Happy Easter

Gracie looked precious in her fancy dress!

But that didn't stop her from climbing and exploring!

The Easter Egg hunt was a blast too!

Gracie ate her first peep!

Spring is in the air!

The weather has been beautiful here the past few days! The trees outside our apartment have the prettiest white blossoms and the air is filled with the fresh sweet smell of spring. I love this time of year. I love seeing nature come back to life. Gracie has enjoyed playing in her playhouse (a trash-to-treasure find!) and loves to run all around our yard.

Jesse also loves this time of year....but more than the beauty of the earth he loves that it is MARCH MADNESS! It's bracket time, baby! Time to watch endless hours of basketball. I don't mind watching a few games. And the fact that I root for the teams on my brackets makes the games more enjoyable, especially the buzzer beaters! I love close games.

I'll leave with a funny story.....The other day I wasn't feeling well and didn't want to cook. Also I had a craving for Chick-fil-a. Jesse wanted Burger King but I begged him to get Chick-fil-a anyway. So he leaves to get the food and when he comes back he has a Burger King bag in his hands...I imediatly say "I knew it!" thinking he just went to Burger King and didn't care about my Chick-fil-a craving. So he tells me that the Chick-fil-a is gone (it was inside the Kroger grocery store). It takes me a while to believe him, but I finally do, and I eat my Whopper while I long for an 8 pack of chicken nuggetts. Well two weeks later, my craving still not quenched, we deciede to drive to the Chick-fil-a across town. Well, guess what? It's gone too...and I mean GONE - where it use to stand is just a pile of rubble....I still havn't had my Chick-fil-a.

We love you all!

Wow. It has been a couple months since we posted....in that time Gracie turned one year old! She had a fun party complete with a Hello Kitty cake. I was hoping she would dig into the cake, but she just picked at it daintly. I don't think she even got frosting on her face.

Lately we have been enjoying ourselves by playing outside (it was 70 today!) and going to the playground. If the weather is bad we head to the library or the nature center. We are really going to miss Athens. There are so many great things to do.

Jesse is in his last semester of Law school...and he can't wait to be done! He has really worked hard and the finish line is in sight. He is awesome. When he is not busy with law school he is playing pick up basketball or watching the Hawks or Georgia or Tech...

Lately I keep myself busy with house hunting on the internet. It is so fun to look for houses and imagine what not living in an apartment will feel like. I can't wait to have anything but white walls!

We hope to do better at keeping everyone updated. The future holds so much excitment.

Love,

The Van Sants

HAWKS RULE

This weekend was packed full of sports, sports, and more sports! We started our day off by going to the Atlanta Hawks open practice and team scrimidge. It was awsome to see the team in person. Josh Smith is truely the Human Highlight Reel! Gracie loved seeing Harry the Hawk (mascot) and laughed when he came where we were sitting. The pracitce was held in a small high school gym, so we were very close to the court. Jesse was in heaven!

After that Jesse was off to the Georgia Tech game...they won! And then home to catch the undefeated UGA football team play Tennessee. Well, the night ended on a sad note with the Dawgs loosing to Tennessee....bye bye to our #10 ranking.

Gracie is doing new tricks everyday! Just the other day she pushed up from the floor to standing without any help! I am sure she will be walking very soon!

We love you all!

Stephanie, Jesse and Gracie

Hi yall! This is our first family blog and we are excited to be able to share our news and pictures with everyone! This month has been an exciting one for our family....so where do I begin...

Jesse has been very busy with law school at the University of Georgia and recently recieved his first job offer! He worked very hard this past summer and it has really paid off.

Gracie is such a speedy crawler. She is zooming all arould our apartment and loves for us to chase her down the hall on our hands and knees. I know that soon she will be walking. She babbles non-stop and has added the word "ball" to her vocabulary of "mama" and "dada". She is also working on "tower" and "button." It is fun to see her growing up.

I am kept very busy with Gracie, but have found the time to develop my cooking skills thanks to Rachel Ray! I love her show! Jesse bought me one of her cookbooks, which really got the ball rolling. It has been fun to try new recipies.

Hope to keep yall updated!
Love,
Jesse, Stephanie & Gracie