Project 365 ~ April

After the medical craziness, April was a nice change of pace with just a few simple blood draws here and there.  With all positive increases in platelet numbers!  Woohoo!  I did miss a few days during April, but I really love having this record to go back on to see what all we accomplished during the month.

And so...here's our month in review!  

We went for several walks around the neighborhood...

Nora had her first belly to back roll...and it might have startled her just a bit...

We celebrated 4 months with Nora...

I successfully planned the Easter egg hunt at our church...

and we spent Easter Sunday celebrating with family...

Nora sat in her high chair for the first time...but no food yet...

Elyse introduced Nora to the excitement of red wagon rides..

And we took a few comparison shots--Elyse 4m2w on the left & Nora 4m1w on the right!  Twinsies!

Elyse was constantly her silly self...

Hubby got his girls dressed up in their Cardinals gear for the Opening Day @ Busch Stadium...

I went back to Zumba for the first time in over 6 weeks, and it felt amazing...

This  girl showed a bit of the "trying 3s" and we had some rough days, but we seem to have worked through it...

Nora experienced the joy of the the jumparoo...and loved it!  

We did more belly to back rolling, but haven't quite figured out how to do back to belly.   

We ate our fair share of ice cream, and with sprinkles of course! 

I planned a girls' night out and we had a fabulous dinner just hanging out and laughing.  A LOT.  

 Nora kept smiling.  All the time.  

Mamaw planned a perfect princess party for Elyse.  For no reason other than just for fun!  Decorations, cake, crowns, capes, and heart shaped grilled cheese were all included!  

We realized Nora was maybe getting a bit too big for Elyse to hold her on her lap.  

Just before her 5 month birthday, I ventured out with both girls' to Target and birthday shopping for Hubby.  We survived and we all napped well that afternoon!  

 Cousin Jackson got to see his precious Baby Nora...

& Gigi dressed Nora with some funny looking leg warmers aka socks when the weather was a bit more cool than we had dressed her for!  

I won some cool mom points when we had a picnic lunch on the playset!  

And I cherished some full-lap, full-heart moments reading with my girls on my days off...

To end the month, we found out that the next baby in our family will need more blue than pink...my brother & his wife are expecting a baby boy in October!  Poor kid, he better learn to love baby dolls & princesses too!