April 2012

April - Easter, "camping", T-ball, baking, overall Spring fun...oh and work too! This month was packed to the brim with events. Easter was a great weekend with family. We went to church at Christ Community on Saturday evening with Grandpa and Grandma Derby. Then Sunday morning was out to Iron Horse for brunch and Easter egg hunt at Pennell's. It was quite cool, so we threw a sweater on over Samara's Easter dress and she was off to the races (or the eggs at least). She would see a yellow one and run to it "ello egg!" then see a green one and run to it "gween one!" and so on... She knew to put them in the basket and really didn't even know (or care) that there was anything inside of them. When they were all found, she was not ready for the fun to end. We were able to get everything out of the eggs and give her the empty ones and she was thrilled! After all that fun, she fell asleep on way to Derby's, but then woke up when we got her out of the car. :( This led to a meltdown, but eventual nap on the floor of the guest bedroom. We had our dinner while she slept, then we had another egg hunt outside at Derby's. Some of these had "moneys" in them which she could hear by shaking and she enjoyed putting them into a piggy bank! April brought the planting of Jeff's garden-another experiment year to learn from last year, but also experiment with some other types of vegetables. So, with cucumbers, broccoli, squash, zucchini, lettuce, peas, green beans, yellow peppers and tomatoes we'll see what the results are. Jeff had to have quite the fence around his garden to keep those pesky rabbits out - but Samara loved when they were in the yard! At the end of the month, we decided to do a test camping night to see if we want to try a camping trip this summer. Samara was pumped about the tent being set up in the living room and the fact we were all going to sleep in it. Our plan was to lay down until she fell asleep, then come back to lay down when we were ready for bed. Of course, you guessed it, we both fell asleep in our clothes. I woke OFTEN to Samara kicking me due to her perpendicular sleeping and Jeff realized that sleeping on the floor may not be for 30 year olds. So, before an all out camping trip we'll be looking into a blow-up mattress or cots. The day after our night of test-camping, we celebrated Grandma Cheryl Derby's birthday/Mother's Day while Nick and Laura were in town. We had lunch then went back to their house for cake and ice cream - which Samara is always a fan of! And me too, I can't seem to get enough sweets with this pregnancy so I've been (rather unsuccessfully) trying to hold myself back. Work was still crazy between the two jobs, but April 15th was the Remodeled Home Tour, so that was my "if I can just make it to this day, I'll have survived" date. We also started telling people we are expecting following my April OB appointment since all was well. That was a relief to explain my tiredness and quickly growing abdomen! After making it to this date, we decided it was best to give notice to my Slosburg job and just go down to one job. This will allow me to spend more time with Samara before the new baby is here and get a better handle on the new job. I gave a nice, long two month notice in order for them to find a replacement and to fulfill the one year minimum I told them I would work in my current insurance position.