New Nephew and Final Four

It's been an exciting week around the Rapp house. On Thursday, March 25, we welcomed a new member to the family. Emily and Rodney are the proud parents of Carraig Lawrence Eddy. He weighed in at 7 lbs 14 oz and was 21 in! We are all so excited to meet him. Audrey can't believe she finally has a cousin!

Not to over shadow the arrival of the new family member, it must be noted that the Fabulous Spartans of MSU have had a great run in the tourney. That's what happens when you're born right in the middle of March Madness. They've had a couple heart attack inducing wins over the past couple days. Once again they've made it to the Final 4! Spartans always make March a fun time for State fans! GO GREEN!!!

From the mouths of babes...

Two funny stories, one from each kid. We'll start with Sawyer:

My brother and I were driving to the mall and getting off 1-96 in Novi. Sawyer kept repeating, "Goat over there, goat over there," many times in a row. We knew there couldn't be a goat in the middle of 1-96 in Novi, and if there was that little goat was in real trouble. Finally I looked in the car next to me and sitting in the passenger seat was a giant, taxidermied deer head staring right at us. It did kind of look like a large goat. It was really creepy, but hey, that's the crazy hunters in MI, what more could you really ask for than a giant dead deer looking you straight in the eye while driving on the expressway! Needless to say, Ryan and I got a big laugh over that one.

And for Audrey's story, a funny mix up of some Taylor Swift lyrics:

Audrey loves playing Band Hero because it has 3 Taylor Swift songs and she is starting to get into all of that pre-teen music stuff, even though she's not even five. Let's start with the original lyrics of the song Love Story by Taylor Swift -

Taylor says, "I talked to your dad go pick out a white dress."

Audrey's interpretation of those lyrics being shouted loud and clear into her microphone, "I talked to your dad go pick out a mattress."

What else can I say, pretty hilarious. Now I just need to get that one on video.

Fever

I just needed to record this conversation for myself for the memory books:

Me: "Sawyer, do you have a fever?"

Sawyer: "Cabin fever"

Audrey: "Cat scratch fever"

Turned out he didn't have a fever, just an interesting conversation.

Weekend Trip Up North

Derek is the cutest and happiest baby. He'll be 1 in a month! How time flies!

Brad's parents were gracious enough to let us stay at their cottage in Pentwater last weekend. It was great to get away for a couple days. The kids had tons of fun sledding and playing in the snow. The highlight of the trip for Audrey and Tyler was getting to share a bedroom. They act like teenagers, trying to stay up as late as their little bodies will allow. Sawyer still got stuck sleeping in the pack and play in the bathroom. He wasn't happy about that. And since we all know about his climbing escapades, much baby proofing had to be done (such as using a lock for the toilet and removing just about everything from the bathroom that wasn't nailed or cemented down). The highlight of the trip for the adults was when the kids actually went to sleep and we got to hang out, drink beer, eat too much, play games and watch a pretty lame opening ceremony for the Olympics. Canadians are weird. On that note, now that we've gotten our snowy up north trip in and enough sledding to hold us over until next year, I think it's time for spring!!

All You Need is Love

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

Early Febuary

Sassy!

Audrey and Elle enjoying one of their MANY desserts at Aunt Emily's shower.

Audrey and Elle were best friends within minutes of meeting each other. I love how 4 year olds work!
Super Bowl Sunday...and no they are not watching the game. They prefer Alvin and the Chipmunks.

We spent last weekend in Stevensville for Emily's baby shower. The baby is due March 18th so we will be having our first nephew arrive very soon! Unfortunately I didn't get a picture of the mother to be, and for that Emily is probably thankful. Although she does look great at 34 weeks preggo but nobody likes to have their picture taken at that point. Audrey and Elle pretty much stole the show with their Fancy Nancy accessories and their high level of cuteness factor. We had a great time at the shower and Emily got lots of necessities for Baby Eddy!

On Sunday we went to the Ward's with some of our neighbors to watch the Superbowl. We let the kids stay in the other room and watch Alvin. At least we got a few moments of peace during that time. We ate a ton of great traditional Superbowl food and probably gained 5 pounds. The Puerto Vallarta Diet starts today. In 73 days our bodies need to be bathing suit ready, this may be easier for some than others...I'm not naming any names.

What happened to January...

Getting ready for pajama day at preschool.

Sumo kids

Visiting Great Grandpa Rapp

I can't believe it's the end of January! Where has this month gone? We haven't been doing a whole lot but above are a few of the highlights. Audrey's school had pajama day last week. She was SUPER excited about it. It's the little things in life that keep 4 year olds happy.

We've tried to entertain the kids during the freezing month of January. We've been out sledding a few times although I think it's only snowed once this whole month. The second picture is a sumo game that Ben and the kids like to play. He shoves blankets up their shirts and the run around, bump into each other and fall down. Looks like an ER trip waiting to happen.

Our biggest news of the month is that Ben and I booked a trip to Puerto Vallarta during the last week of April, WITHOUT KIDS! We're going for 5 nights and are looking forward to our first kids free vacation in 6 years. We haven't left the kids for more than a night but we know they will be in good hands with both sets of grandparents lined up as babysitters.

I promise to do a better job with updates in February. We have some fun upcoming events. Aunt Emily's baby shower is next weekend and the weekend after that we are heading Up North with the Ward's for Winterfest in Pentwater.