Lillie's Pre-School Graduation

Lillie graduated pre-school and it was awesome. I just love everything about that school. I can't wait for Samuel to get to go next year. Lillie was so proud, and I was actually tearing up. I can't imagine what I'll be like at their high school graduations, or worse, missions and weddings. She's pictured below with her awesome teacher Ms. Sherry. We also got her some flowers and a cookie cake. Yeah, we're pretty much the best parents ever. Well, Lillie was on cloud nine anyway. She learned so much this year, and made a lot of good friends. We are very proud of her and excited for her to start Kindergarten in the fall. You rock Lil'Star!

Memorial Day '09

We went to the coast for Memorial Day weekend and we had a blast. Well, most of us. Grant was just sort of along for the ride. The poor kid had sand EVERYWHERE. We tried hard to protect him but it was pointless. He was still happy though...the kid is a Rockstar! Lillie loved the ocean and would have played until she passed out. Samuel wouldn't touch the water but that was okay b/c the world was his sandbox. He dug All Day and still wanted to dig more. Next time I'll remember to bring some dump trucks for him. The weather was beautiful, the water was perfect and good times were had be all. It was a great family weekend!

Grant's blessing day

Grant was blessed this past Sunday and it was beautiful. Thankyou so much to all of the friends and family that came to visit and to celebrate him with us. You all are the most important people in our lives and we are so grateful that you were able to share this time with us. We had a fantastic weekend and will miss all the Doolittles who don't live here. We had a great visit!

Uncle Jason takes a trip to the SA Zoo

The last day that Uncle Jason was here we all took the kids to the Zoo. It was a little hot, but way better than going to the zoo in July! We had a great time. The kids especially loved hanging out with Uncle Jason. We missed you this time Becca and can't wait to see you both soon!

Grant's 1st trip to the zoo. He had this same look the entire day..."WHAT am I doing here?"

Easter 2009

As we celebrated the resurrection of our Savior Jesus Christ this Easter season we enjoyed spending time with our family and friends. This year we did four (4!!!) egg hunts! We have really got to cut down next year. Lillie had a hunt at her pre-school, and we did our annual ward egg hunt. We had a fantastic time on Friday night with our BFF's the Zufelt's. Thankyou T.J. for smokin' the ham...it was amazing as always! We always love hanging out with them. The 5 walking children had a great time hunting eggs in our backyard and Grant had a nice time sleeping in Dad's arms. They got through quite a bit of the candy before the adults noticed and spent the next few hours on a sugar high. Come to think of it, they spent the entire weekend on a sugar high!

We spent a beautiful Easter Sunday together as a family. Of course the Easter bunny visited the night before and Lillie and Samuel enjoyed chocolate for breakfast. Sacrament meeting and our classes were wonderful and the day was topped of by a nice evening spent with my family. We had a delicious Easter dinner and topped it off with one last egg hunt. Phew! I think we have enough candy! (Don't tell the kiddos but we did recycle some eggs for the last hunt. I just couldn't stand the thought of bringing more candy home!) We enjoyed a beautiful Easter season and hope that all of you did as well!

Tristan, Samuel, Brooklyne, Lillie, & Samuel

Lillie and her pre-school teacher Ms. Sherry at her school's egg hunt.
Lillie and her friend Asher (whom she says is her future husband!)

Bittersweet

Bitter because today was my last midwife appt. Boo. I have had such a fantastic experience with everyone at the birth center and I am so sad to not be going there anymore. Pregnancy and childbirth is such an amazing miracle. It has been so wonderful to be living it this past 11 months and it's a little sad to be done.
But sweet because I had a great time there today. Grant is doing great...he weighed 13 pounds today! I knew that my precious chunkity bundle of cuteness was getting "up there"! Everything with him and me is looking great! Yay! Here is Grant with Jennifer taking his temp. The next pic is one Samuel took (what a great little photographer!) I'm not sure what we're doing, but it looks like something important. The last pic is of Holly with Grant and I. We love you so much Holly! Thankyou so much for all of your fantastic care of both me and Grant. We've had such a great time with you this past year and will miss you very much. And to all the other fantastic women at the SABC we love you too! Thanks for everything!

Some Words of Advice...

...DO NOT under any circumstances EVER go to downtown San Antonio on a Saturday during spring break with small children. (This is not to say that we didn't have fun, b/c we did, but we also grew a few gray hairs!) Our friends Chris and Falene from came to visit us and we went to Brackenridge Park and the Riverwalk. I have never, in all my years seen this park so packed! It took us an hour to find a parking spot! Then we decided to go to the Riverwalk and that was even more insane! Lillie and Samuel were pretty cranky too, though Aidan and Grant were superstars!
Even though it was busy we had a fantastic time visiting with our friends and their beautiful baby boy. Thanks for coming to visit!

Grant's 1st train ride.

The picnic tables were all occupied so we improvised! Thanks for sacrificing your beach towel Falene!

"Hey! Where'd my sunshade go!"