Fun At the Zoo

Jeff took Friday afternoon off and we took the girls to the zoo. It is beautiful weather in Boise right now and it was a perfect day to go. The best part was that we were all feeling good and everyone was in good spirits that day! Yea! We had a lot of fun and caught some cute pics of the girls.

One side note: While at the zoo, I rediscovered my loathing for geese. I cannot stand these annoying, pesky, rude creatures. If I ever get arrested, it will probably be for an incident involving the harming of a goose. Seriously. Can't stand them.

Catching Up

It's been a while since I've posted so I'm playing catch up tonight. It's been an eventful couple of weeks with many ups and downs.

The ups included a nice Easter, a fun visit from Hilary and kids, and some fun moments with my family. The downs included me getting sick and Lexi getting croup (major bummer).

I've decided to post about these events individually. You can read about the events that interest you and pass on the ones that don't! That's the great thing about reading someone's blog...you don't even have to pretend that you are interested because I'll never know! :)

Enjoy...

Easter

We had a really nice Easter. Spencer and Jamie had the family over to their house on Saturday night for dinner and an Easter egg hunt. It was so fun and Lizette thoroughly enjoyed herself. Here she is pictured below with her Widman cousins hunting for eggs. I think they found them all within about three minutes! It was so sweet...When her older cousins saw that she didn't have as many eggs as them, they helped her find more for her basket. That made my heart smile.



Easter morning was exciting. Lizette was thrilled to see so much candy in one basket...all for her! And Lexi could not have been happier with her new baby chick.

I have to say that I sort of have an issue with the idea of the Easter Bunny. I think because it commercializes such a spiritual holiday and there is really no story that goes with it. I don't feel the same about Santa because he is real and I know the story behind him. So, this is our story of the Easter Bunny:

"One day, a bunny rabbit was hopping around town and stopped at a church. He peeked in and there were lots of nice people inside learning about Jesus. This little bunny thought that Jesus sounded really, really nice. The bunny wanted to be just like Him. The following Sunday was Easter and the bunny decided the best way to celebrate would be to do something nice for others that day. So, he decided to take some candy to some little kids and leave it as a surprise on their doorstep. He hid behind a tree to watch these little kids find their candy. When he saw how thrilled they were, he decided that he was going to do this every year from then on. Every year, he would take candy to more and more kids. Now, he takes candy and treats to kids all over the world. He hopes that it will remind these kids that we should all do nice things for each other, just like Jesus would want."

A fun visit with the Bushmans!

Jeff's sister Hilary and her kids, Madelyn, Marcus and Brian came to town last week. They stayed with us for a few days and it was so fun! Lizette loves her cousins and she had so much fun having them here. She idolizes Madelyn, being the cool "big girl" that she is. Lizette was so excited that Madelyn could read her a book too!



These kids are so cute and so much fun to be around. Jeff and I are the uptight ones in the family so I think everyone wonders if we really enjoy having company. :) I don't blame them, but we really do enjoy it! It is so fun to see family and get the cousins together to play. Please come back!

Confession

You may remember a while back that I posted about saying Goodbye to Fox News because we got rid of cable.

Well, it didn't last.

We now have Dish.

We couldn't do it. I'm sorry. I wish we were more disciplined people that didn't have to have TV in our lives, but we're not! Jeff has to have Fox News. I have to have Food Network. That's just the way it is right now. Maybe someday we will grow and mature and become people who read all the time or do whatever it is that wise and well rounded people do, but we're not there yet.

Okay, I feel better now that this is off my chest.

Pity Party

I have never really considered myself as someone who feels sorry for themselves much. I realize that my life has been extremely blessed and I have no reason to complain.

Having said that, this last while has thrown me into a bit of a "rut". I thought that those first few months after Lexi was born could be categorized as postpartum depression. It made sense. I'm sure my hormones were out of whack. And she was a pretty fussy newborn. It was probably normal to be a little down. But by now I should be all better, right?

Hmmm....not quite. It seems as soon as Lexi got through her fussy stage, we started getting sick around our house. First Lizette, then Lexi, then me, then Lexi with croup this week. Just when I think we are all healthy and we have a good week, someone else gets sick. It's actually sort of been depressing.

(The bad thing is, I'm turning to Diet Coke to get me through this. In fact, I told Jeff that for my birthday I want a Diet Coke fountain for our house so that we can have it on tap! I really have a problem.)

I know that I should be getting out, doing things that are uplifting and actually helpful to my cause, but I just can't find the motivation.

Maybe some nicer weather will bring better health and some motivation for me to get out of this rut! In the mean time, I am sitting here having my own little pity party.

First Tooth!

Lexi has her first tooth coming in! Is that crazy or what? She's not even 6 months old yet. Lizette didn't get her first tooth until she was 14 months.

See:

Only 12 months here at her 1st b-day, but it was the gummiest picture I could find.

This is just one more example of how my girls are proving to be different in just about every way!

Lizette: Tiny baby
Lexi: Big baby

Lizette: Perfectly calm from the beginning
Lexi: Fussy, fussy, fussy! (at least, until lately) :)

Lizette: Picky from the beginning
Lexi: Will eat anything I give her so far

Lizette: Introverted
Lexi: Noticing everyone who looks at her and wanting to interact

Who knows what they will turn out like in 5 or 10 years, but it's fun to watch their differences.