Easter 08

Parker started Easter morning on his own by bringing to us, in bed, his first egg filled with a couple of M&M's he was enjoying. Parker helped his sister out by picking up all of his and her eggs and then sharing the empty eggs with her.

We had quite an eventful Easter with family in Salt Lake. We dyed eggs and our hands all sorts of beautiful colors, we ate a delicious meal of pulled pork sandwiched and Nana had a great hunt planned until I found that the garden is a very large place filled with dirt. Lets say the hunt hit a snag when his focus changed to the brown stuff.

At the Pearce Easter egg hunt Parker didn't quite figure out that the stuff you find on the ground at Easter is your to keep. He found it much more exciting to pick up, throw and find more. He was a blast to watch though. Kora just watched all cozy in her mom's arms.

Southern Utah Trip

We made our first trip with the updated family this past week. We took an early Easter vacation and made our way to family and friends in Parowan, Cedar City, St.George, Cannonville and Henrieville. The kids were surprisingly good travelers and we had an even nicer drive in our beautiful new Explorer. I can't say how nice it was to have more packing room.
Kora pretty much slept and ate and Parker did a little head banging to music to occupy his time. We got to see all of Quinntin's family in the area and spend some time in Zion's National Park. We didn't' get out much, it was a little too cold, but Parker loved the big rocks.

We stopped by the Reynolds' home so Parker could play with his cousins, and Parker found he had a new love, DIRT! Parker was red from top to bottom in St. George red rock dirt. He felt in his fingers, his hair and his, well, you know where.

We spent some time relaxing around the condo we got to stay in.

Some more than others.

It was a nice relaxing vacation, even with a two week old and an 18 month old for 4 days. I also got to spend my birthday money on clothes that fit my not pregnant body, it was fantastic!

T.V. and Toys

No better way to spend the morning but watching T.V. with your toys. (literally)

Back In Time

I was rummaging through Quinntin's childhood stuff and came across this "SWEET" vest. I learned that Quinntin's Grandma made it for him and it just so happens to fit Parker now. I had a flash back moment and took some pictures to remember it for posterity.

Parker also tried to help me out by dressing himself.

What A Great Big Brother

When we first got pregnant we were a little worried about Parker's reaction to a sibling. We weren't sure what kind of reaction to expect. Well Parker is one amazing big brother! When Parker first met his sister he had an obsession with her little fingers.

He is great at giving soft kisses to his little sister. He loves to turn the music on for her when she swings and helps out when ever he can. Yesterday he even wanted to hold his sister and he sat so still with her. They were positively sweet together. We have been on a picture taking spree with our children. We can't get enough of them together.

Late night photo session

I couldn't help but get a few more pictures, besides I couldn't sleep . . .

KORA RAE REYNOLDS

OUR LITTLE BUNDLE OF SWEET JOY

TINY FINGERS, TINY TOES

I THINK I SEE A LITTLE SMILE?

Kora's Arrival

We wanted to share our first day of Kora with you all. She was born 7 lbs. 1 oz., 21 inches long and 6:26 P.M March 3, 2008. We are so excited to have her here in our family. She took awhile to get here from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm but when it came time to really move it took only about 15 minutes. Here are a few adorable pictures of our little baby doll.
Here are some up close and personal of our angel she's wide eyed and ready to see the world. Here eyes only close to sleep. She's pretty much as alert as she was in the womb, seriously!!

Quinntin is head over heels for his little girl. She's already learned how to get what she wants from her Daddy. Kora also got a little bit of mommy with two cute dimples.