Whoa, Momma! 30 week photos

We took these two or three weeks ago and now I am laughing at how much bigger I've grown since then. I feel like I have doubled in size...so we'll take some new ones this weekend, at the 33 week mark.

In order to get ready for this new little man under the circumstances of Derek's layoff, we have completely overhauled the spare bedroom and turned it into a butterfly-princess-fairy palace for Queen Ella, rented a booth at a local Mom's sale to purge all the pink baby clothes, cleaned out every closet, nook and cranny and held a garage sale with the findings, and taken in bags of boy clothes from very sweet and generous friends. However there is one thing missing:

We need a name.

While my creative cohorts at work are lobbying for oh-so-clever names like "Desert" and "Serif" Sands, I think Derek and I will come up with something on our own. Either that, or Ella's choice will reign and we'll just name him Cupid after all.

Hoppy Easter

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A photo op including Bunny Ears for the whole family.
A brand new big-girl room, complete with glittery butterflies and hot pink curtains.
A new easter basket and an Easter Egg Hunt with Mimi.
A visit from baby Leif.
Yes indeed, Easter meant a sweet week at our house...at least for the humans. Nellie might not agree.

A Visit to The Blanfords

Every spring and fall, we head up to Coshocton to visit with the most amazing family on earth. I have been going there for a decade, and introduced Derek to them, and now Ella is a huge fan. Ella got a chance to set a live minnow trap, we got to see Denny star in a Community Theater production of Woody Allen's RUMOURS, and Sunday we head to some neighborhood farms to see the spring babies.

A new cousin for Ella: Baby Leif!

After a long-anticipated arrival, we were thrilled to meet our newest family member: Leif Kellen Isenhour. Ben and Cindy could not be more thrilled and Amblen has already settled into big brotherhood quite well.



Blessed are those with healthy children. He is beautiful and thriving!