FINALLY!

It snowed in Austin! I must confess...we have been a tad jealous of all the winter weather in Dallas lately. As native Dallasites, we couldn't believe we missed not only the white Christmas, but also the record breaking snow a couple of weeks ago! Anyway, we finally got a little winter fix down here today. Just enough to make it fun :)

Caroline was bundled up and ready to go! She was quite proud of her hat, and loved showed it off to all the neighbors.

Covered in snow after a snowball fight...She obviously lost.

Daddy's office closed at lunch, so he got to play in the snow with us! What a treat!

Once Caroline was bundled up and ready to go, so ran to the front door and started squealing, "Snow! Snow! I ready! I ready!" It was so cute, she was sooooooo excited. Here is us trying to capture it on video...

I Can't Believe it's NOT Butter!?!?!

Caroline has a new found affection for something we think is a bit odd...

A spray butter bottle.

Every time I open the door to the fridge, she would make a beeline for the spray butter. Eventually, we let her carry it around with her, and an everlasting bond was created.

We emptied all the butter out, so it's just an empty container. But that hasn't diminished her love of the butter at all.

She asks for the butter all the time. When she is upset, she wants the butter. If we don't give her the butter, she cries. She talks to and/or about the butter constantly. Seriously. Should we be worried?!?

The other night, she was playing on the stairs, butter in hand of course, when she decided she wanted to go upstairs to find Daddy. She set it down next to her on the step and said, "Bye Bye Butter."

She was determined to get upstairs to see her Daddy, so I guess we know that he still holds the top spot in her heart. But, its safe to say the butter is definitely a close #2.

My Funny Valentines

Caroline and I baked Daddy a special Valentine's Day treat...yellow cupcakes with chocolate frosting...his FAVORITE:) Caroline was anxious to help!!

Ready to call the fire dept. in case Mommy burned down the kitchen.
Sampling the goods
More tasting, while we survey our progress
Mommy, this whole baking thing is really fun!
After we baked our cupcakes, it was time to decorate!!
Caroline was very focused, placing each piece of candy. It was so funny to watch!
I think my Daddy will love it!
The finished product. Caroline did such a great job :)

Jon cooked a DELICIOUS dinner of chicken parmesan, which is one of MY favorites :) He also picked up the house, swept, mopped, and vacuumed...all while I was at church. It was so nice to come home to a clean house!!! Not to brag, but have I mentioned I have the best husband EVER? I LOOOOOVE him :)

The Fabulous Four!

As you know the Erickson clan is adding 4 new additions this summer. The verdict is finally in, and this awesome foursome will be 2 boys and 2 girls! How fun is that!?!?!?

Our (yet to be named) BOY will be arriving in May.

Steven and Diane's (top secretly named) BOY will be arriving in June,

Bryce and Elizabeth's (top secretly named) GIRL will also be arriving in June,

and Clark and Brittany just found out today that they will be having a baby GIRL in July!

We are so excited and blessed to be expecting 4 HEALTHY babies into the family. We couldn't be more excited to welcome a son, a nephew, and 2 darling nieces to the worlds and Caroline is especially excited about all these new cousins to play with!!!

Girl Time!

Last weekend, I made a quick trip to Waco to have a little reunion weekend with my girls.

Celebrated Kristin's impending 30th Birthday...

Caught up with these lovely ladies...

(Me, Brooke, Ginny, Halston, Kristin, Cami, and Jamie)

And got to cuddle with sweet Miss Libby...

While I was playing with my friends, Caroline had all sorts of fun with Daddy!

She enjoyed some fine wine at Happy Hour ;)

Enjoyed a healthy and delicious breakfast of chocolate pancakes and bacon...

And just had an all around great time, being the center of her Daddy's attention!!!
(Sorry for the poor picture quality...camera phone :))

Funny Girl

Caroline is always cracking us up. Here are a few recent funnies...
(by the way, I realize that most of this is only funny to us...and maybe her grandparents :))

When anyone sneezes, she says "Bless You" Such a sweetie :)

She is very interested in the "potty." So beware, if you come over to our house...she will want to go with you. She will even help you out by getting you some toilet paper...As you can see she is quite generous ;)

She has continued her love of accessorizing...with underwear. Yup, that's several pairs of my {clean} underwear around her neck. (Embarrassing...I almost didn't post it, so my apologies to all of my male family members who read this ;))

She picked up her Baby Bible, and said "Bible", then opened it and said "Hi Jesus!" We couldn't believe it...and we couldn't stop laughing.

A few of her words that we think are pretty funny:

coffee="cocker"
boot="boop"
blanket="bubba"
blueberries="boo-boo berries"
Anything with a final "k" sound...She really emphasizes it..."mil-K", "boo-K", "wal-K"