Today is a crazy day

Woke up to snow falling outside...more snow. How delightful, we surely haven't had enough.

This is a bright spot on this cold, damp morning a cheery pot of flowers in my warm, cozy kitchen while the big fat flakes fall outside.
Bella was naked in her crib when I woke up this morning. Then she put on her swimsuit. As you can see, I just went with it.

My tulips are covered in snow, Matt was all, "Oh goodie, more moisture. This will be good for the yard." (Of course he didn't say "oh goodie" but he might as well have from the delighted expression on his face.) I'm thinking... I know what else would green the yard up...they're called sprinklers. I'm a little bitter this morning, can't help it. I long for warm, sunny days.

Spring in Idaho- ya gotta love it. It's 10:12 and I'm still in my pink striped pajama bottoms. That's just not right.

Our baby boy!

That's right, we are having a boy! We are so exited.

I know sometimes it's hard to tell what your looking at on ultrasound pictures. This picture is a little leg, in side profile, labeled for your convenience. I think the flex of the little tiny foot is so amazing. He was all over the place when we scanned him last (I guess I should have held off on the ice cream.) We didn't get a good side profile picture of his face, but I thought this was still pretty cool.

What are we having?

Can you tell from this ultrasound picture what the baby is?
Can't tell? (Seriously?!) Stay tuned...

Glorious Easter

We had such a fun Easter. The weather was beautiful, Matt's sister Pam and her kids came from Twin Falls. The food was yummy ( I love ham.) We had plenty of time to do everything because Pam ussually runs at least an hour late. I even had time to get my Easter decorations out.

Here are some fun pictures of the kids enjoying the day:

Bella got to fly (with cousin Travis).
Bella got a ride with Aunt Pam
The Easter Bunny brought Grace this cool fairy kite.

The wind kicked up enough for McCade to fly his dragon kite (with help from his cousin Candice).

Bella was adorable finding her eggs and putting them in her bunny purse.

Grace's Bunnies from The Bunny.

The Easter Bunny brought Bella wings...so cute!

It just wouldn't be Easter without dyed countertops..I mean Easter eggs.

It was a great day. I love celebrating this holiday that represents the literal breaking of the bonds of death for all mankind. Easter has more meaning for me personally since my dad and father-in-law have died. President Hinkley said, " These simple words—“He is not here, but is risen”—have become the most profound in all literature." I agree. Those simple words fill me with hope and peace as real as the feeling I get when I feel the first warm breeze on my skin and know Spring will come, no matter how long the winter has been.

Matt's rehab: update

The boot:

Matt had another doctor appointment and an appointment with his physical therapist. He is now mostly wearing shoes but with a lift in the heel, he only wears his big boot when his leg gets sore. He got exercises to do. The best thing is that he got the go ahead to start on the exercises bike. He and McCade drove to Pocatello yesterday and bought an Airdyne (the bike that has the arms that move) they found on Craigslist. McCade was so cute getting ready to go with him. He packed himself his lunch box full of snacks and water for the road (and assured me he would share with Dad.) He told me when he got home that he didn't even get bored. (5 hours in the car).

Matt is building up his time on the bike and was so happy to be sweating again. I don't entirely get it because I'm perfectly happy without getting my heart rate going, but clearly Matt has a little more stress than I do on a regular basis. I mean seriously, probably my biggest stress is what we are going to eat for dinner and what book I am going to start next (Ok, the book thing doesn't stress me out at all I just said that to get my point across about my relatively stress free life.)

A battle worth fighting?

Bella has always needed a special something to get her to go to sleep. When she was a baby she HAD to be wrapped tight as a burrito. When she got stronger and started busting out of the burrito (and waking up) we put her in this fleece snowsuit. Just like that, habit formed. It was fine, our nights get cold here but my in-laws all thought I was nuts when she had to have it even at naptime in the car, in Arizona. Well, she obviously outgrew the suit. So now... she has a blanket. She LOVES it. That's ok, right, lots of kids have blankets. But now she wants it all the time. Watching T.V. (fine), long car rides (fine), short trips into the grocery store , church, (whoah, hold the phone, we have to draw the line somewhere) (don't we?)
Today she wanted it when we were driving Grace to school.

I said no.

She cried almost the whole way to school.

When it was time to pick Grace up from school, I caved.

So my question is... does it really matter? Obviously she can't take it to Kindergarten. I need to decide if this is a battle I'm going to fight. Otherwise she just keeps winning these skirmishes. That is no good.

Have you an opinion on the matter? Do tell.