Happy Easter!!

Well, I guess I’ve been quite the delinquent blogger this week! I’ve been trying to nurse my sick family back to health and haven’t had much time for typing. :) Julia came down with the same cough/cold/fever thing that Sam had, then toward the middle of the week Jim came down with it also. So it has been quite the interesting week, with all 3 of them in different stages of the same illness. I think they are all on the mend--Jim is still not feeling the best and his voice is several octaves lower than usual, but he’s a little better than he was yesterday. As a result of all the sickies, we ended up not being able to go to church today, nor have Easter dinner with my parents as planned, nor have Sam’s belated birthday party yesterday! Oh well, this too shall pass. I was really sad to miss Easter at church . . . and I guess our Easter dinner will be very simple--hot dogs, beans and chips. :) But that’s OK, at least we are all getting lots of rest and relaxation which should lead to better health! So far I am feeling fine and we are praying that I can steer clear of the bug!

Yesterday I spent a lot of time sewing, which was really fun. I finished my maternity jumper (finally!), finished a dress for Julia that I had started last summer, and did a little embellishing on a gift. I’m hoping to do a little more sewing today. I have this plan to make a shirt for me (for post-partum wear) and a matching dress for Julia. I would love to get this pattern (scroll down the page to the Girl's Regency Dress) to make her dress (as long as I have enough fabric, which I’m not sure of yet . . . I bought the fabric while we were in Ohio and I think I got over 2 yards of it, but I’m not sure how much the 2 patterns combined will need). Here is a picture of Julia in her new dress :

Even though the first day of spring was officially last Thursday, it still looks nothing like spring around here. Well, aside from the road and driveway starting to get muddy in places. We have finally started having some warmer weather, though, so I do have hopes that spring will come sometime! :)

I only have about 5 more weeks to go till my due date. I just posted an update on my pregnancy blog about my last appt. (last Monday).

Well, I hope you all are having a lovely Easter and rejoicing in the new life we have in Christ!! I’ll try to post a bit more throughout this week if I have time!