When we woke up, we found the Easter Bunny had visited! She left us really soft, stuffed animals and Easter eggs filled with apple-cinnamon puffs! We had a great time finding the eggs and we love our new pets!

For Easter, we took the girls about an hour and 1/2 away to a large flea market. Most of the market was geared toward farm animals so the girls got to see their first llama's, chicken's, coat's, horses, ducks, piggy's and bunnies. We even saw the Easter Bunny, even though we didn't quite know what to make of everything!

We have two gates - one keeping the girls out of the kitchen, the other to keep them from going around the long way, into the kitchen. This one is a wider gate with netting - Whitney likes to look out the front door...and squish her face into it!

I like to run away when mommy tries to change my diaper. :)

“Laughter is like changing a baby's diaper. It doesn't permanently solve any problems, but it makes things more acceptable for a while.” - Unknown




I don't think sissy knows we all have one...

I hosted a party for all of us who used to work at FW Publications, on Writer's Digest Magazine. There's only one lonely staffer remaining, so we decided to get together for what is hopefully now a frequent thing. Our annual "The Staff Formerly Known As WD" party. Thanks to Lisa for the pix, as I was too busy with the girls to remember to take any!

A Not-so-"Nude Descending a Staircase," Kristin and her daughter Dana:


Brian (the remaining WDer) tickling Ella - with wife Brittany in the background (who was pregnant at the time, but now has another beautiful addition to the Klems family - welcome Anna Jo!):


Maria (our #2), deep in conversation with daughter Olivia at her side:


(A blurry) Lisa holding Whitney:


Kara, Andy and Sophie (I'm not sure what Kara's doing here...either gasping that Andy is letting her grab fireplace matches, or eating some of the delicious foods everyone brought!):


The rest of the gang! Left to Right: Maria #2 Schneider, Tom Zeit (not officially of WD, but an ex-FWer), Kristin Godsey, Maria Witte, Robin Hampton.


Mommy and Whitney:

It was the perfect day outside today. I have been wanting to take the girls outside and put them in the grass - I remember my sister Carmen HATING the feeling of grass on her feet, while Billy and Sadie didn't mind and loved it! It took me over 20 minutes to finally "convince" Lauren that it was OK to put her feet and hands in the grass! But then...





Whitney was a little more apprehensive at first, which surprised me. But, like her younger sister, she too got used to the prickly grass and had a great time. She even resorted to doing us a favor of getting rid of the dandelions...by eating them!

Since Whitney has been crawling, she LOVES to go to the changing table and pull EVERY basket out from under it.


Imagine my surprise when I found she wasn't the only culprit... :)

Scott has the thickest hair. I think Lauren will have the same, as she usually wakes up with what I call, "daddy hair."

We were invited to our BFF Sophie Uhl's first birthday party! We had lots of fun and made new friends, but mommy forgot to let us taste some of the beautiful cupcakes. Oh well, next time!

When I was working, a few of us would get together the last Friday of the month for "Lunch Club." As these friends changed jobs, had kids, etc., we still maintained our club for quite a while. Alas, Maria moved to Louisville, I am staying home and it's much harder for us to get together. However, we managed to gather for one last Lunch Club opportunity last week, as Joe is moving on to obtain YET another degree. The girls were invited, as was Vincent and a few other good friends.