Us 09

Family pictures went rather well considering I worked the night before, Hannah is a toddler, Ellie is a newborn, and Nate is...well... OCD.






Last but not least, meet the 5th member of our household: Van. My life has been changed. I'm in love all over again.

SO big!

Sweet El






Last but not least, Hannah's first pony-tail

First East Coast Easter Sunday

1. Everyone but mom with colds = snot, bulb syringes, and kleenex EVERYWHERE.
2. Sat night, I'm supposed to get off at 11 p.m. I get home at 1:00 a.m., feed Ellie, She wakes at 4:00 and 7:00. Nate is sick. No nap for mom. Very tired on Easter.
2. I was excited to wear an actual dress to church and I just knew that the one I chose (V-necked) would work for feeding Ellie after Sacrament Meeting. I figured I could just pull it to the side. Nope. So, I end up feeding her in the car in the church parking lot with my whole dress pulled up. Wow.
3. For the split second that I turn and tell Nate to look at cute little Hannah folding her arms and saying "men, men, men" to the sacrament prayer, she slips through the back of the metal folding chair and cracks her head on the gym floor. Nice.
4. Ellie loves her binky and it is a life-saver. But what did we forget on Easter Sunday? Yep.
5. On the verge of tears, I ask Nate to take us home. Then he goes back to teach his Elders Quorum lesson. I just about load everybody up and go back because I feel so guilty for leaving church early just because I'm a little tired. I'm sure the Savior was a "little tired" that night in Gethsemane.
6. Not one bit of candy in this whole house. What IS this? Easter you say? I end up cracking open a bag of chocolate chips.

Not how I would have pictured Easter this year but hey...
We actually took a nice walk last evening and had our first Walbruch Family Easter Devotional. This THIS video is what it's all about. I love it so much. Pics to come. Family pictures cancelled (as we're on our way out the door) on account of rain.

Stuff

First bath together. Requiring only 6 hands: 2 for Ellie, 2 for Hannah and 2 more for the washing of Hannah's hair. Cinch.



Hannah loves to go on "walks". Problem is she "runs". She's pretty dang fast too - I can just picture the neighbors all hustling to their windows for the entertainment of watching the overweight redhead run after her toddler. Oh dear.





Catching some Cinderella (the ultimate chic flick)


Ellie Belly



I swear by this hairspray. It's awesome. Thank goodness for old rodeo queeing tricks.

Also, love this facewash.

As long as you don't care about all that aspartame-is-the-devil mumbo jumbo, this is a must for summer.

Last but not least, Tarheels: 2009 Champs!!! I wish I could say I'd seen one single second of a game but alas, I'm engaged in a "greater work" right?

History

Post by Ellie: "Today was my blessing day. I got to wear my Aunt Jenna's blessing dress! As you can see, Grandma and Grandpa Walbruch, Aunt Brittney and Uncle Alan came all the way from MN for it! Daddy gave me a beautiful blessing. But the best part was church was cancelled after sacrament meeting. Hurricane blowin in? Nope. The fire alarm at the church kept going off and they'd had to shut it off and apparently that posed too big of risk to the congregation. Mom said, whoopee! And so begins my history."

Spring has sprung

Sisters getting ready for church




Goofball Hannah


Nothing quite says "bring on summer" like a fruit pizza!


Helping daddy fix his bike