Easter

Here are a few of our Easter Pictures. We had a few egg hunts before Easter and the girls thought those were great. We also had a wonderful day going to our church service at MTSU. It was amazing to so many people coming together to celebrate the Resurrection of Christ!

Rylee and Reagan in the bunny cage.

Keely stayed the night at our house after the big egg hunt and dinner at Grandma and Pops.

Reagan hunting for eggs.

Keely hunting for eggs.

Tyler hunting for eggs at an egg hunt we did on Friday morning before Easter.

Rylee hunting for eggs.

Reagan hunting for more eggs.

New Features

This weekend I figured out a new feature on my camera and I am so excited. I can now make video clips. I've seen video on several blogs and I thought they had pulled out the video camera...hahaha...I'm sure this is funny to all the camera geeks who already knew this.

My first video is of Reagan taking a drink. Exciting stuff, I know, but right now Reagan loves 2 things in life and this clip contains both. Those things are: 1) taking tops of bottles (any bottle and the more challenging the better) and 2) drinking out of a normal cup (mess included). She also whispers "hi" at the end. She is growing up so fast so right now I am cherishing the little things!

Rylee also got to hold Ella Jean for the first time today, and if you can't tell by the look on her face this was a very important job for her. Rylee is such a little mommy and loves to help take care of babies (which means any child younger than her).

Bethany and Reagan cuddled up while Rylee held Ella Jean.

Scotlyn Elizabeth

The girls and I went to Baptist Hospital this week to visit my friend Amy and her little girl Scotlyn. Amy looked great and was already up and moving around. Rylee has been around lots of new babies lately (Ella mostly), so her favorite thing to play right now is pregnant mommy and then she will have her baby. It's amazing to see the things she picks up on. Reagan was with us too but she is not pictured because it was past her bed time and she wasn't in the most cheerful mood.

Terra, Jodi, Scotlyn, Rylee, Amy and Me

Scotlyn Elizabeth

Unexpected Fun!

When I woke up today, I had decided that we were staying home because we've been on the go a lot lately. Amber dropped by with her 2 girls and shortly after Mary Helen, Maggie and Dylan came by to have lunch with us. We had a great time!

Dylan

Reagan's 1st time climbing and sliding by herself!!!


Aspen


Maggie

Rylee

Morning Glory

Look at that face! Does that say "give me my space" or what??? Reagan needs a little time to get moving in the morning. I think she would be content if we left her alone all day as long as she had her pink blanket and paci.

Snow Day

There wasn't a ton of snow but we were able to make a mini-snowman. Rylee was the only one in our house who wanted to play in the snow on Saturday...and she did about 3 times before 10:00 in the morning.

Just a few days before the blizzard she was dressed in short sleeves!

My Girls

I took these back in January, but it's never too late to share sweet pictures.

Rylee playing dress up. On this particular day she was getting married (to Matt Joey again). See the ducky towel on her head...that is her veil!!!

We went on a short walk and both girls pushed their strollers. It was nice because I didn't have a stroller to push :-).


Little cutie!

Ella Jean

The newest member of our family arrived this week!!! Ella Jean Arnold (yes named after Heather Jean ;-D) entered the world 3 weeks early weighing 6 lbs 4 oz and 18 3/4 inches long. I was very bless to get to spend the entire day with Bethany at the hospital and she was amazing! Ella is beautiful and I have no doubt that she will be as special to me as her mama is.

My Dear Husband

I will start this by letting you know that my husband will not like the fact that he is the subject of this post :-). However, the reason I want to write about Matt is because I am so proud of him! Last year he decided things were going to change. His desire wasn't to retire from Nissan, but he had worked there for 12 years and really had no idea what direction to go. After many months of prayers and interviews, he could see the light at the end of the tunnel and knew there was life beyond Nissan. Today was the end of his second week at our church, World Outreach. He took a position as the Operations Manager at the church. Matt has always had a desire to be in ministry...but he never thought it would be in this capacity!!! It's perfect for him though and he loves that his day to day work is really about to serving the Lord.

Lisa's New Blog

Okay, my friends are starting these blogs with wonderful pictures and cool stuff, and I haven't uploaded anything new about 3 weeks! The pressure :-)!!! I think my problem is picture anxiety...I haven't taken many lately and so I'm avoiding my blog. Acknowleding the problem is the 1st step to resolving it. Let's forget about my issues and focus on what's new...

Lisa, my neighbor, has a new blog and lots of pictures of her 3 really cute kids. Check out her blog and leave a fun comment. Our lives are so busy and I love that can pull up a website and see what's going on with my friends and family. Welcome to the blogging world Lisa!!!

In the Brand home, we are all recovering from the horrible stomach bug that passed through our house over the past 2 weeks. Matt came home last night not feeling well and just the thought of him throwing up almost made me sick (it's still too fresh on my mind). Praise the Lord, by this morning he felt fine! I am also getting ready for Bethany's baby shower this weekend. I can't believe it...my baby sister is having a baby! Ella is due on March 10th and we can't wait!!