Elye Kate Nesbitt

Elye (pronounced like "Eli") was born at 12:06am Wednesday morning. She was about 4 weeks early. Joni's water broke at school on Tuesday afternoon and shocked all of us. Elye is doing fine though. She was 5 lb. 15 oz. and 18 inches long. Reesi is head over heels for her. We call her the baby hog. My girls are very excited about her too. We think she looks like Reesi so far. She has black hair and dark eyes and the same mouth as Reesi for sure. The next post has a slide show of pictures from the hospital that I took on Wednesday.

Easter Pics

Sunday mornings are hard to get the girls ready and out the door. So, Easter mornings photo sessions have never gone very well for me. Here are some pictures that simply document the occasion. Nothing special, just wanted to document their outfits and what they looked like on Easter, 2009. I like the picture of Grace with Sophie more than the Easter pictures. :)

Storm!

The Friday night before Easter a storm came through the area. Tornados actually touched down in Murfreesboro, about 40 minutes from here. Luckily, we just had strong storms. We woke up Saturday morning to this big limb in our backyard. I'm really glad it didn't land on anything important.

Easter Eggs

On the first day of spring break the girls colored Easter eggs. It took me longer to get everything ready and the eggs cooked then it did for them to decorate them! Eric was there to help, thank goodness. He tried to play an Easter memory card game with them while waiting. I'm glad it was him and not me. He has much more patience for teaching games to small children. The game had to be put away after a few tries and a few fights though.

Once the eggs were done they enjoyed decorating them. They finished very fast and wanted more when their 12 eggs were done. Lyla ended up getting too curious and dipping both of her hands in the dye. Should I have expected anything less? Not likely.

The Real Spiderman

A few weekends ago Lyla's best buddy had his 4th birthday party at a local park. It was a super hero party and you were supposed to come dressed as your favorite super hero. Lyla was Batman. I lucked out by finding Batman pj's on clearance at Wal-Mart. The biggest excitement of the party was when the real Spiderman showed up. The kids went crazy! He played games with a parachute and posed for some pictures too. The kids loved it. Lyla kept saying, "I can't believe it! It's the real spiderman from Disney world."

Lyla's Special Night

Last Friday night Grace wanted to spend the night with Reesi....without Lyla. This is tricky. Lyla, of course, wants to be involved in everything Grace and Reesi do. And she is always included. But that night Grace really wanted a night without Lyla. So, we had to come up with a "reason" Grace was going to Reesi's house without Lyla. Joni had the idea to make a special night all about Lyla. So, I told Lyla we were going to have a special night, just her and mommy and daddy and she got to choose whatever she wanted to do. She said she wanted a cake with candles and a long movie. Eric was playing in a golf tournament, so Lyla and I went to dinner together and she chose what kind of food she wanted, which was pizza. I did refuse ChuckECheese, but we did get pizza. Then we went to Publix for a cake. I made her settle for a cupcake when she really wanted a full size cake. I just couldn't have a huge cake in my kitchen for the next week! Then we went to Blockbuster to pick out a movie. It was Batman for her. Then after the movie, she wanted mommy to sleep with her all night. It was a special night, just for Lyla. And Grace had a good night too. Dinner, movie and slumber party with Reesi.