Easter in our dining room was a success! God provided chairs in the form of borrowed chairs from Bron's office:) There were 10 people in all-including Bron and me, my sister Rachel and her husband and two boys, my parents, and my sweet sisters Dot and Maddie, who stayed for the weekend and helped out. (Oh yes, Emmy was there too- who refused to nap in all the excitement. We are thinking she is going to be a social butterfly...)
We ate lunch after church, and chatted while Emmy played in her new playpen close by. My nephews hopped in and out with her. We even managed to have a egg-hunt for the boys, who didn't seem to notice at all how small our backyard is. We played Apples to Apples, and watched Little Rascals. It was a fun, layed-back day.
April is here! It is feeling alot more like Spring around here. We're excited about having a vegetable garden this year and about our new set-up to have friends over more often. We're looking forward to being able to walk to more things in the city in the evenings, since it's warmer and the sun stays out longer. Tonight we are walking to a new cafe nearby for our date night.
It's going to be so fun to watch Emmy grow into more of a little girl in Springtime,- to be able to play outside with her and take walks and things, and to dress her in sweet little outfits without worrying as much about bundling her up.
She is climbing on everything and babbling "Da-da-da" all day long. (video at the end of this post!) She seems to understand when I tell her "Daddy's coming home!" She looks at the stairs until he comes, and she squeals with delight when she sees him.
She has specific favorite toys and books now. She loves pickles and meat and bananas and avocados. She waves and claps, and looks at us when her musical toy plays it's song so that we can dance, and she laughs at us. Her little personality is shining through. Also her little sinful nature! She has an angry cry now. It's all part of the experience of raising a little girl.
Oh, and if we had any hopes of making our home not look like a baby's home, we have given them up. Her playpen came last week, and Bron and I are a little too excited about this thing. You may have even heard us talk about it, hehe. It makes life alot easier! And Emmy is getting better at entertaining herself. Such a blessing to our every day life. It is also kind of fun to go in there with her:)
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