Mother's Day

What a blessed momma I am! I have the most wonderful daughters!

A lot has happened since we've been home! We have been back since the Friday before Easter, but it has taken me a lot time to catch up! The girls and I had a marvelous trip to North Carolina. It was so hard to leave, especially when we came home to weeks and weeks of rain. It's still raining and showing no signs of clearing or warming up anytime soon. It's May already! Come on, sunshine! We were spoiled back home, and I think the dark skies are bringing me down a bit. Even Lilah has been grumpy and acting up, and I think it's because she's not getting the daily hours outdoors that she got at Nana and Papa's. Please bring on the sun!

Emma is as happy as always.

Since the last time I wrote, she has started sitting up totally unsupported. I can leave the room with her sitting and not worry. That's so great!

For some reason, Lilah has suddenly taken notice of her. One day she said, "hey look! Emma sitting up!," and now she plays with her! Well, sometimes at least. Other times, I'll surround Emma with toys on her playmat, run into the kitchen for a few minutes, and come back to find Emma still sitting in the middle of the mat, with all of her toys moved to the top of the coffee table or at least four feet away. Lilah will be innocently playing nearby. The toy sharing lasted about a week, and now Lilah doesn't want Emma to touch any of the toys, no matter how disinterested Lilah is in playing with them. Poor baby!

With sitting up came riding in the shopping cart too! Emma's first ride was at Sam's (with the double cart) when we were visiting Nana and Papa. What cute sisters!

We had a great Easter and have spent every weekend doing activities around the house, getting ready for spring. We moved the chickens outside on the one nice day we had, and now they aren't enjoying the cold rain so much. They have grown SO much! And on the chicken news front, we have only seven hens now, and Daisy is officially a rooster. She's quite pretty, and it's really funny to hear her practice her very juvenile crow. It is hard for me to call him a him. We think we'll keep him for a bit at least. He keeps the girls in line (hens) and is so pretty to look at. I will have to take updated pictures!

I have a ton of pictures on my camera to share, which I will have to post another day. Today's photos were from my camera, so they aren't the best. More to come!