Monday, April 21

I can't believe how long it has been since I posted.  Life with 4 kids is definitely busy!!!!   We are having lots of fun this spring but all of us seem to be in allergy prime time right now.  Ella seems to be doing best but maybe that is her allergy shots and medicine helping her.  Landon has done really well until tonight when his eyes became really red and swollen.   I hear that the pollen is especially bad this year and we certainly feel it.

I hope each of you had an amazing EASTER!!   He is risen - THE LORD IS RISEN!!!    It was a great weekend for us.  Lillie's Friends was on Saturday, and we are honored to be a part of this event to raise money and awareness for the childhood cancer - Neuroblastoma.   Even with rain and cooler temps we had a great time!!!  Sunday was beautiful and the kids had a special morning with church and baskets for Emmy's first Easter.  She wasn't really sure what to think about eggs but as soon as she found out that there was candy inside she was really into opening the eggs.  If there was an egg left unattended it was sure to be opened and the candy to be unwrapped and missing!  What was the sweetest was singing in church there was a song where "He's alive" was repeated and Emmy would sing her heart out and after the song was over continued to tell us "He's alive"!  The picture below was our best attempt of the morning.

Since our last post Emmy  broke her leg which was most upsetting to us.  She handled it all very well and the last few days she had the cast on she started to walk on it.  She was in a cast for 4 weeks but never fussed about it except when she heard the bathtub and that was when she was most upset that she couldn't get in and splash around.  Now that the cast is off she is climbing and going as much as she can.  She limps a little but the doctor said that that would be the case even for several weeks.

Emmy is learning so much and is so expressive and has transitioned amazingly well!!  She continues to astonish us each day with her personality, her language, and her comfort!  She has met most of the family now and has been so open to sharing with them and even letting everyone play and hold her.  She is comfortable in settings such as church, the playground, the grocery store and so much more.  She loves to go for walks, swing, blow bubbles, play ring around the rosie, dance with Landon, Ella, and Eli, color, cuddle, ride in the car, and eat!  On some special occasions she has gotten to have some ice cream and boy was that a hit.  We have come to learn that anything you put in a bowl is free game to be eaten and then every drop turned up to drink out of the bowl.  That's great when you have soup, milk with your cereal, and ice cream.  However, we did find it a bit amusing when the salsa at the Mexican restaurant became soup and when my mom put syrup in a small bowl (because Eli likes to call it "dip it" and wants his on the side").  Emmy, after tasting it, picked the bowl up and turned it straight up to drink down the sweetness of true maple syrup.  

Happy Easter to you all and I am hoping I will get to post a bit more often now!  I won't make any promises, hence the "hoping" part.