Cherry Blossom Cruise

My dad has wanted to see the cherry blossoms in DC for YEARS.  So when a groupon came up for half off a yacht cruise to see the cherry blossoms, I knew it was the perfect birthday present for him.  The day was lovely, but unfortunately, the cherry blossoms were not.  Turns out they don't like to come according to a schedule (kinda like babies....I mean really, how many are actually born on their due dates?).  SO, although they are beautiful in MD where we live, the season was over in DC.  We saw a few, and the boat was really nice (the treat boxes from a local bakery were the "cherry" on top).  Kids were free, so we took the girls, but we left Nathaniel, in all his newness, with "Miss Tammy."

Sunday Finest

I'm only now getting around to posting this.  I would have just waited and posted it this Sunday (because really, how many of you would know what week it is from), BUT, this week is Easter Sunday!  We celebrate Resurrection Sunday because our Lord is RISEN!  We want the focus to be on the real meaning of the holiday, but all those who know me, know that I love any excuse to get my kids dolled up.  My mom bought the girl's dresses last year after Easter, and I can't wait to dress them with their cute dresses and hats....sigh...  

Okay, now onto last week's Sunday Finest...

Little boys + overalls = adorableness!!!

And then she got pigtails...

Which she took out later that day...

...and here are a few bonus pictures I took the other day.  When my girlfriends visited, Jen gave Nathaniel this adorable outfit.  He looks like such a big boy!  The shirt is a onesie/t-shirt combo.  It's two shirts that are connected, with the t-shirt hanging out over the pants.  Brilliant!!! This avoids the silly Ihavenowaist look that babies get when you put them in a onesie with pants overtop.

My friends rock!

They've shown up on this blog before.  I really have the best friends in the world.  I love them each like sisters.  Jen, Heidi, and Jen came a few weeks after Nathaniel was born to visit.  They not only brought dinner for that night, they brought an extra casserole for whenever.  SWEET!  Thanks for making the trek from PA to spend the day with us.

Heidi's daughter, Gabriella, came along.  She read to my girls, played games with them, and even brought a bunch of "my little ponies" with a castle and accessories for them to enjoy.  What a treat!

Heidi MADE this fun pizza game for my girls.  She made a whole bunch of toppings, which you hand out to each player.  You roll a dice and put the number of toppings on the pizza to coordinate with your roll.  Not hard...but perfect for my little gals to learn how to take turns and count.  You can add in trickier things, like rolling two dice and adding the numbers together, but for now, we stick with the basic version, which even Camille can play!

He just keeps growing...

Hospital Pictures

Hospital photographers are NOT what they used to be...in a good way.  She showed up while the girls happened to be visiting us, but she only had a few minutes.  I thought, okay, I love pictures, go ahead.  I had low hopes that they were going to be better than some of the ones we took though.  Wow.  That's all I can say...

The next day, another photographer from the same company came to take some of Nathaniel by himself.

I also asked for some n*ked baby photos.  Their clothes never fit at this stage, and I just love all their wrinkly newness.

And that, my friends, is why I had my birth announcements done and sent within a month.