Sunday:

This morning we had an Easter egg hunt for the kids outside and when they came in we had the candy on the table for them.  Sam is convinced that is how it works cause she saw it on Max and Ruby.  (The one where they hunt for the eggs and Max eats the choc chicken...)  Later we went to see In the Wild as a whole family.  We packed a beach chair so I could sit in handicap seating with it and nurse Susanna.  We packed lunch, boosters, the boppy and drinks and were set!  In the past, the kids have always LOVED going to the movies and we figured how crowed could it be on Easter. 

Let me tell you, the movie was rated G, but the theme was really dark.  Basically the Bores no longer want to be the bottom of the food chain, so they are going to eat the Lions and their friends so that they can be carnivores.  Maybe most kids do not know what that means... well Sam does and she got really upset.  They made the Bores very sinister as well.  I was rather appalled that such a dark theme could be rated G!  Anyway, Kit was bored and spent most the time outside with Ben.  Then Sam got scare.  I asked her if she wanted to go and she said yes, so we left and went to McD's play gym instead.

We came home, took a family nap, took a family walk and then made pizza.  It was really nice.

Saturday:

My sister and her husband came over for the day.  They recently have moved much closer.  I made lunch, the brought and awesome cherry pie and we hung out for the day.  It was really fun.  The kids LOVED having them around to play with.  It is going to be nice having them closer in proximity.  :)

The got Sam a lady bug purse with hair clips and bracelets.  She was in her glory.  Kit was equally happy with his drum and paints.  Susanna was too little to know what she got, but I will enjoy dressing her up in her new Gymboree dresses. 

Friday:

Mom came up for the day and we went to a Passover Seder at my friend's mom's house.  It has been awhile since I have been to a Seder.  When I was a kid, my Great Grandmother did them, but now many of my relations are dead or scattered around.  It was really nice being with a lot of people on Passover.  My friend and I have been friends since Sam and her oldest (who is on month younger than Sam - exactly.) were babies, so I have known her for a bit.  The Seder was very kids centric and it was really nice.  It is easy to forget little things that are traditional when you do not do them, but when you see them/hear them, like the Seder, it sparks something in you.  It makes me glad that I am raising the kids reformed Jewish.  I want my kids to know the same things I did.  And like I was raised, we still will have Christmas and Easter only for us, they are family days that focus on the man in the red suit and the bunny, lol.

The kids were VERY well behaved.  I was VERY proud of them.  Sam was truly interested in the Seder and sat thru it and participated unlike her friend, lol.  We did not get home til midnight.  Granted, it was an hour and a half drive.

Things to come:

This week is the Susanna's naming on Friday.  Looking forward to it.

Sat. we will be going to our cousin's/friend's kids bday party.  It is down the shore, so will be a 3 hour hike.  Ben is taking the day off, so I will have help.  The one who will not be named will be there, so hopefully she will just ignore me and that will be fine.  *fingers crossed*

Ate too much Easter candy today, so will be watching what I eat this week.

Random thoughts:

Very happy with the addition of Susanna.  My family feels so complete now and I am so contented.  A bit sleep deprived sometimes, but it is all good.  I have not been making presence much on line and I hope everyone does not think I am a jerk.  It is just really busy now and I am adjusting.  I am getting done all the things I have to and need to but it is not giving me much time for me.  Especially cause the little muffin LOVES to nurse so much.  She is beginning not to like the sling so much, so that limits me much more.

Pain in the back:

Re-injured my disk/back.  Shooting pain and my leg is giving out again.  I am calling my doc tomorrow.  I am guessing they will want me to have another MRI since it has been a year since I last went in and being that I have had another baby.  I have pain med for it, but it is a class C and I am not comfy taking that while nursing and with Susanna being so little.  So for now, Motrin is my friend.

Also on med now from an infection related to my c-section.  Joy!  But at least not painful.  So not too bad.  I just keep forgetting to take my medicine, lol.

Thoughts of well wishes:

To all my friends who need it.  Looking forward to Tiff giving birth soon.  By the end, you feel like such crap, but it is so exciting.  Being that I am not the one 35 weeks right now, I just get to be excited for her.  :)

Congrats to Michelle on her new house.  And Gabe looks SOOO cute in his new glasses.

Wish we could go to Columbus this year, but I think it is too far to drive with a newborn.  I wish it was in Pitts again.  *Sigh*

Hey Susan, Ben talks in his sleep too!  Half the time it is a mix of past and present.  But sometimes he almost seems lucid, so I decided to suggest things to him when he was in that state.  Once I told him that he should get his wife flowers cause she is great and the next day he came home with flowers for me!  I asked him why and he said he just felt like it.

Hope everyone had a great Easter!