Japanese Botanical Garden, Fort Worth, TX

Last Sat. we went here with Suzanna and her girls. We had a great time. It was the first outdoor day trip with Sarah and she did great. I found online that the garden was having a Spring Festival, and Larry was working, so I convinced Suz to go with me!!! THANK YOU!!! We loved all of the trees and the huge Japanese Maples, red and green. The paths winded around and we went over bridges. The girls all loved feeding the HUGE koi fish. We had lunch at one of the pavillions, then kept exploring around. Since I had Sarah in the stroller and the sling, I couldn't go EVERYWHERE. There were lots of stairs and there were MANY people who helped get us up and down! Well, I am typing this with 1 hand, so I am sorry if it seems choppy, it is hard to type with a flow when typing with 1 hand...plus I have to back space a lot and get creative with finger placement. wow, I am impressing myself!!! Well, here some pics!

Sarah and some of her favorite people

Sarah @ 5-6 weeks.

More Photo Shoot pics of Sarah

Preggo Belly Pics

here's some more belly pics that I just got back. i was 38 weeks....1 week before having Sarah.

Easter and a few other cute pics.

For Easter we invited our friends The Dodsons over for dinner. They are one of the 3 families in the ward that have 3 girls just like us. We had FABULOUS food and great company. The girls had fun (for the most part when they weren't fighting and tattling on each other) hiding the eggs and playing outside. The pic. of Sarah in the pink outfit was a last minute "oh no....it's her First EASTER and we didn't get a picture of her". At least we remembered!

Nana came to town!

So last week my mom left. She was here from Wed - Tues. We had a great time. Going out to lunch, dinner, going to an Easter Egg Hunt in Dallas @ Lynette's ward, going to church, having family over, had Maddie's open house, bought cowgrl hats, and going shopping. Busy Busy Busy. The girls loved having her here and also getting more attention. And of course she brought them little gifts that they love. Here's a few pics from her visit.

Sarah

Ok, so here's some more pics.

Update... Her belly button finally fell of the day before she turned 2 weeks. Yuck! It's all healed now and looks like an innie! She has graduated to a baby tub, and of course she HATES it. Oh well, fast baths are good too. Maddie & Kylie still fight over who gets to hold her. They love on her so much. I try to get at least 1 small nap in a day...I need a lot more though. Larry's wk schedule changed as of this past Saturday. We use to be off Sun & Mon and then work the normal 8am-5pm hrs on the other days. Now he is off Sunday....works Mon-Wed....Off Thurs & Fri...works Sat. His work days are now 10 hrs long, and the earliest he will get home is 7pm. I told him I can't guarantee him that I will be in a decent mood by the time he gets home. We will see. He's also been great the past 2 months taking Maddie to school for me, then last week my awesome friend took AND picked Maddie up for me. Now...it's up to me to keep EVERYTHING going. I have been keeping up with laundry pretty good, but I need to get back in the mood to cook or else we are going to starve and waste away!