Happy Easter!

Happy Easter to all of our family and friends!

We sure did have a wonderful weekend just the three of us:) We hope you did too!

The Bunny Cake made specially by Daddy!!

It's a Easter tradition around here and Walker LOVES to help Daddy decorate it.

Walker's Easter basket was full of awesome treats!

See the yellow hen....absolutely hysterical....thanks Moppy:) She plays a little song and then lays eggs. Walker said, "Mommy, she poops out her eggs"...Me: "No sweetie, she is laying eggs".

After church this morning we came back to hunt eggs!

Having fun finding eggs in his tree house!

The Easter bunny left money in my eggs!

The money went straight to the Ice Cream Truck fund:)

Working so hard to open an egg.

Basket is full!!

Walker and Daddy were twins today!

My sweet boys!!

Such a special day and we love and miss all of our family and friends!

Ice Cream Truck

What's that I hear Daddy?

It's the Ice Cream Truck Daddy!!

Waiting so patiently for the ice cream truck!

Walker had no idea what the little truck with the music playing was until our sweet neighbors introduced him to the Ice Cream Truck! Their son Grady loves the Ice Cream Truck and guess who is now obsessed too:) And you can hear the stinkin' thing coming from inside the house too. I would like to ask him if he can turn down his music just a little...LOL!

Yesterday right before dinner I heard the truck coming while we were making dinner, so Patrick and I started talking really loud....nope Walker says, "SSSHHHHH guys listen...the Ice Cream Truck is coming". Nothing works...HA!

So proud of his Rocket popsicle.

This is what he wants to buy every time. He's such a creature of habit:)

Dentist Visit

It was that time again for Walker's 6 month cleaning at the dentist. Last summer when we went for his first visit he wouldn't allow the hygienist to clean his teeth, so the dentist did an oral evaluation. He looked over his teeth and counted all of them. I was a little nervous going this week because I didn't know how he would react. Oh my goodness, he totally shocked me. He got up in the chair, put the sunglasses on and followed Mrs. Andreas directions perfectly. I was so proud of him! He even let her take x-rays of his teeth. Wow, I couldn't believe it. So the BIG BOY got his teeth cleaned and a fluoride treatment. Yea, for being so good Walker Leigh!!

Mrs. Andrea was telling him about Mr. Thirsty- Mr. Thirsty squirts water in his mouth:)

Let the cleaning begin!

He also got to watch NickJr. while Mrs. Andrea cleaned his teeth.

What a difference 6 months makes:)

We've started flossing his teeth...just another thing to add to Mommy's "to do list":)

Touch A Truck

A few weeks ago we went to a fundraiser called Touch A Truck hosted by the Junior League of Wilmington. It was such a fun event and totally a little boys dream! We look forward to going next year. I know a little boy who will be super pumped to go back considering it took all we had to get him to leave the event. Every kind of truck, van, bus and outdoor equipment was there. I will not bore you will all of our pictures, just a few:):)

Checking out the medical helicopter.

This was my favorite and even better watching the helicopter leave the event.

Walker thought the helicopter was so cool.

I couldn't believe he sat on the helicopter!

Such a handsome big boy!

Walking out the back of the helicopter.

Checking out the giant crane/tow truck!

He was so excited when he spotted Mater on the side of the truck.

Our favorite moving company was even there!

Playing on the lawn mower and landscaping truck.

Checking out the cool drilling equipment!

Driving the cement truck!

He kept saying this is like Uncle Ben's and Papas tractors:)

Sitting on the tolley!

See the yellow hat in the window?

We love firetrucks!

Checking out the back of the ambulance!

Let's hope he never has to ride in one of these:)

And let's hope we never see the S.W.A.T team:)

We had a great time at Touch A Truck!

Everyone was so nice and so patient with the children.

March Madness

It's that time of year again.....March Madness!

