A Night to Remember...

We had a fun night planned for last night. Mimi and Pop wanted to take the kids (and their parents, too) to Benihana as a fun start to summer. So all the family except sweet Greerie-Greer gathered around for a super fun dinner (something about a very busy 1 year old, a hot grill and a long dinner weren't a good mix...but we sure missed her). Here's a few pics of our meal!



Sweet Will was a bit scared at first with all the smoke and loud banging but on Dad's lap, he enjoyed every minute. Here's the happy boy:


Thanks Mimi and Pop! We can't wait to go back!

So after our fun dinner, our 3 kids were having a blast racing up and down the bridge over the Benihana fish pond when...

Our big two had a little collision and Will took a tumble. He landed awkwardly, let out a loud scream and my immediate thought was 'this can't be good'. Sure enough, as soon as Michael and I looked at his arm, we knew we had a problem. Thankfully with our family right there for backup, Michael and I hurried him to the pediatric E.R. that was about a half mile away. Amazingly enough, we were in and out of there in 1.5 hours with a fractured radius. I didn't think to photo document until we were done, probably due to consoling and comforting my scared and hurting 4 year old boy. So here's the big man with his splint, sling and head wrap (only to mark his bravery, no head injury) as he's about to head out the door:

Mimi and Pop brought pajama'd Ella and Cal up to see him once we realized this was going to be a fast process. Here's Will's nurse taking him and Cal on a wagon ride:
Heading out of the E.R. enjoying his popsicle:
Showing off his new stuffed car (thanks to www.adamsanimals.org), which he's yet to put down. I think it will always be a special treasure for this boy. I know it will be for his mom!
Here's the brave boy telling Pop about the adventure. Pop was listening much better than this picture depicts...I promise!
A very relieved big sister and her medicated, happy brother:
Our first night home was pretty rough but Will is doing so well now! Every now and then, he whines about his arm aching or his fingers hurting, but he's really having a blast with all this attention. He will wear his splint and sling for the next two weeks and then will be put into a cast after the swelling is gone.

The timing isn't great with this happening on his first day of summer break, but yet it's times like these we realize just how blessed we are! Swimming, karate and parks can wait...we are just so thankful for our healthy children and that a broken bone is our biggest worry these days! Thank you, God!

Preschool Show and Graduation

The kids ended their preschool year with a cute show. These pics are dark but you get the idea. Will is standing to Ella's right in front of her.



Ella's official preschool graduation:
Cap and Gown...WOW!
Two very cute children:

A family pic:
Will and his best bud, Eli:
Ella and her best friend, Karis:
Quite the foursome...
Ella, Aunt Kristi, Mimi and Greer:
the graduating class:

Wonder what we're going to do on Tuesdays and Thursdays for the next three months?!

In The Month of MAY...

We had parents' day at Gymnastics for our two gymnastics stars (bit of an exaggeration, but at least they had fun!):


We celebrated a precious girl's FIRST birthday:

And we ate ice cream sandwiches with good friends:


More to come...

Easter Festivities

We had a fantastic long Easter weekend! We stayed busy celebrating our Risen Savior with lots of family time, Resurrection egg hunts and lots of candy egg hunts, too. Grammie, Poppa, Aunt Amy and Uncle Jason all came to town for the weekend and we also celebrated Will's 4th birthday. We were busy, but had so much fun!

We started out the weekend at a big hunt on Good Friday. As evidenced by the below 4 pics, the kids were thrilled to be subjected to a photo shoot before the hunt ever began!


It went well, don't ya think?!

And below is the famous choke hold pose. Ella has really mastered it!
"Here's my belly button!"
Love the below shot of the biggest and littlest Baker Boy!

Here's Ella and one of her sweetest friends, Anna.


Yes, you see this right, there's no pics of the actual hunt. We were way too busy knocking other kids over and ruthlessly going after the most loot. (Actually quite the opposite...we had to coach our kids it's okay to pick up an egg among the large mass of other kids. Aggression is lacking a bit in the Baker kids, except with each other, that is!) But we were sure to get a family pic at the end!
Easter morning began with fun Easter bags from Grammie and Poppa!
Modeling our cute Easter swimsuits:

And the indoor hunt began thanks to rainy Texas weather!



Cal loves his Poppa!
We ended our Easter Sunday after church with lunch at Mimi's and Pop's and another indoor hunt with Greerie-Greer!


Happy first Easter, sweet girl!
And an infamous cousin photo shoot out by the pool. These photos give just a few examples of why I'm not a children's photographer!




And finally some last attempts at a family shot!


We had a blessed Easter! He is Risen, Indeed!

(oh and in case you're concerned, we are still very much an Aggie family despite our orange Easter wardrobe. I prefer melon, but Baker informed me our boys don't wear melon!)