The Easter Triduum is my all time favorite religious holiday weekend. And we made it to Holy Thursday mass, Good Friday Service and Easter Vigil, even with two little ones. They did great for Saturday nights vigil and Anneliese didn't even fall asleep...although at one point she was very close. I think they were the youngest ones there....there weren't many other kids. =) Andrew and I feel so blessed to have been apart of the whole weekend's festivities and pray that we will still be able to attend in the future, even as our family size grows. That's right, we're a family of 5 now!
Here's a picture we took right before heading off to Easter Vigil. (Literally seconds before getting into the car).
So, Andrew and I found out a week and a half after moving into our house. It was a little rough getting used to the idea for me because Anneliese had been waking a lot at night, going to bed no earlier than 10pm and still nursing quite a bit. I just kept thinking, we're going to have two newborns at the same time! Andrew assured me it'll all be okay....and already she has grown up so much since then. She's sleeping through the night usually, it took some teamwork but we've gotten her to fall asleep the same time Malachi does AND they are sharing a room. Which feels like quite the accomplishment....even though it wasn't that hard to do, I just kind of stressed about it before it happened.
This wednesday we will be 13 weeks and we are due Oct 14th.
I was barely nauseous this first trimester which as me convinced that we are having a boy...I had a lot more morning sickness for Anneliese' 1st trimester than Malachi's and this one. BUT I've been SO tired. To the point where I wonder to myself if I can just stay in bed all day long...haha, which of course is impossible with taking care of two little ones. I'm thankful for Thomas the Train on Netflix and for a VERY understanding husband who has had to wear wrinkly clothes to work because I left them in the dryer (or not have any clean clothes at all), and who hasn't had the most elegant of dinners or clean house cause I can barely do anything. But we've all survived the first 12 weeks and I've noticed more energy coming back.
For a reveal, we ordered quail eggs from
Little Elephant Crafts, which is run by a friend of Andrew's brother. She cleans them out and puts notes in them. So we had our parents crack theirs open on Easter.
We also sent on to Sr Jamie so she could open it on Easter...cause they aren't allowed to open any mail through lent. It was fun to facetime while our parents open their eggs! And I would highly recommend going with Little Elephant Crafts, if you wish to do anything like this. Elizabeth did an amazing job. Very professional, fast and even customized, not only the note inside the eggs but the box we had shipped to Andrew's brother so it wouldn't ruin the surprise of what was inside!
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| Photo credit: my sister Jen, thanks Jen! |
Easter morning pictures. For Easter dinner we went to my Aunt and Uncle's who live in Pennsylvania. We really enjoyed ourselves. It was nice to sit, chat, relax, and eat some really delicious food!
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| Crepes for breakfast with Strawberries and whipped cream..oh and fried potatoes with bacon, YUM! |
I just realized that I never did a post about Robin having her baby. Yep little Ayva is one week old already! I'll post about it next but not right now...I gotta take advantage of both kids sleeping and hem my curtains.
