Easter with a Family of Four

This mom is happy to be back blogging after a great night of sleep (almost a six hour stretch) and a three hour nap thanks to a sleepy baby and a Mimi who entertained P while we slept. So here are some belated photos from our Easter festivities. Patrick dyed eggs for the very first time and loved every minute of it, as did we. He did better than we imagined and has been eating his colored eggs like a champ.

And earlier that day, we had a visit from P and Tommy's D.C. cousins-too bad P slept through their whole visit, but at least Tommy enjoyed some undivided attention.


By Easter morning, we were a little brain dead and exhausted, but I was proud to see to see my little boy looking not-so-little in his seersucker Easter suit and very first tie (somehow I missed a photo of P wearing his matching suit jacket).

And of course the obligatory Easter family photo after we returned from Mass (Tommy stayed home with Baba while we took Patrick).

Now that I am at day 8 of postpartum recovery, I am definitely noticing a huge difference-much less pain getting up and down, and most of my back ache has disappeared. I can finally get out of bed without Tom having to give me a hand up. My feet and legs are still extremely swollen and I am waiting for uterus to shrink up so I quit looking pregnant, but the weight is coming off-181.5 today from my high pregnancy weight of 204. What a difference a day and night of some sleep makes.