john with his great pepe and great grandmother brasseur

we went to easter at grammy and pepe brasseur's in irasburg. it was the first time they had seen john. as you can tell, it was love at first sight : )

horse and carriage ride ... with the easter bunny!

abbie, madison, john, and i went for a picnic in williston and while we were eating the girls noticed a horse and carriage going around the green. as it got closer they noticed who was sitting in the carriage - the easter bunny! when we finished eating we went over to find out more about it - turns out they were giving free rides with the easter bunny : )

no, i didn't let the kids go on the carriage ride by themselves - i just had to take a photo first : ) i have to admit, it was a pretty awesome day - it was almost 80 out and having a picnic with the kids in april ... plus a horse and carrige ride with the easter bunny - hard to top that!

i was told by madison - "you know mom, that isn't the real easter bunny."

maybe he is dreaming about the easter bunny ...

three generations of stewarts

we had easter with my family a day early and finally had all three generations of stewarts together - my father, my grandfather, and john.

as most of you know, we named john after my father, stewart. we actually chose our boy's name back in november. i wanted a name with 7 letters - we all have 7 letters in our names: melanie, derrick, abigail, and madison ... so one day derrick and i decided that we wanted to incorporate our father's names in our boy's name and came up with stewart (which had 7 letters) john (derrick's father's middle name).

* on a side note, stewart was my paternal great grandmother's maiden name.

my new swing, a life saver : )

derricks mom picked up a new swing for john on saturday at once upon a child and he just loves it! its great cuz now i have somewhere to put him down while he is awake and i need to get some stuff done around the house. i used to just lay him down in his cradle or bassinet, but he definitely enjoys the rocking much better : )

he gained how much?!!?

so yesterday john started getting very congested and he did not sleep well at all last night. we ended up sleeping in the chair in his room so he could sleep upright and it seemed to help a little. but the poor kid had snot coming out his nose every time he ate! he was so cute ... he would eat for a few minutes then pick his head up and take a few deep breaths and start eating again cuz he couldnt breathe out his nose : )

we went to the doctors on this afternoon and thankfully his ears and lungs sounded great ... he just had a cold. but the biggest shock came when they weighed him ... he weighed 7 lbs 5.5 oz! he had gained just over 1 lb in 11 days!

derrick has mentioned the last couple of days that his face is changing - filling out more - but i dont see any of it. he looks the same to me. i remember with the girls the same thing happening - i am with them 24/7 so i dont notice it at all. im definitely not complaining one bit - i am so thankful to spend all my time with them. i cant imagine being anywhere else. life is great.

fancy nancy tea party

madison had her "day with my mommy" today : ) she and i went to the daisys fancy nancy tea party in south burlington. she had so much fun making fancy plates and wands. she even made her little brother his own fancy nancy name tag! i really loved spending time with my little girl.

mad boy

i know, i am the first to not let john cry, but he was just so darn cute i had to take photos!! : )