Violet June Claflin!

Nathan and I finally got to meet baby Violet! She is just a bundle of sweetness, and we couldn't be happier for Ted and Angela.  Welcome to the family, Violet!

 

In other news, I am huge and do not have a baby girl yet... 

TBT

I've been inspired by Laura's throwback Thursday posts, and I'm trying super hard to ignore the things going on in my GI tract. I don't want to overshare, but let's just say I've been dealing with my second stomach virus in the last 3 weeks since Monday, and at 39+5 weeks pregnant I'm pretty over it. I am not the only one in the family afflicted, there are quite the handful of us, but that isn't stopping me from feeling sorry for myself (and everyone else as well).

I'm sure this will make for a somewhat dramatically funny story further down the road once babies have been born and everyone can keep their breakfasts down, but in the meantime... here are some gems.

One of us was pulled together #justsayin'

Labeled for easy identification. Thanks for parting my hair, Mom.

I really wish we had a kerosene lamp so I could get one like this of Nathan.
Also, I like that I have a spare pacifier in my hand in case of emergency.

Easter Saturay

We celebrated Easter on Saturday at Mom and Dad's house and had the most beautiful weather! It was glorious to be able to spend so much of the day outside, and I hope the pictures capture the joyful level of chaos that was happening. The kids had all spent quite a lot of time together this week compared to normal, and it was so much fun to see them all interacting so easily. Mom even got some good ones of the three of us, which I hope to steal from her later.

It was so fun to have Nathan really understand egg hunting this year. After the first minute of pointing to an egg, yelling, "Eggie!" and running to find the next one, he got the hang of putting them in his basket, albeit from a rather impressive height. Each of the kids had a designated color, and the blue went perfectly with Nathan's outfit. The green ones were especially tricky, and Zach had his work cut out for him!

We celebrated Liz's birthday with strawberry shortcake, and Zach gave an impressive concert! Dad flew out that morning for Boston to get ready to run the marathon. We're all thinking of him.