News Round-Up

Today was Jane's first visit to the zoo.

We practiced animal noises all morning long. Mostly, it was "what does the elephant say?" because she loves the motion she gets to make with her arm.

Tragically, the elephants were gone from their exhibit, as were the lions (the only other noise she'd make this morning), but we did get up, close and personal with some cast-iron elephants:

And, surprisingly, a pregnant mommy and 13-month-old toddler were able to make it a full 3 hours in the zoo, granted it was super nice weather. Both of us, of course, needed some serious snack time.
Jane's favorite, you ask? The giraffes. She stared quietly at them for several minutes (hours in toddler time):
And, I know, I know -- you are all dying to see how Easter and the infamous dress turned out.

Good news: It fit. It fit wonderfully and Easter was a smash hit (in my eyes). And do you not love her hair bows? My SIL has more ribbon than any person on earth (all for her business) and made the adorable clips to perfectly match her dress.

Jane loved her basket

and we even forced my family tradition of an Easter Egg hunt with See's Candy eggs on her cousins, aunt and uncle. I went easy on the hiding spots, although I was shocked that Bill (brother-in-law, no, not his real name) and M1 found their eggs without any hints. Next year, I go Packard-diabolical.

In other good news, I gained less than half a pound at my baby appointment Monday. Huzzah! I even got to see the little bugger. He hid his face most the time, but it's plainly obvious he has those fat, little cheeks of his sister's (plus a good nose, always important).