Easter 2015

April 11, 2015 1:53 pm

Mom was here helping with Corinne for a few weeks and she happened to be here over Easter. She helped Heather dye some eggs and made sugar cookies and cooked Easter dinner. Thanks Mom!

IMGP2659asIMGP2687asIMGP2694asThe Easter Bunny paid us a visit but just when Heather discovered what had happened it started raining.  And it rained right up until we finished finding eggs and came back inside, so that was really convenient.  Heather didn’t care though and it wasn’t too cold regardless.

IMGP2712as IMGP2752asThe Easter Bunny hid 4 special “golden” eggs for Jess.

IMGP2703as IMGP2738asThey found almost everything, but got stuck on the final egg.

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Tech Museum

12:54 pm

Heather’s been feeling a little uneasy about the new family organization.  So on April 1st I took the day off and we went down to the Tech Museum in San Jose for which Mike and Tina gave us a gift certificate for Christmas.

Heather had a blast.

We started with the requisite Chick-Fil-A, since one was in the area.  As we pulled in to the parking lot Heather began exclaiming, “I love Chick-Fil-A.  We’re so close I can almost taste it!”  And as soon as we walked in, “This is the best day ever!”

IMG_20150401_120704So the trip started off good.

At the Tech Museum she liked playing with the infrared camera:

IMG_20150401_134349And anything she could put her hands on, which was pretty much everything:

IMG_20150401_140418The downside of the visit was that the place was crawling with school groups with little to no supervision.  Nothing particularly bad, but every exhibit was therefore swamped and trying to get a chance to play with it was difficult at times.  But, after about 2:30 when all the school groups left it was quite nice.  Heather got a chance to have the robot artist draw her picture:

IMG_20150401_143934And the spelling robot wrote her name in blocks:

It was fun. We’ll have to go back sometime.

READY

March 8, 2015 3:04 pm

FINALLY, both the girls’ bedrooms are completed! It was weeks of turmoil and a lot of hard work from all of us, but they are done! I really didn’t think Heather would handle the transition to her new room (the old office) well, but she has done great. We involved her in the process as much as possible, and I think that helped a lot. She picked the paint color, helped put the butterflies on the walls, and helped move everything (books, toys, clothes, etc.) from her old room. And she loves her new room!

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The nursery has turned out great, too. I love the color, and I think everything is organized well.

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A close-up of the owls and snails:P1010471as

The decal above the crib says, “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Do you know how loved you are?”P1010472as P1010473asWhen I eventually finish Corinne’s birth sampler, it’ll hang above the dresser.

I am so relieved to finally have those rooms done. I am 38 weeks along tomorrow (2 more weeks to go!) and have been itching to just be READY. I haven’t packed my hospital bag yet, but that’s just about all I have left to do. Car seats are in and everything! Just hoping Corinne holds off until Kyle’s mom gets here, and then we will be ready to roll!