Fun Week!

***This blog never got posted as I was waiting to finish it on Sunday afternoon. . . with Elsie Mae's big adventure, we didn't get that far. Enjoy!

This week Addy and I had extra time with no Bible study or MOPS so we did a bit of exploring (at least during the few brief hours it wasn't raining this week!).

We headed to Historic Wheeler Farm where Addy got to see all her favorite barnyard friends. It did rain on us a but but we got to see everything and be outside for a while. Addy did decide that she didn't really like the horses or cows because they are big. She was 'all done' with those pretty fast. She was very into the 'hop hops' (bunnies) and the chickens.

We had quite a bit of company this week too. We had 2 supervisor candidates (for Brad's work) over for dinner on Tuesday night (we ordered Thai!) and then had all the supervisors/acting supervisors (and their wives), and candidates over for burgers Friday night. 'We' did cook for that one but since it was only planned as of Thursday afternoon, Brad did all the cooking and I just cleaned up. We've had fun entertaining this week and it's looking hopeful that Brad might be able to get some supervisors hired and in place in the next few weeks.

We also had our 39 week appointment with our midwife only to find out that she's going to be out of town next Thur - Sunday. Bummer. There are other midwives in the practice who can deliver Baby Slease if we go into labor while she's gone but we're still hoping Baby comes before she leaves!

Addy and I also made it to the zoo Friday morning because it was supposed to be sunny all day. It turned out only to be 40 degrees so while we were a bit chilly, a lot of the animals were really active because it was so cool. Addy decided the elephant, baby elephant, gorillas and rhinoceros were too 'big' so she didn't really like them. However, she was very friendly with the big cats like the leopards and tigers who were very actively pacing their pens. Addy kept meowing to them and saying hi. She was not afraid of them one bit. . . I was a bit uncomfortable by their pacing though.

With no real plans for Easter (other than hoping to be having a baby!) we found ourselves quite busy for the Easter weekend. We decided on a whim to go to our church's Eggstravaganza Saturday morning where the kids heard a gospel presentation and meaning behind Easter and then headed off to do an Easter egg 'hunt' (for Addy's age group that meant girls walking around the grass tossing eggs on the ground in front of the little kids. . . it was a zoo! Addy did get an egg though and she was very excited to find a sticker and a bouncy ball inside!), and then there was craziness in the biggest bounce houses I've ever seen.

Here's Addy with her Easter purse from Gramma Juice (thanks!) and her prize Easter egg. She was saying 'two' when I took the picture because I was counting 1, 2, 3 and she's gotten into the number 'two' lately. Oh well. We'll have to teach her to say 'cheese' for pictures.

We started off with Addy in the preschool bounce house, which she loved. She was in one about 2 months ago and didn't last 30 seconds but this time she played in there longer than any of the other kids! She loved it!

Then Addy and Daddy moved on to the big kids bounce house. Brad carried her through this air filled maze thing and then up a ladder to go down a really big slide. She loved it. . . Brad was a bit winded by the end. :)

Saturday night we went to Easter service at church. Here's our family photo, the very last photo of me pregnant and Addy after church.

Happy Easter!