Easter 2009

We went to an Easter Egg Hunt at Anderson's Orchard this year and Janae had a BLAST she also had a friend to play with Andy Wayne was there and she had fun with him. They fed the goats, searched for easter eggs, and ate donuts so all in all it was a pretty good day!


Janae and Andy talking about the goats...Janae feeding them and Andy thinking about throwing food at them.


During the Easter Egg Hunt. Janae did pretty good. I did my job of holding her bag for her to scoop as many eggs as she could into.


"WOW Momma look at all those eggs!!"
Janae with donut in one hand and goat feed in the other. She had to fight the goats away from her donut but, believe me she won that fight!!

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Then on Sunday the Easter bunny had came and brought Janae lots of goodies that she absolutely LOVED! Daddy wasn't home because he had to work the night before but, I took lots of pictures and video taped her so he could see it all. We also got to spend some time with family at Aunt Tracy's house and we will be having Easter with Great Grandma and Aunt Marcia next weekend.


Janae sitting with all her Easter goodies from the Easter bunny!

Here she is saying cheese for the camera and trying to open her cotton candy.


Here is her and Lenny dancing on the top of her cotton candy.Eating "Easter breakfast" and enjoying a new dinosaur movie.

Testing out her new floaties and cheesing for the camera.
Reading My Little Pony story book while watching her movie.

Lindy laying on Janae's sleeping bag and pillow enjoying Easter Sunday with the family!

Janae in one of her new outfits ready to go eat Easter dinner.

Janae will not look at the camera for nothing so here she is being her normal stubborn self. I think she gets that from her dad ;)

Our Family Weekend in Grand Rapids

We were going down to visit with Aunt Marcia while she was in the hospital so we decided to stay in town over night and hang out. We had lots of fun swimming in the "big" pools and shopping at the malls. Janae got a whole new set of fishing gear so she can go this summer with her Grandpa and "shoop" a fish!

Riding on the carousel with Daddy.

Playing on the big food at the Woodland mall while Mommy was shopping for some new Maternity clothes. Still playing in the cereal bowl.

Jumping on the bed at the hotel! That seemed to be tons of fun until she fell off and bumped her head on the night stand!

Happy New Years....this was our New Years Eve Party!

Michael, Janae and myself we decided to stay in and hang out at home. We cooked supper and then Janae watched a movie and then we all got out one of her toys that she got for Christmas that we hadn't played with yet. She even stayed up to watch the ball drop and we called Grandma and Great Grandma and wished them Happy New Year!!

Playing by the computer.
Causing a little mischief

Standing on Daddy...she was having so much fun doing that!!

Playing with her new toy!!

Saying Cheese...this is her new Step Two Main Street Village Set that she got for Christmas.

Modeling some more new Pajamas!!

Her favorite past time....EATING CHEESE! You would think she was a mouse or else related to Steve Urkel.

Merry Christmas! Here we are enjoying some of our gifts!

We had a great Christmas as we hope all of you did too. Thanks to everyone for spending Christmas with us and all the wonderful gifts. We had a great time every where we went and really enjoyed the small family Christmas's we had at our home! Janae is enjoying all of her toys and clothes that she got from everyone. She is wearing her new coat everyday and has already worn two pair of her new pajamas and her cool new Dora outfit. It is so nice to have such a wonderful family.

We wish everyone a Very Happy & Healthy New Year! May it be your best one yet!!

Janae is always up for some cuddling right after she gets out of the bath so she decided to come over and climb in my blanket with me!
Here we are again enjoying my nice warm blankie.

Janae modeling her new coat she got for Christmas!

Xavier patiently waiting to open his presents.

Lexie...waiting not as patient but, waiting none the less.

Austin and Janae sitting good for a few pictures. Walker wanted nothing to do with pictures! So he is with them in spirit.

Janae saying cheese on Christmas morning playing with her Dance and Twirl Palace.

Janae posing with her new horse!

Janae opened her first present of the day and it was books so she would have stopped right there because she was just happy to sit down and read her Dora and Diego books.

Christmas tree pics and random winter fun!

This is Miss Janae modeling her very pretty dress that she just had to wear all day!!

Here she is by her Christmas tree in her toy room that she decorated ALL by herself! (ok i did the lights and garland but, the ornaments all in the one spot are all her!)

She is just so proud she shows her tree to everyone!!

Here she is showing off her snow globe in front of our big tree!

Look how pretty she is in her fancy Christmas dress!!

Here she is making supper with her daddy.

Again making supper.

Michael's deer he shot this gun season.

Janae scooping snow to put into my big shovel.

LOTS of snow out there to scoop!

Janae and Alexis at Andersons the day we saw Santa Claus!

Christmas Pictures

Twas the Week Before Christmas and all through the store

not a picture was takin that wasn't a chore.

We did what we could to get him to smile

oh yes I mean him, it wasn't even our child.

That photographer was patient and even kind

however she still couldn't make my husband mind.

In all of her training she'd never seen such a sight

so she sent us out of there without so much as a Have a Nice Night!

So we walked out to the car with CD in hand

and said good night WalMart shoppers were going back to Grouchland.

Hope you all have a Wonderful Holiday Season! We wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Our 2008 Family Picture...not as good as last years but, at the last minute, with a two year old, and an uncooperative husband it's the best we could do!

Michael & Shannon

~*Cheese*~

Even though he can be a butt...I still love him!

In a word...Precious

BORED....are we done yet!?

~*Cheese*~

Cheese...can I get up yet?

I don't wanna lay down.

That laugh...too fun!

This is Janae's true self...a little devil! Just look at that smile.

Look at how darn cute she is...I just can't get over how big she is getting!

Look at all the pretty bows Momma!

Merry Christmas!!

Almost Christmas....can you believe it!

Ok wasn't it just Janae's birthday like last weekend?? I cannot belive how fast this year has went. So much has been going on and we really don't see too many people so I thought I would just get on today and post an update for those of you that we don't see that check in on us anyway...
It's been just over a full year now that Aunt Marcia has had her complications but, she is finally home and doing well! After St. Mary's Hospital, Butterworth-Spectrum Hospital, Laurels of Carson, Butterworth again, Kent Community Hospital, and then on to Laurels of Fulton. I'm so excited for her and glad to have her back home!
Janae is potty trained and doing very well at it, it's been almost two months and just a few accidents in the first week and then she had a couple nights when the weather and time changed (when I also took the front off her crib and made it into a day bed) that she decided to pee the bed?? Oh well, it happened twice and I'm sure it will happen again in the future. She is growing so tall and talking so much, I just cannot believe how fast she is growing up. Over the last couple of weeks though she has had croupe, pink eye, and an ear infection. Now that we are getting over those she seems to be doing better but, has to go to a Pediatric Ophthatlmologist to have her eyes checked.
Today at my work we had our Christmas Dinner and I ate so much that I just feel miserable this afternoon and can't even think straight! Well, that's enough of an update for now can't wait to see everyone at all the Christmas Get togethers and if we don't see you then Merry Christmas to you and yours this wonderful Holiday Season!!!