Happy Spring

It's nice now that Spring is officially here. We have been enjoying the warmer weather (it's been up to 65 on some days already) and have even managed to make it out of the house this last week to go on some short walks. We loved the snow and the winter weather, but everything just seems to be a little easier when you don't have to worry about bundling up in 10 layers just to open the front door. The trees and plants aren't blooming yet, but it is nice to at least have the sun out.

We've been having an enjoyable past few weeks. Yes, it has been tiring with Christian waking up at least three times a night and Julia and Ethan still wanting to wake up at six, but we still feel we have very blessed lives. Grandma and Grandpa Little came to help out for a couple of weeks right after Christian was born, which really made life so much easier. On a couple of days they even took Julia and Ethan on day-trips, once to Palmyra and then to Niagara Falls (somehow they even managed to smuggle them across the border to Canada on that trip), allowing Rebecca and Christian to get some much needed extra rest. We all enjoyed their visit and all of the time we were able to spend with them; it has been kind of lonely way over here in New York all by ourselves. Luckily, next week we will have Grandma and Grandpa Swift with Uncle Caleb come to visit.

Thanks for all of the help Grandma and Grandpa Little!

Ethan has such a great smile!

Can you believe that Julia and Ethan's favorite food is hotdogs? These are the big sausage ones and they both probably ate three; definitely more than either Rebecca or I had.

We stuffed a block of bird seed in the lattice outside our back porch. Julia and Ethan have been eagerly waiting for some birds to come get their food.

Luckily I always have two helpers whenever I try to do any work from home.