I haven't yet blogged about our Easter weekend, so I will do that right now. On Saturday Lester got home from a shift with a beautiful special Easter dress he picked out just for Addy. As soon as she woke up, we all got dressed and headed out for the Oakland temple where they were having a concert entitled 'The Lamb of God', written by one of Lester's favorite composers, Rob Gardner. It was a beautiful day, full of beautiful music which highlighted the reasons we celebrate Easter. Even Addy seemed to enjoy it! Afterwards we enjoyed the sunshine and grounds for a while, before grabbing lunch at our favorite hot dog joint, Kaspers. Later that night, we dyed Easter eggs and enjoyed baking for the next days festivities with my family.









The next day was Easter Sunday, so we attended church in our Easter best to celebrate our Savior's sacrifice and resurrection. It was a packed house, and the spirit was felt in soft and subtle ways for me. Addy particularly enjoyed nursery, which she is now [much to her excitement] officially a part of. The leaders even brought them all special Easter bags, which the kids of course loved. After church, we took a Sunday nap and then woke up ready for Addy to open the Easter basket that was waiting for her! Then later, we enjoyed visiting with some of my family over our traditional Easter sit down dinner. Everything was delicious, as always and it was fun thinking of all the years we have enjoyed making the special cake my Grandma read about in a magazine years ago. After some outside time, we headed over to Lester's house to visit and enjoy seeing his side of the family.




The next day was Monday [which we still consider part of our weekends since at this point, Lester has them off]. We spent the day doing some easy chores, running some fun errands, and then just chilling at home. In the evening, we met up with some friends and their daughters for dinner in Pacifica and enjoyed walking/riding on the beach.


There are days I still can't believe how lucky and blessed we are to be back here, with our family and friends and living the sweet life we do. I know that all these things, both big and small, are because of my Savior and his desire for us to be happy and cherish the things that matter. Life is so, so good and I am grateful for every second of it, and the fact that because of him and his victory over death, this never has to end. Happy Easter everyone!
We have sprung for spring! Perhaps a bit early, but when you live by beaches, sunshine and beautiful cliffs, its a bit hard to keep that Spring rejuvenation feeling at bay.

We've been taking a lot beach trips, little walks, and getting outside basically every time we possibly can, even if it is just in backyards or parking lots. 

Today, we topped it all off with a morning Easter egg hunt and potluck lunch with a bunch of Moms and kids in our ward. Everything was great, from the turn out to the food. Most of the kids are about Addy's age, and the few older kids that were there were wonderful about helping the little ones figure it all out [as this was most of their first times]. Once again, we are going to try to get as much into the festivities of this holiday as the others, while still teaching her the true meaning of each holiday...

which shouldn't be hard since we are feeling so overwhelmed with gratitude for the lives we have, and the new beginnings that are coming in our little family. Spring is all about resurrection and new life-and I know I am feeling that. But more on that another time, for sure!














Isn't it funny how right when you think you've got things figured out, you get a thrown a curve ball? I blogged throughout my pregnancy with Addy quite a bit, and thought I had things figured out. But of course this one is different-in some ways better, in some ways worse. She is doing her own thing. I wanted to take a second to record some of those differences for memories sake.

Last time, I craved a lot of marinara/Italian stuff. Pizza, pasta, lasagna, etc. While those things still consistently don't make me gag now, there is, without  question a stand out craving this pregnancy.

LEMON BARS. all the time, everywhere, everyday everyday everyday. Lester & Luke are supportive of it haha, but the rest of my family is starting to think that either me or the baby are going to be tinged yellow. Oh gosh, I love them so much I feel like it should gross me out but it doesn't-seriously talking about them right now I am about to go whip up some more. They are just so SO good I can't stand it. I wonder if after this pregnancy I will need to take a break from them. Right now, the thought  of that hurts. Thank goodness to Amy for hooking me up with a good recipe.

I also mentioned a while ago that I haven't been as sick this time around. This is true for the most part, except last time the nausea and morning sickness went away after the first trimester. This time, instead of going away it got worse. Finally, one day I found myself having thrown up five times by noon, and feeling like I was gonna pass out, dizzy. etc. So I ended up at the doctors with some IVs as a result of dehydration and I decided that this time, I would take the dr up on the anti nausea medicine [Zofran]. Now that I have that aiding me, every things pretty peachy.

Another difference is the naming process. With Addy, we were between two names, specifically from Australia where Lester grew up. We decided early on Adelaide, and found it suited her perfectly. This time we are just now coming to a name that we feel suits this little one. For a while we heard several that we didn't hate, but didn't love either. But we think we are close now to the final product. We look forward to meeting her and seeing if this name was meant for her.

She is also much more consistently active. Last time, there were points in the day where Addy was all movement, and parts where she would relax and be chill. This child-there is no down time-day, night she is kicking, pushing, and letting me know she is there! It is a little crazy. I think she will be an energetic kid.

All in all, it all feels like its going much faster, which is great bc we can't wait to meet her officially! Love both these girl so much.


[you can also see that my baby bump make a nice little seat for Ms. Addy. Lets hope she doesn't try to sit on her sister when she's actually here haha!]

This Monday, the stars aligned and Lester was off work and my sister Sam was off school-so we took advantage of it and decided to take her prom dress shopping!

She had gone a few times before, but hadn't had luck so far so we decided to make a whole day of it. Its funny, bc a few years ago, if someone had told me to 'shop till you drop' I would have done just that and loved it. But I'll admit, when it is with kids in tow in the rain and pregnant, it does make it a bit more interesting. Still, the four of us had a lot of fun watching her try on dress after dress,  stopping for food and enjoying the sights the city has to offer.

In the end we were successful and Lester pulled a dress that makes her look like the beautiful 18 year old she is, inside and out; one that we never would have pulled originally, but are glad he thought of.  So I'm glad we were able to be there for that. I still can't believe she is old enough to be going to prom and graduating high school-she is a special young lady and headed for great things we are sure!





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