Our sweet girl was amazing. Darla, our hygentist and friend from church, could not believe how good she was. Darla turned on some cartoons and EC just sat so still and was not the least bit afraid. Best of all NO CAVITIES!!! Darla gave her gloves and a mask so she could "play dentist" at home. I had no idea what a hit that would be. She puts on the gear then tells me to lay back. She gets a flashlight and looks all around in my mouth. Too cute.
The last time we were in B'ham we went to Portrait Innovations to have the kids pictures taken. These people are miracle workers. If you had been there you would be as amazed as I am that we got such great pictures because my kids were EVERYWHERE. But here we have them looking like 2 little angels and 40 years from now I will swear up and down that they were always as sweet as they look here.
I got nostalgic as I watched my kids playing in the pool in the backyard on a hot summer day. All a kid needs is water and they are having a blast. My 2 played and laughed like they never had before as they actually played together in the pool. They LOVED it and I loved watching them.
No, we have not taken a pleasure trip to the beach, though one is greatly needed. We have simply survived another week of VBS. This year I co-led the week of insanity and Matt, with the help of one of his youth, played the part of the Pirates - Walker D Plank and Jamaica Jim. They were awesome. If this ministry thing falls through Matt may be able to make a go of it in Hollywood. Our church has some amazing talent. I wish I could show all of you how awesome the decorations were. They truly were over the top. Emma Caroline LOVED every second of it. The best part was that she did not know that her Daddy was Walker D Plank. The last day I took her back to Matt's office while he was still dressed in costume. Her face was priceless as he removed the patch and hat and talked to her. Priceless Priceless!!!! 
When you live in a place with wide open spaces, you learn that it is not only good for growing cotton, corn, beans and rice but also for kite flying. There is almost always a good breeze with few trees to block it because of all the fields. One day Emma Caroline decided we needed to fly a kite. So here is Matt and EC doing just that on the field by our church. I put in this picture below of our church for those who have never seen it. I need to take a better one and put it on here so you can see how pretty it is. It is partly surrounded by cotton fields, which looks like a post card during harvest season.
It may be Mother's Day but that does not mean you get a good picture. We tried but there were too many other interesting things going on. Hope all the moms out there had a great Mother's Day.
Emma Caroline is finishing up PreSchool for the Summer. Here are some pictures of their end of the year party. We didn't have the great inflatables when I was a kid but being at this party really took me back. Needless to say she had a blast!!!
Some sweet friends of ours give us hand-me-down clothes and toys. But of all the things they have given to us, this Jeep takes the cake.
We can hardly believe that our little girl is 4!!!
Emma Caroline had multiple birthday celebrations. First with her grandparents about a week before her birthday. Then at school with her classmates on the Friday before her birthday.
Then she celebrated with us on Sunday, her actual birthday, and then had cupcakes at church with her Sunday school class!!! It was all a lot of fun. After all the presents were opened, she looked up at us with that adorable face and said "I want more."
This was just one of those special moments when both my sweet peas climbed up in my lap and we watched a video together. Moments like this make up for dirty diapers, throw up and sleepless nights. I am truly blessed. 
Happy Easter to everyone. It was a cold Easter here in the South so EC wore her bunny dress with a sweater and Knox wore what he has been wearing this winter. No shorts when it is in the 40's. We went to church and then had plans to eat lunch with friends. However, no holiday would be complete for the Redmond family without someone getting sick. By noon EC was running a fever. She came home from church and fell asleep on the sofa. She was fine by that night - oh well. Thankfully we had already hunted Easter eggs over and over the days before.
What are little girls made of?
So I have this routine on Sundays. Matt has usually gone on to church early so I am on my own getting myself and 2 kids ready. No big deal. I turn on a video and put Knox in his saucer and they are fine while I do what all I need to do. Well, this past Sunday I got them ready first (which I don't usually do) and then I was rushing around to get ready. I came out of my room ready to get them and go to church and this is what I saw. I didn't realize that I had left the box of Cheerios so close and Knox must have been really hungry. He got the bag out of the box and then dumped the entire bag on to his saucer and was shoving them into his mouth as fast as he could. When I saw this I just busted out laughing. He is going to get away with too much with that sweet face.
We had the great pleasure of going to the cabin of some friends on Saturday. It sits on a small lake and we had hardly got out of the car when Matt started showing Emma Caroline how to fish. I don't think we had been there 5 minutes when Emma Caroline started to reel in this fish. Daddy took over and together they caught a nice size fish. We were impressed with Emma Caroline and she was just excited to see a big fish. PaPa, are you proud or what!!!!
Then later Mrs. Kristy took Emma Caroline out in the kayak and she loved it!! Thanks Kristy!! Later she got in the little fishing boat and just watched while some of the other kids fished. Then we gathered up and ate hamburgers cooked on the grill. It was a great day - Thank you Robertson family!!!! 
We were in Birmingham recently to celebrate the Redmond's 50th wedding anniversary. It was a beautiful party and all had a good time. The picture above is of all the family (minus our 2 who had already gone home with my parents). The picture below is all of the grandkids. We had this picture taken and framed and gave it to the Redmonds at the party. It turned out so good and we were all rather proud of it.
Emma Caroline received a new Mickey Mouse umbrella (thanks Aunt Kelley) that you can color. She has had so much fun with it. Pair that with her favorite rain boots and you have one happy 3 year old. Who needs rain to play with your umbrella? All you need is a good imagination and a big living room.
This picture is of Emma Caroline's class at school having their Valentines party.
Knox and Emma Caroline got a little chocolate cake from their friend, Julie Day, for Valentines. Knox made the bigger mess but he really enjoyed the cake
In preparation for his 1 year birthday I decided to take Knox to have his hair cut by a professional. I have been trimming his hair since he was about 4 months old. He has so much hair and it grows so fast. It has look fine but I thought we would go all out for the birthday. You can imagine the smiles and laughs when I took him in to the salon. But he sat in my lap, I think in awe, and did real good. I almost cried though when it was done because he looks like a little boy and not my baby.
Emma Caroline's first week of preschool was all about nursery rhymes. So on Friday they had to dress up like someone from a nursery rhyme. Emma Caroline was the kitten who lost her mittens. Can you find her mitten?
