Gabe's first night without mommy

So Friday night Carissa took it upon herself to organize a sleepover for Saturday night. I dialed the phone for her, but she called grandma and grandpa and talked to both of them asking if she could spend the night at their house and then she asked if Gabe could too. My parents said yes to her and then she just had to ask Aunt Alyssa, so she called Alyssa and asked her about a sleepover and she also said yes. So, before I knew it my daughter had arranged for me to have one night with no kids, for the first time ever. I was shocked and excited, but as it turns out I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought, because I still had so much homework to do. But, Ben and I went out to a movie, and I got to sleep through the night without being woke up at all. Then in the morning my house was too quiet and lonely and all I could think about was going to see how Gabe did on his first night without me. Gabe did okay, but my mom said that she did get up a couple of times with him. His first two year molar is finally breaking through, so he isn't sleeping as well right now. He will have fits while sleeping, so it sounds like he is awake and upset, but usually he stays asleep.

Easter

I have been busy and didn't get a chance to put up the Easter pictures earlier, so here they are now. We had a good Easter morning, although we didn't do much more for Easter other than Easter baskets.

Skiing

Last weekend we took the kids up to Snowbird with my family and spent most of the weekend up there. The kids both had a great time, and they both tried skiing for the first time. Carissa did pretty much what I thought she would and even though she was so excited to try skiing she just cried and said it was too scary and that she will try skiing again when she is a mommy.

Gabriel on the other hand loved it, and he took to it right away. He is able to catch his own balance and turn when he needs to. My dad ended up buying a harness for Gabe, which I think made it easier to ski for both my dad and Gabe. I can't believe that my 2 1/2 year old can ski. My dad went skiing with Gabe until they closed the lift on Sunday evening.
My dad said that when the lady told them that this was their last run Gabe said, "NO." Gabe really enjoyed skiing, so we are plannig on making the time for him to go again next ski season.