Happy Birthday Josh

Happy Birthday Josh! Joshua turned 25 yesterday! Yeah!!!! It was a great day. He had our traditional breakfast in bed. Then he had to go search for his hidden birthday presents. It was pretty tough in our tiny apartment! ;-) For his birthday, I got him a new pair of pants, High School Musical 3, (which he got me for Easter), a DVD of his mission pictures, and these pictures below. A long time ago, Josh saw that his friend had pictures of his four generations and loved the idea. I was only able to get three but hopefully we'll be able to get a picture of his great grandpa later. It was cool to see how his grandpa, Sterling, has so many similar features.
For lunch, we enjoyed a picnic on the lawn. Seeing how we're moving in two weeks, it was only appropriate to get one last J-Dawg before we leave. It was a beautiful day!!! Perfect birthday weather.

We went to Magleby's for dinner! We would HIGHLY recommend it. It was delicious. Afterwards, some of our friends came over and we all sang happy birthday to him. It was a great day overall. I'm so happy I was able to celebrate it with Josh. He is so amazing and has blessed my life in so many ways. He has made me a stronger person, and I love him for it. I'm so glad we get to celebrate occasions like this together for the rest of our lives. I love you sweetheart! Happy Birthday!

P.S. The amazing strawberries were made by our friends the Harrisons! They were just as delicious as they were beautiful. Thanks y'all.

Easter

We have had such a great Easter! This morning, Anna woke up to find a thing of string next to her crib. She had no idea what it would lead to.

The string was strung all through the apartment (sorry for the messy background!)

And led to Anna's very first Easter basket. We had so much fun! I got Diana High School Musical 3 and she got me some old movies from DI. Last year, I got Diana Enchanted so it's become somewhat of a tradition to put a movie in the Easter baskets.

Of course, Diana made her famous bunny cake. This was mommy's contribution:

This was Daddy's contribution:

This was Anna's contribution (she thinks her bouncer is a slide):

Didn't the bunny cake turn out great. Diana is so excited to do this with our kids in the future.

Daddy and Anna are pretty happy!

How could they be anything but happy with such a beautiful, wonderful wife and mommy!

Here are Anna's Easter pictures. She is so cute! She is getting more fun every day. She's almost starting to laugh now. She makes short squealing noises and smiles like crazy! We just love her so much!!!

Diana's been shopping recently and found a bathing suit for Anna for the summer. She's been looking for one forever. Are you beginning to notice, as I have, a polka dot obsession in this family? Hmmm....

Anna's Doctor Visit and Egg Decorating

We had Anna's doctor visit on Friday. The doctor is worried that she's below where she should be in her body weight. She weighed 10 pounds. She went from the 80th percentile last time to the 11th this time!!! The doctor gave us some good tips and hopefully she'll be back to where she needs to be soon. During the appointment, Anna was so tired and cranky. On top of that, she had to get her shots! Needless to say, she screamed like crazy. We felt so bad for her. But she did a great job. She's pretty tough like her Mom. We took these pictures a few hours later and she was back to her happy self.

We were trying to get pictures of her legs where she got the shots and she kept pulling them up! But isn't she so cute!

On Friday night, we had the Harrison's over to decorate Easter eggs. Diana made this incredible dessert that my Aunt Lori gave us. It was so good!

We just love Ryan and Alisa. We're going to miss them when we leave Provo!

I won the egg decorating contest. (Well, maybe not. I think Alisa took the prize, but I wish I had).

Rub-a-dub-dub

These are a few pictures of Anna right after her bath. We think she's a cutie!

So, an update on our lives...

I just finished a big presentation for school. I'm so glad it's over!! Now, all I have left are two finals and I'm done!! Josh has been crazy busy. He has a million projects and papers due right now. We're both very excited to be graduating soon. Only two more weeks of class. We're really looking forward to this summer. It's going to be great!

Washington University

It's official, we're moving to St. Louis. Josh just got accepted at Washington University in St. Louis, MO. This has been a long process. Last summer after Josh's internship, we decided that working for the Big Four just wasn't for us. It didn't seem to fit the lifestyle we wanted for our family. So, considering other options, we decided that it would be a great idea for Josh to get a PhD in Accounting. He wants to do research and be a professor at a university. He started studying for the GMAT in September, took it in November, applied to schools in December and now it's finally March and we're in! Whew!!

We are both SO excited. We think "WashU" will be a place for Josh to have great opportunities. We've been praying for months about where we should go, and we know that we are going there for a reason.

We just found out that his first day of class is JUNE 8th!!!! That's only about 6 weeks after graduation. We're going to go home to Georgia right after we graduate and spend a few weeks with my family. We're SO excited. I think the grandparents are just a little excited too! ;-)

I'm really proud of Josh. I have NEVER met someone that works harder than he does. He puts in 15 hour days of nonstop work almost everyday to get everything done. His heart is definitely in the right place because I know he's doing this for his family. I think we have a lot of great things waiting for us in Missouri, and we can't wait!

Cutest Baby Contest

We vote Anna. What do you think? Our friend Allie Palmer got Anna this cute dress and she looks so adorable in it.

BYU Rugby

Yesterday we went to the BYU rugby game to watch Ryan Harrison play. BYU destroyed Boise State. We had so much fun!

The weather was perfect! Anna begged us to bring her sunglasses. Isn't she so cute!

This was our first Rugby game ever. It was cool to see how they play.

We are so happy that the weather is so perfect! Just a week or so ago, this was the weather...

Yay for Spring!