Strawberry Pickin'

Cal's class had a field trip scheduled for last week to go strawberry picking, but due to the crazy weather we've been having, it was canceled.  The strawberries hadn't had warm enough weather to bloom (sprout?). 

It was rescheduled for this past week and I was lucky enough to get to go along again.  Andy did a drop in day at school and was happy as can be!

We started out the morning with a special mommy/Cal breakfast:

At first, Cal seemed apprehensive about picking.  He accidentally stepped on an entire plant, crushing about 5 huge berries and I let out a gasp, which may or may not have scared him....whoops!

But once he got the hang of it-- he did not want to stop! They gave each kid a little Chinese take out box they could fill; Cal filled his wayyy over the top! He didn't want to stop! I should have used one of their buckets and just paid by the pound, but I will just remember that for next year!

It was a fun field trip and I was so thankful I was able to go with Cal.  Of course, he had a great time with his buddy Ava!

 

Margaret Lillian

This past Friday, May 3rd, I got a new sweet niece, Margaret Lillian!

They had a c-section scheduled for the following Tuesday, but Elizabeth started not feeling well and then thought maybe the baby was coming sooner than they thought... so they went on in for a delivery on Friday!

blue or pink....what do you think???

 Chris and E did not find out the gender of the baby so we were all anxious to find out if it was a boy or a girl.  I had been betting girl the entire time, until the final week, where I had a weird feeling it was a boy...should have stuck with my gut. 


I took Andy to school and then Cal and I headed up to the hospital waiting room.  I kept Cal far away from the baby and E so that any germs he might have wouldn't be passed along. 

After seeing that precious little face, Cal and I left and went to pick up Jackson and Catherine from school.  Then I took the three kids over to Andy's school to pick him up-- I had all four kids in the car and let me tell you-- they loved it, but not nearly as much as I did! I had so much fun just listening to them chatter away and giggle! Thank goodness for spare carseats and an SUV!

Eddie and I went back up to the hospital on Saturday afternoon with my aunt to visit the baby.  She was resting so we didn't get to hold her, but we did get to stare at her sweet sleeping face a bunch. 

Sunday night, I got a really bad sore throat and felt almost flu-like, so I wanted to wait until all of those crummy feelings passed before seeing her again.  But I still think she's pretty darn special!