April Fun!!

This month we have had two fun birthdays. Cooper turned 3 years old and Grant turned 1. Below are a few fun pictures from the festivities. Cooper so wanted some "fire-boots" and couldn't stop talking about them for the week before his birthday. He was all smiles until we wanted to take a picture. At the last minute he decided he wanted a purple cake. Well, I had bought everything to make a german chocolate cake for his birthday. Back in the pantry I found a white cake mix and icing. Alan was in charge of coloring it purple and it turned a crazy gray/purple color. Oh, well Cooper loved the fact that we tried to make purple for him : ) We went to the carrousel with friends during the week and did our best to make his happy day very special.

Grant turned one this month. It is so hard to believe that he is one year old. Time flies when you are having fun! He is such a joy in our lives.... Such an even tempered baby. He loves to play, take naps, get into toilets when left unattended ( YUCK), eat anything ( he likes sweets like his mama! Cooper is not seduced by a sweet treat like the rest of us). He got a few fun toys for his birthday and loved his chocolate cake. I would honestly take 10 if they were just like him. That is minus the first few months of his life. Those who were around understand what I am saying. : )

A couple of other things happened this month. Hadley had her preschool class pictures. Could our little sugars be any cuter!! She has really loved her preschool this year. We look forward to both Cooper and Hadley going to a German preschool in the fall. There is one that is walking distance form the house we will be renting. I am hoping that the more of the language they know the more comfortable they will be with their surroundings. We also had a fun visit from Grandma and Grandpa Hersman early in the month, and Grandma Hersman came again later for a couple days due to a conference she attended in D.C. We love it when we have family visit.

Last but not least our home is under contract now !!!! We were on the market for 2 weeks and 21 showings. YIKES!!! If you know me that was 2 weeks of stress. I have total empathy for anyone selling their home. Granted I was a little neurotic about how everything clean, fresh flowers, no clutter etc. We close on May 28th if everything continues to go well. Our furniture etc.. is being moved to Germany on May 18th. This is all coming really fast! We have been really blessed that everything has gone really smoothly so far.