Happy Easter!!! For the first time in 4 weeks I actually got more than 4 hours of sleep!!! By the time I put Brandon down for the night it was 1:30am and he didn't wake up until 4:45 and I was back in bed just after 5 and I had to wake him up at 8 to feed him again. It was so nice to only have to wake up once last night to nurse him. Normally he fusses because his pacifier will fall out and wake him up or he is wide awake making all sorts of racket! I just hope there are more nights like that coming my way. But he did have a busy day yesterday. We were gone almost the whole day. We went to an Easter picnic that ended up not being a picnic cause of the rain, but an indoor luncheon instead.
From there we drove to Alyssa and Dan's house for the Roush Family Easter. We had Alyssa's tortellini Alfredo and zucchini bake and Mom brought KFC and I brought Trader Joe's orange chicken. It had to have been the most unhealthy meal I have eaten in a long time. There wasn't anything that wasn't fried or covered in cheese. It was tasty though... and for dessert Tami made a double threat chocolate cake with chocolate icing and Bavarian cream filling... After dinner the women and Dan with Hayden took a walk to the end of the street, about two miles round trip. I was surprised at how hard it was to keep up with everyone. But I did just have major surgery 4 weeks ago and I haven't had that much exercise for months. It was great to get out and see the area. I have never been to the end of the road and apparently the view there is beautiful. But by the time we made it, it was too dark to see anything. And by the time we arrived back at the house it was too dark to see the road. John and Aaron were taking advantage of the Xbox and playing some sort of "kill the other guy before he kills you" game. The kids were running around. We gathered everyone in the family room and played "Disney's Scene it" and surprisingly Aaron I think got most of the answers right. More than I thought he would. Mom handed out the Easter Baskets that she put together for the grandkids. Apparently she didn't think that Brandon needed to have any toys or candy like his older cousins.
Well I have to get to making some cookies to bring over to John's sister Gina's house this afternoon. John is still sleeping so I am gonna sneak in and take a shower while there is still hot water and Brandon is still asleep. Oops... Spoke too soon.

Before lunch

Burping

After lunch

I can't believe that Brandon will be a month old in 6 days! Crazy crazy. Woah! Milk just shot out of his nose... Is that supposed to happen?

John and I bought a Land Rover on Sunday and he has been cleaning and repairing it since. I got to switch from the jeep to it today and I am very excited. It drives nice from what I have experienced. I have only driven it from the shop to the apartment so far and that is only about half a mile. It's a lot bigger/ wider than the jeep but its such a step up that I don't mind.

I have spent most of my morning (in between feedings) uploading and taking pictures of Brandon. I have figured out the way to use the camcorder as a camera. The digital camera that I have for some reason isn't recognized by the printer when I put the memory card in. And the pilot that we have is good but it's slow to take pictures, by the time you press the button it takes a picture a few seconds later. So I have been using the camcorder and soon I'm going to learn how to put video online too.

So Easter is this weekend and John and I are going to make the big drive to Aloah where his sister Gina and her family live. The food is always good and plentiful and I can't wait to have some family time with them. The only family on John's side that have seen Brandon are his parents and his niece Koren. So it'll be fun to have him meet everyone. Tomorrow Yvonne and Len (John's parent's best friends and neighbors) are having an Easter picnic and we are invited. Their nephew Jacob and his family are flying out from Pennsylvania so it will be nice to catch up with them too. Even though Jacob was just here a week ago, he was by himself.

Well, I should get going. I have a sink full of dishes and I need to make cookies for Easter dinner. I hope to get more time to blog so everyone can see how much Brandon has grown and so I can update you on what we are learning.