We love March Madness around here. I know I complain about going to so many basketball games, but I LOVE college basketball. There is something about the song "One Shining Moment" at the end of the championship game that gets me every time. I look forward to watching back through all of the "shining moments" from all of the teams. Today is a big day for the Hilltopper Nation. It is driving us crazy we can't be in Louisville, KY to watch the #1 seed UK take on the all mighty #16 seed WKU! We will be watching, pulling hard for our Hilltoppers! On Tuesday, we watched WKU beat MVSU in a nail biter. Now we are on to play an in state rival and we WANT to WIN so badly!!! WKU beat UK in 2001....we were there and in my opinion it was one of the most exciting games I've ever been too. WKU beat UK!

Walker wanted to show his spirit at school on Tuesday in preparation for the game!!

He was so excited to see Big Red on TV and we even caught a glimpse of Pops and Jules. We hit rewind and paused it for him so he could see them. He thought it was so funny.

Walker filled out his very first NCAA bracket.

I called each game out to him and he picked his teams all by himself.

At one point he said, "Mommy I've already told you"!! So funny!!

He has Loyola winning the National Championship game...Wouldn't that be funny:)

The Ransdell's have a really great and fun tradition.

Each person fills out a bracket during the NCAA college football bowl games and college basketball tournament. The winner of the bracket gets to have the trophy for a year. It gets very competitive:). Do you see which family won the football and basketball trophies....The Ransdell's in NC:):) I won the basketball trophy and Patrick won the football trophy. I'm not feeling confident this year with my picks for basketball. I may only have the trophy a few more weeks:(. It will be mailed to the lucky winner, but if I'm the lucky one it will stay here with me:)

Happy March Madness friends and family. I hope your favorite team wins!!

Go Hilltoppers!!

We LOVE our Seahawks!!

We had so much fun during basketball season. Although at times it's absolutely exhausting it sure pays off when I get to enjoy the excitement through Walker. He LOVES LOVES LOVES the Seahawks. He is ready to go when you mention the word "game":) He automatically knows we are going to watch the Seahawks. He knows a lot of the basketball players names. He yells "Defense" and "Go Seahawks". Our seats are beside some really great fans. They are all so good to Walker. He also loves the band and he knows all the cheers:)

Welcome to Walker's room!

This is his favorite player #5 Adam Smith!

Thank goodness Adam is a freshman.

Walker has three more years to watch Adam play basketball:)

We brought Mrs. Jung and her two sweet daughters Mariah and Marissa to a basketball game.

Walker was so excited for them to join us and we had so much fun!!

We met up for a quick dinner and off to the game we went.

Walker's favorite thing to do is play basketball after the game.

He adores Jimmy (front with the ball) and loves Drew (wearing jersey).

They have to wait until most of the arena is empty before playing on the court.

This is my favorite part as well, because what little energy he has left is completely gone after running around chasing the big boys:)

Ava and Walker posing after a game.

Oh and these pictures were taken during different games, but Walker insist only wearing his yellow Seahawk shirt. Ava's brother is Drew in the above picture wearing the jersey. Their dad is an assistant coach.

How cute is this sweet boy in his UNCW jersey:):)

#5 his favorite player:)

Last week Walker and I met Daddy in Richmond, VA for the CAA Conference Tournament.

We had so much fun. Walker was an angel!! He did so well in the hotel and he was so awesome during the games. He wanted to stay at the hotel and not come back to Wilmington:) We always try to get him to take a picture with the players, but he refuses. He was so funny one night as we were getting off the elevator one of the players got on. Walker whispers to me, "Mommy that was a basketball player". So cute you would think it was J Lo getting on the elevator...LOL!

Shooting basketball with Daddy in the hotel lobby before the game.

Hanging out with Ava in the hotel after the UNCW game.

It will be nice to have a little break from basketball games, but now it's on to baseball season:) We love our Seahawks and the entire Seahawk family. We are so lucky to be at UNCW!!