in Monday to find out that, sadly, they had laid four teachers off. Thankfully, I was not one of them. However, it makes me very sad for the teachers whom were let go. One of the teachers is my very close friend and I will miss her so much. I know she is a GREAT teacher though and will have no problem finding another teaching job elsewhere. I will just be sad that she will no longer be with me to teach and coach volleyball.

We also put our house back up on the market. Keep your fingers crossed for us!

This weekend Crew and I are going to see my best friend Lisa Littleton. She coaches a volleyball team and they are playing in West Lafayette. So, Crew and I are going to watch her and then shop and have lunch. We are SO EXCITED to see her again! She lives in Indy, so we only get to see each other every so often.

Speaking of Lisa (she and Crew share the same birthday), we CANNOT BELIEVE Crew is turning one next Sunday! Seriously, where did the time go? It feels like just yesterday Matt and I were going to Hacienda to eat lots of salsa to put me into labor ;) Now, here we are a year later and our little man has grown so much! Crew is SO SO SO FUN nowadays! He is doing so much! Everyday he has a new trick. He has such a personality too. We crack up daily. He is just about to walk. He can take 1-2 steps on his own. He is into everything. You literally cannot sit down for a minute! He says so much now too. We love his little voice. We are preparing for his two birthday parties next weekend! Saturday we have a joint one with his cousin Emmalina, born the day before him. They are having a prince and princess party. Then Sunday we are having a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse bash! We cannot wait! He is going to be adorable! He even has shirts for each occasion to match the theme ;)

Hope you all have a great weekend! Hopefully we will see most of you soon! XOXO

Girls Night out!

Once a month my best girlfriends from high school and I get together: no kids and no husbands, and we all stay the night somewhere. This month it was at Allison's house. We started by getting manis and pedis. Then we went to her house. She surprised us each with a massage. This woman came and gave the massage. It was wonderful! We are all so grateful to still be best friends after almost 10 years. We love hanging out and look forward to our monthly gatherings!

Spring is here!

It was so nice out this weekend. Crew and I spent the morning working on the yard and playing together. My plants have finally started to pop up, including my two that Gma Schnick and Great Gma Morris bought me when Crew was born. I love this time of the year!

Mexico!!!

The hubby and I at dinner

Melissa and Tyler

All of us!

Sunset at dinner

Restaurant

Melissa and I in town

Matt and I at the shops

Matt competing in the surfboard competition

Matt and I about to get our massages

The girls at the pool =)

Matt and I enjoying some time in the ocean

Our pool

Our resort

Matt and I had an AMAZING TIME in Mexico!!! We absolutely loved everything about Puerto Vallarta. To begin with, our hotel was awesome! It was definitely our most favorite one we've stayed at thus far. Everyday we laid out by the pool. It was about 90 degrees there. We met a ton of people! We hung out with them everyday. On our last full day, Matt and I got a couples massage on the ocean. It was wonderful! We also went into town on the last day with a couple we met, Tyler and Melissa, and shopped and had dinner at a restaurant on the ocean. We loved getting away, spending time together, and relaxing! We want to go back already!

More Easter pictures...

Saturday our family, along with my sister's family, Gma and Gpa Rosetti, and Gma Schnick all went to LaPorte Fairgrounds Easter Egg Hunt. Despite it being so cold, we had a great time. The boys were adorable in their strollers watching everyone, and Kendra yelled "GAME ON!" right before the race started. She won a huge basket in the raffle too! After the hunt, we all went to breakfast at one my favorite restaurants, Louie's Cafe. It was such a nice way to spend the morning together. As most of you know, Matt and I flew to Mexico on Easter. So, while we were away, Crew had the opportunity to stay with my parents, my sister, and Matt's parents. He spent Easter Sunday going to church with my family. They then had brunch and a big Easter egg hunt. Monday, Crew went to my sister's house and was able to play with his cousins for a few days. Finally, Crew spent Wednesday and Thursday at Gma and Gpa Schnick's house. Crew was so spoiled with all the attention he received, along with all of the Easter goodies everyone got him! We are so thankful for everyone helping while we were away, along with his gifts. Crew had a great time!