April Recap

A continuation of my previous post...

April was Easter. We did the usual tormenting of our child...dressing her up in fancy clothes, dragging her around the yard looking for Easter eggs filled with candy for US to eat and taking picture after picture.

She did very well until the end, which is when we got the funniest pictures! Look at that poor, pitiful face!

April also marked the beginning of Willa's first swimming lesson! We are signed up with some friends of ours who have a little girl Willa's age. We thought it would be fun to get the girls in the pool together. We are two weeks into the 5 week class and so far Willa seems to enjoy it! There is no fear (I don't think this kid fears

anything) but the first week she was very serious. She had to observe everything that was going on, so all our pictures are of her being very solemn. I do think she enjoyed herself even if she doesn't look like it in the pictures! She was very relaxed the whole time and didn't seem to mind water splashing her face. This past week the dads went in the pool and she was actually kicking her legs quite a bit, so I'd call that a pretty good start!

Other activities of note: we took Willa to Bass Pro for the first time and she had a great time looking at all the animals and the fish. Also got an awesome backpack carrier for her and took her on a hike...I think we will get a ton of use out of that thing!

Worst Blogger Ever!

I KNEW when I started this that I would be all gung-ho in the beginning, and then little by little my excitement would dwindle and my posts would be few and far between. Let's see...last updated in January...that sounds like me! Well, I am determined to keep this blog going, but few and far between is what you're going to get!

Okay, I don't even know where to start! I suppose January.

January and February were Nick's last months of the winter season. Since we didn't get as much snow as usual to keep him busy, we set to work on the house! When I say "we", I mean "him". What started as ripping ou

t all the old carpet and installing laminate turned into flooring PLUS painting two rooms, replacing all the baseboards (which was going to happen anyway) and getting new furniture. It was totally worth it though, because getting rid of the oversized furniture which fit into our old house but not into this one needed to be done. Painting the room a lighter color also helps the room feel bigger. Nick did a GREAT job!

March brought Willa's baptism, and a visit from all 4 grandparents! Willa was a little rambunctious during her baptism, kicking her legs, grabbing the water bowl, slapping Pastor Jim's papers and hands, trying to jump out of my arms...making us laugh during prayer. It was a very nice service anyway and we were very happy that people could make the trip here for it!