A time for flowers

Yes, I still have to post Easter pictures, but I took some new ones today on a different camera that I had to talk about. We were supposed to meet up with the mom's group to go see the tulips about 40 minutes south of here this morning. Bernie and I rode together to the meeting place, and as it turns out, the trip was postponed to next Monday. We decided to go anyway, despite the looming dark clouds. It turned out to be fairly dry while we were out and about, but the tulips had not quite fully bloomed yet. I guess the freezing weather lasting further into the year had something to do with it... Well, there were a few little beds of tulips in bloom, and HUGE fields of beautiful daffodils. The babies were very cooperative (Bernie's son Nick is 9 days younger than Lilah) up until we decided to take pictures of them by the flowers. Lilah was fascinated by the gravel around her, and the only moment she looked up I was able to snap a hilarious picture. She really looks quite mean. Jonas calls her Bruiser. We had a very nice time and laughed for quite a while over the attempted photo shoot. Plus, we got to stop by the outlets on the way home! It turned out to be pretty nice that the rest of the moms didn't go with us.

We are on our third day of rice cereal now too. She seems to be enjoying it just as much as day one, and doing better with taking the spoonfuls. I think she really enjoys eating. Go figure. I think we are going to try bananas next, perhaps Friday or so. We are having the playgroup here tomorrow, so I might take a poll on how long to wait. I have heard anywhere from 3 to 7 days. I like the sound of four. The only changes I have noticed so far have been in her diaper. Not all that excited about what is to come in that regard! There is a pretty big variety in our particular playgroup on what to give and when. I am a little more traditional and paranoid whereas the moms that have older kids are a little more experimental and relaxed. I try to be relaxed but it doesn't usually work. We are doing okay so far though, so I may just stick with it.