Dyeing Easter Eggs

We dyed Easter eggs for the first time as a family on Easter Eve. Maisy thought it was a lot of fun. Although, she was not fond of the idea of having to share her eggs. She kept saying, “No thank, you, Maisy no share.” At least she was polite about it…

Maisy sitting with the eggs

Maisy was interested in the basket that the Easter bunny left for her. She thought it was okay (there was no candy in it), but then she got to the Easter bag with toys and goodies that Nana and Papa sent (LOTS OF CANDY IN IT) and she changed her tune and got super excited! She gobbled up the loose pieces of candy like they were going to run away.

Trying to get candy

Maisy hatching eggs to grow more candy to STUFF in her mouth

After the basket and present opening this morning- we had friends and family over for Easter brunch. It was good to see folks and to watch the kids all play and hunt for eggs in the yard. Luckily the rain held out for us to get a quick Easter egg hunt in. Maisy is really becoming a big kid and is completely able to play with other kids now. It was especially nice to see friends and family that we haven’t seen for a while.

The kids heading out for eggs

Group family photo (minus the photographer, Steven) Shreyas, Elizabeth, Satya, Todd, Maisy, Becky, Angie, Reid, Rowan and Mike

On a baby related note: I got to feel the new baby kick for the first time last night at 18 weeks 2 days. It just happened to be while I was starting to check out Todd’s new iPad. Maybe this baby will take after Todd and his interests because the baby sure seemed to get a “kick” out of the iPad! ha ha kick get it!?

More later- Happy Easter fun!

Much love, Todd, Becky and Maisy

here I am at 28.5 weeks

N ot much has happened since the last post. Last Saturday, Todd and I joined about 20 other couples in a prenatal yoga class. There, we learned yoga poses that we could practice to help alleviate some pregnancy pains and also relaxation and breathing techniques like deep belly breathing. It feels odd doing them, but if it helps… I don’t care! My teacher says we should practice together often.

Todd is busy preparing for his trip to Australia/New Zealand where he’ll get to travel and backpack and avoid deadly snakes and caterpillars and jellyfish with his brother. It looks like REI moved into our house! Soon, it will all be gone, and on a nice vacation!

We spent the last weekend on home improvement planning. Todd has been selling items on Craigslist to clean out the small room upstairs – soon to be the baby’s room. Today we took another trip to Home Depot to collect color swatches so we can get to painting. We think we’ve found it; and I hope to paint the room (using low VOC paint) while Todd is away. We’ve also been moving on the bathroom remodel, and earlier this weekend, we found the perfect old vanity at a corner antique store that we plan to turn into a sink cabinet counter. We still have to purchase a lot of items for the remodel, but we are both very excited to get this project moving too!

Even though it’s getting notably harder to get up and down and bend over, I still feel completely capable. I do seem to be getting tired a bit more often lately – naps are definitely my friend. The baby is still moving a lot, and the movement has changed from kicks to a more sliding like feeling and the baby feeling around like feeling. This week I start “kick counting” for my doctor. I have my next appointment on March 27th. I can’t slouch as much as I used to because she is needing a lot of that room, so I guess good posture is a nice side effect. I have noticed an unfortunate side effect and it’s my growing butt and thighs! I definitely need to stop indulging my sweet tooth.

All in all, everything is going just wonderfully.