Happy Birthday!

The kids were on their way home from camping so they didn't get a chance to talk to Grandma and Grandpa tonight.  But they wanted to say something to Grandpa...

Isaac meets his big sister and brother

Grandma and I went to get them from daycare and brought them back to the hospital to meet Isaac. Yesterday was the first warm day (high of 76!): Abbey even got a sunburn!


They had a lot of fun with Isaac.




Ethan liked the baby but was really more interested in the dinner that had just been delivered for Debbie.


Abigail was disappointed that it wasn't a sister (for a while she insisted that it was a girl brother) but was very happy to see him and hold him (with help).


Isaac will never be lonely!

Travelogue, part X

My mom put a lot of thought into things to entertain the kids, like sidewalk chalk.


She didn't want them to color on the house, so she told them very clearly that the chalk could only go on the patio, not the house. So they spent the whole time telling her all the places chalk couldn't go, like the house, the fence, the tree, the sky, the sun...

Grandma Time

He's only four weeks old, but look how alert he is! Well, not in the second one. That's just a great picture.

Ethan and Grandma

Of course, Ethan was the main reason for the trip, so we can't leave him out:

Storytime

On Thursday, they took her to visit the public library, which coincidentally happened to be doing storytime just when they arrived. Abbey's a little too young for that yet, but there was a giant Winnie-the-Pooh there that she found pretty cool.



And just because it's a great picture:

Yardwork

We had a lot of leaves, branches, and general winter-left things to clean up in the yard. Dad was nice enough to help with that, and Mom brought Abbey outside to play in the leaves and check out the first spring flowers. When we were done, Dad offered Abigail a ride in the wheelbarrow: that's her "I'm not so sure about this" look.

Grandparents at the park

I have a lot of pictures to catch up on...

My mom and dad visited us the week of March 29th, and were a lot of help to us. We were happy that Abbey wasn't scared of them, and so everyone enjoyed their visit a great deal.

Here's Mom and Dad (Mom behind the camera) taking Abbey on a walk at the park:

Time with Great-Grandma

Yesterday we visited Great-Grandma Anderson, who lives in the apartment above Debbie's mom and dad's house. Abigail gets the Irene in her name from her.

At Grandma's house

Where they have lots of toys for cute grandkids! I was at home studying for a Microsoft exam, but Debbie said Abbey pulled the yellow ball out of the socket. What concentration!

Spoiling Time!

Abigail got to meet her other Grandma and Grandpa this week. My mom and dad flew in Tuesday and are staying for a week to get to know (spoil) their second granddaughter. They've already been very helpful, and tomorrow they're going to babysit overnight, while Debbie and I celebrate our 3rd anniversary. Probably by doing lots of sleeping.