Leah Elizabeth

My new little niece has finally arrived into this world! She gave her mama quite the journey... 36 hours...c-section...Leah Elizabeth was born. 9 pounds, 1 oz and 22 inches long. Congratulations to Anita and Mike! I hope you enjoy your new life as parents and all the beautiful family memories you will share. Leah you are so loved by all your crazy Aunts and cousins. We are looking forward to watching you grow and being a part of your life. 

Anita you were such a trooper! I'm proud

8 hours old

Proud Auntie

So new she hasn't even had a bath :)

Perfect little girl

Who doesn't love baby feet

She was just taking it all in

Love her

Hey Ham you aren't the baby anymore

Liv only cared about her cakepop

And Dom with his Starbucks...

Sleep tight little Leah

Happy Easter!

Dying eggs..in the sink:)

Did such a great job! My little helper

Big smiles

Had to wear her Hunters and apron

PASKA!! I did it!! Dutch girls can cook too! 

I was busy icing the buns and making sure Liv wasn't making a mess..looked over and saw this! 

She really wanted to eat the yellow one! 

So proud of her eggs

Time to hide!

Table centerpiece from Martha:)

Just love this smile

Happy Easter to you and your family! Enjoy the celebration of life...isn't that the greatest gift? xo

Last minute Easter

Oh Martha you amaze me! Want a last minute idea?? I will be making these for my table centerpieces while the kids nap! How adorable... Check out more ideas here!

Easter countdown!

Easter is only a half a week away and I have been keeping busy with a few fun projects for Easter. I found this easy DIY paint chip garland from this blog and thought I would give it a try! (but I like to improvise things).... I took the kids to Home Depot and grabbed about 20 samples to use. (thanks HD) I had left over yarn from my wreath and some small wooden clothespins. I made a template free hand..cut, pinned and hung! I also made one for Olivia's room. 

Easter baskets are so much fun to make for kids! Olivia is at the perfect age for an easter basket hunt! My mom always made the BEST baskets and I plan on following in her footsteps:) First I wanted to make these chalkboard blocks for Olivia. They were super easy and I hope she will have fun with them!! I followed this blog and the results are pretty cute!

DIY chalkboard blocks....cute for easter baskets!

 Here are a few other items I picked up for the kiddies..

New chalk for the blocks.

Rattles for Gavin's basket. Found these  here

LOVE Little Golden Books!

I found a few outside toys from the Dollarstore and every easter basket needs mini eggs and peeps! 


Plus moms need an "easter basket" gift too...

timi & leslie quick trip diaper bag.

 A few things left to do...dye some more eggs, fill the baskets and make Paska...for the first time! I'm Dutch not Mennonite like my hubby so lets see how it goes :) I'll be trying this recipe out...thanks Lisa for the link. 


What are you doing for Easter? Any traditions that are special to you??

Capture...

Here are some of the beautiful photos my girlfriend Michele of Capture Photography took at my sister's baby shower. Michele is so talented and Captures all the details that I spent so much time on. Thank you Michele and I can't wait for you to Capture more memories for me in the future. Check out Michele's blog here! You will be impressed...I am! 

There are so many good photos I wanted to choose them all!!  Thanks again xoxo