a quick note

I can feel the baby (in my uterus) moving!  YAY!  (yes, sometimes one-liners are fun and so worth it...!)

All that is missing are the bonnet and the staff...

Happy Easter!

Yesterday was a day of celebration... the Easter celebration! It is
the day that we Christians celebrate the Risen Son, our Savior Jesus,
who died on the cross to redeem us all and rose again...! Hallelujah!

Of course, following in true Easter tradition, I decked Julia out in a
cute little outfit. However, after dressing her, I had to giggle a
mite... she resembled Little Bo (Easter) Peep to me, especially
because of the pantaloons and the black shoes. All that was missing
were the bonnet and the staff... as you can see, we even managed a
picture of her with one of her wayward sheep...! (Note to self: Julia
definitely needs white dress shoes...!)

Julia's outfit wasn't "shown off" off too very much... she spent most
of her morning in the church nursery as Adam and I participated on the
praise team yesterday. After church, she was stripped of her finery
and spent the remainder of her day in a t-shirt and then later,
pajamas. :)

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

erin

Easter Egg Hunt

Today was the Pella Easter Egg Hunt in Central Park.  I had no idea
what to expect as I did not take Julia last year when she was only
three months old.

But, this year, I decided to brave the storm of people and quickly
found myself lost in a sea of moms, dads, kids, and baskets. I didn't
realize that the 1 - 4 year olds would be grouped together, so Julia
was at a slight disadvantage. By the time we got under the rope and
into the "field", most of the goodies were gone... but we managed to
find four untouched pieces. I consider it good of me (ha!) that I
refrained from begging a nearby 4-year-old for one of the 3
toothbrushes she picked up that were lying admist what must have been
2 pounds of candy...! I figured that would look tacky of me.

Julia didn't seem to mind, though. She thoroughly enjoyed
kid-watching and took to screaming (her new form of communicating when
extremely happy) at kids as they passed by... she was filled with
glee!

erin

Miss Cookie Face

Yuck-o!

 

Thankfully I had the foresight to put a towel around Julia's neck and into her lap before her macaroni and cheese lunch followed by a pink frosting cookie!  What I did NOT foresee was her ripping the towel off afterwards and throwing it (and everything ON the towel) onto the floor!  Whoops!  However, Julia loves to "wash up" in the bathroom, so while this LOOKS nasty, it cleans up pretty quick and easy. 

 

erin

Easter Easter Easter!

On Thursday, Julia helped me decorate for Easter and dye the eggs. 

 

erin

Sunday Hair

At the suggestion of a couple of friends and with a little extra time on a Sunday morning, I used the curling iron to give Julia a little flip.  So cute...!!!  Now I can't wait to see what I might be able to do with her hair next Sunday...!

 

(Thanks for the suggestion, Amy & Liz!)

Hi, mom!

A Haircut for Julia

Julia's hair always been a bit on the long and unruly side (as "unruly" as straight hair can get), so it was no surprise when her bangs started creeping back into her eyes.  I COULD have taken her to the salon to have it cut again, but I figured I would try my hand at it first.  I combed EVERYTHING forward (because with her cowlick, EVERYTHING eventually comes forward and into her eyes) and started to cut.  Julia did a pretty good job sitting still, and while it may not be the perfect cut, it'll do!

 

erin

She can't change her own diaper yet...

... but, she is smart enough to pick up the dirty one and throw it in the wastebasket.  Now that Julia is walking, she loves to "show off" the things she can do.  Twice this weekend after I changed her diaper, she got up, picked up the dirty diaper, walked into the bathroom, and threw it in the wastebasket.  She turned around to see if I was watching, and then clapped her hands when I said, "Good job!"  Reason #456821 why I love being a mom.  *sigh*

At Adam's Gig

Friday night (April 3rd), Julia and I drove to Oskaloosa to watch Adam play with Amy Steenhoek & Rising Son. What a fun time! I managed to capture a bit of video to share with you all...