Birds!

I'm happy to report that I can identify many of the common birds around here. It's harder than expected since males and females sometimes look different, breeding and non-breeding males sometimes look different, juveniles look different.

American goldfinch on the left, pine siskin on the right

European starling

Dark-eyed junco

Another goldfinch

Downy Woodpecker (I think? There's an almost identical woodpecker and this was a bad picture)

Killdeer

White-breasted nutchatch

Easter

Easter is one of my favorite holidays. Sadly, the only thing people seem to do to celebrate is egg hunts. We missed doing the Friend Easter countdown. I also have some awesome Christ-themed Easter activities on Pinterest that I want to do, but haven't yet. I did enjoy the celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus, life, hope, and rebirth in other ways.

I always try to make hot cross buns.

I stayed up past midnight finishing the Easter outfits. 

For the first time, no cups of dye were spilled during the egg coloring!

If you look closely, you can spot the hidden eggs.

Happy Birthday Emily

The days are long, but the years are short. That sums up Emily's life so far. 

I had good intentions to make a cute cake, but I used all the powdered sugar frosting temple cookies for priesthood and temple prep meeting, so I improvised with coolwhip and sprinkles.

She was more interested in her milk than her presents.

 Since her birthday is on St. Patrick's Day, I felt the need to acknowledge that holiday, but this was the extent. We celebrated her birthday the next day when Brian got back from wherever he was working.

Emily has developed quite the personality. Some things she enjoys are:

playing in the dishwasher;

sitting on things her size;

deshelving;

getting into trouble in the bathroom;

looking out the window.

Things she dislikes are having things taken away from her, when I limit her milk usage, and taking two naps a day.

She is still by far our most solid baby. She has stayed around the third quartile for height and weight. Most of the weight is in her thighs.

She is generally a happy baby, and we're happy she's part of our family.