Easter Baby

By: Shelsy

This was Amber's first Easter! Two weeks ago I was thinking we might "miss" Easter this year because I didn't know when she would be arriving. I was expecting her to be at least a little bit late--maybe even not coming until after Easter. But by the time Good Friday rolled around our little one was definitely up for her first trip to church. She did great, too! At the Good Friday service she was awake the whole time and just looked around at everything. I think the loud music might have been a little much for her, but she didn't cry or fuss. She was just starting to get hungry toward the end, so we just went right home afterwards and she was fine.

Then on Easter Sunday we headed to church again (on time, even!) and got to introduce her to some of our friends. She slept through most of the service. She has been so cooperative with all of the places we've taken her so far. She's definitely a very happy baby! Here are some pictures of her from the weekend.

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Easter Weekend

Well, Easter was our last holiday here in Pennsylvania. Knowing that, we invited my parents, Mindy, and Von down to stay with us for the weekend. We had a great time. They all traveled down on Friday night just before Ryan had to leave for work. We ordered pizzas and watched Mindy and Von's wedding video that Ryan had just finished earlier that day.

On Saturday mom and Mindy wanted to head to the mall (the shopping in Williamsport is seriously sad, people--Exton is practically the holy grail). Surprisingly enough, all of the boys joined us. They bailed out when it came time to head over to Babies R Us, though, and went to Barnes & Noble instead. Mindy's registered at Babies R Us and wanted to take a look at some of their stuff (again, Williamsport--the closest Babies R Us is 60 miles away..)

Here's a pic of Mindy in all her pregnant cuteness.



That picture was taken over a month ago (in their new house!). Can you believe she still has two months to go?

After almost dying from cuteness overload we headed back to the apartment and invited Ryan's family over for dinner. My dad made lasagna and we all had a great time, except Shanna who had to be at school (what is wrong with these colleges? Geez.)

The next morning we headed to the Joseph's after church and enjoyed an amazing Easter dinner before my family had to leave to get back home. It was a really great weekend. I'm so glad we were able to spend it with both of our families all together. I know that holidays in the future are going to be tricky and it was wonderful that our last one here could be so memorable.

Speaking of which, the best quote of the weekend goes to my mom: "You could have hyphenated your name and been Stroble-Wubbles."
You definitely had to be there, but trust me, it was hilarious.

Number of boxes packed to date: 8

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