Baby Blessing and Easter. March 2013

Little Man C with his collection of stuffed animals, in his bed.  Little Miss K with Grandma {Mark's mom} and her cousin T.  Little Miss K had her first sleepover {alone} with Cousin T at Grandma and Grandpa's house and they had a blast together.  

My parents and some of my siblings families came over for H's Baby Blessing at church.  It was very nice that they were able to be there for it.  We enjoyed having them visit us.  It also happened to fall on the weekend of Doctor Seuss' Birthday.  So we made Green Eggs and Ham {we colored it with blended up Spinach, instead of food coloring.  So much healthier!} and read "Green Eggs and Ham" together.  We all had a lot of fun together.

Baby H dressed adorably in her Blessing Dress {that my mom made for us and all of my girls have worn for their blessings}; held by her parents {Mark and I}.  Little Man C dressed handsomely for church. 

 Mark gave Baby H a Beautiful, inspired Baby Blessing; at church.  It was lovely to have a lot of our family and friends there to support us, and be there for Baby H's special day.

 My parents holding Baby H; with Little Man C and I.

Most of Mark's side of the family live nearby us, and all of his siblings {and their families} and his parents were able to attend H's Baby Blessing.  Afterwards, we had a luncheon at Mark's parent's house {organized by Mark; with help from his mom and sister}; for both sides of our family.  I was stressed out about doing the Baby Blessing; because of how ill Baby H has been lately.  So Mark took care of the luncheon.  It's so lovely to have such a willing, helpful, husband.  I really appreciate him. 

More pictures of our family; who attended Baby H's blessing.  My Dad rode back with my sister {who's husband was unable to come, due to his Grandfather's passing} so he could go to work; and my Mom could stay a few extra days.  It was wonderful to have all of our family at the blessing; and so lovely that we got to keep my Mom, even longer.

 Baby H happy in her Blessing Dress.  Little Miss K with her new Haircut, with Baby H.  Mark and Little Man C, with Baby H.

Our Sweet, Darling, Baby H, smiling at Grandma {my mom}.  Love her.

Little Miss K practicing to give her First Talk in Primary at church.  She did such an amazing job.  We were so proud of our darling little girl.  Our kiddos having a tea party together, in the backyard.  So sweet.

We love celebrating Holidays in our house.  We had a lot of fun celebrating St. Patrick's day this year.  We got the kids, special Lucky treats {rainbow skittles and gold rolos} and we dressed up in green {we have some fun hats, and other green accessories to use also}.  Mark made a special Irish dinner.  It was so delicious.  YUM.  We have Irish and Scottish roots on both sides of our family; so that makes it extra neat.  We also put on some Irish jigs on Pandora, and danced around together.  It was so much fun to celebrate together.

 Our Beautiful Baby girl, H.

 Little Man C loves his "Baby H", our three girls, all in matching colors.

We celebrated Easter with Mark, before we left to go up to Washington, to visit my side of the family.  The Easter Bunny, brought goody baskets, and the kids went on an Easter hunt in our living room {it was too cold to do it outside}, we read the real Easter story with Easter Eggs, we Colored Eggs, and ate a Delicious Easter Dinner together.  We had a lovely Easter Celebration together.  Baby H's very first Easter.

 Our family spending time together.  Baby H getting her nebulizer treatment.

We traveled up to Washington {where all of my side of the family lives: all of my siblings and their families, and my parents; except for my brother's Tom and Joe, who are on missions currently}.  We celebrated Easter with my side of the family, and had an Easter egg Hunt {at my parent's house}, with all 20 of my parent's grandchildren.  This is a picture of all 20 of them, together.

  We celebrated Easter, with our cousins and had a lovely time.  We bought our children, matching Easter outfits, to wear, {and I was able to find a matching outfit for myself, as well}.  We Loved visiting my cousin Monica and my oldest Friend, Adrienne.  We have been friends, since we were in 2nd grade.  Which is ironic to think about, because, our sons {M and Little Man E, in the above picture} are the exact age, that we were, {right now}, when we first became friends {only they've known each other, even longer.  Since they were born}.

 We visited my sister Celestia, and the kids enjoyed petting her adorable baby goats.  The kids, and I  really enjoyed spending time and playing with their cousins, aunts, uncles, and Grandma and Grandpa.  We had a lovely time up in Washington, visiting our family.