Happy Easter 2009!

This year we were home for Easter and went to visit with Grandpa Dan & Grandma Sally for the day. We had a great time. We went to mass and then Aunt Beth & Robert came over for a bit to watch the kids have an egg hunt at home. It turns out that our Easter Bunny(ies) felt we rushed home from church too quickly to allow adequate egg hiding time. Sorry! We were just so excited. The boys all wore their great suits and Miss Leah wore such a cute pink dress. Here are a few pictures from the great time.
The egg hunt pictures are from our neighborhood hunt on Saturday. This is the first time they really would stand there for a picture. All dressed up and looking great. Although Leah is unhappy in this picture, she did have a good day and I think she looked super cute. I just can't seem to get a picture with all four happily together too often (sorry Beth, I know you were wanting a picture).

So I've Been Out of Blogging Touch...

Here's to catching up - I'm working on it; pictures & all. In the past month, we've had Easter, gone on vacation to Nashville, worked tirelessly (truthfully, exhaustingly) on our house, had Mother's Day, my birthday, last day of school, and NOW, we're 4 days from Aunt Beth's wedding. We'll see if I can get things caught up as I know there's been a lot of memories I wanted to keep track of and probably already lost out of my mind, but I'll do my best.

Speaking of Baby...

Well, what a morning. All I can think of is that maybe it was God's way of telling me to take a break for a few days. We've been very busy and I have been carrying on full speed ahead. This morning, though, I got to spend a few hours at the hospital being monitored, getting extra ultrasound pics, etc. of the next little Robinson. This morning when I was laying in bed, delaying getting up, I had a significant amount of bleeding so of course started to freak out a bit. It turns out after nervousness, waiting, monitoring, and lying around at the hospital, it seems all is fine. They figured it must have been some sort of fluke. There was no sign of any problem and they really don't know what happened. In any event, I got nice instructions to settle down a bit for the next few days to make sure all is ok. I go back to the doctor next week, so we'll hope things just stay calm. On the brighter side, the day has gone well and I haven't had any signs of any other problems. And, the baby is measuring about 10 days ahead so that was interesting to know. It is estimated to be 3lb 14oz (which is larger than Leyton was when he was born). The due date they calculated is July 3, for whatever that is worth. Guess we'll see how things go! I'm relieved that it seems like things are ok.

Leah's Word of the Day

"Baby, baby, baby." She just kept saying it. It was cute hearing her and watching her smile. She's a fun little lady.

Today's Random Find

This afternoon I poured a cup of milk for Jacob. I was surprised to find a regular table knife in our milk jug. Random, but no surprise.

And Last but not Least...

A baby-sized update. I was at the doctor this week and was able to thoroughly enjoy the wonderful taste of Glucola for my glucose tolerance test. I was shocked (as I have been before) to be at the end of my monthly visit period. As I'm just about 30 weeks, he's having me back in 3 weeks when I'll be around 32 and then onto twice monthly for a month, then weekly! It makes it seem close. Well, 10 weeks is not too long in my timeline these days anyway. I sometimes still can't believe it's happening. Sometimes in the evening after I finally sit to take a break from the day, the baby will start moving around a lot. It's then that I think, "Oh yeah, the kids are all in bed and this little one is saying, 'Mom, don't forget about me. I'm here, too.'" It is sometimes still hard to imagine how things will change again, for the better, this summer. Dr. Snider says I'm measuring a bit ahead, for whatever that is worth. I'm feeling well; no complaints.

Big Boys Update

Well, with the updates on Jacob & Leah, I just couldn't leave out my big boys. Preschool is almost over and I am looking forward to summer! It will be fun to have the time to goof around with them. They are really growing and changing, too.

Nathaniel is such a great helper. He's always willing to help, especially helping Patrick with real projects. I'm often amazed at the depth of his logic and problem solving capabilities. He really does think things through and understands cause/effect more than I would expect. He (and Leyton) have also become quite the handsome little men at church. I bought all three boys suits recently (they've been wanting them "to be like Dad" and to wear to Aunt Bethy's wedding). Well, let me tell you we will get our money's worth. We've had them about a month or so and every weekend other than when we were out of town, at least the big boys have worn their suits to church. And, with the suits, we have new belts, shoes, and we need gel and cologne as well. You know, to be like Dad. Patrick made a cute comment and realized that he needed to really cherish that because apparently kids won't always want to be just like their parents? I know, sounds shocking, ha. Nathaniel is also very encouraging. Jacob has been working on his bike riding lately and Nathaniel has just been so helpful and encouraging to him that I can't help but sit back and enjoy. What a neat kids.

And Mr. Leyton. Aunt Beth swears he's not 5 because of the way he conducts himself in person and on the phone. On the phone, I'll admit, he does sound older with the flow of his conversations and phrases. This week he's also been into doing a lot of chores to earn some money. That is lots of fun for me! I'll welcome the help anytime. He truly is a wonderful big brother, also. He is so sweet, especially to Leah, whenever she needs anything or needs out of her crib. His greetings to her are still a highlight of the day to hear. She will smile and just be so happy with him.