Happy Easter!!

Hope this Easter finds everyone well!! We had a wonderful Easter at our house! Michael had to work so I got up and took the kids to church, went grocery shopping, took a nap and then made dinner :) When Michael got home we enjoyed dinner as a family, gave Sam her Easter basket and colored eggs. Sam was so excited about her basket...mostly just the bottle of Dora bubbles but she also really enjoyed her new Veggie Tales Easter DVD!! She liked the bubbles so much that she even took them to bed!! Good thing the Easter bunny found a spill proof container!! With her new bubbles she FINALLY learned to blow bubbles herself which saves me a little bit of air! Sam loved coloring eggs this year! It's so neat to watch how much more she understands this year compared to last year! We took her on a couple of egg hunts yesterday and although I think she did understand what to do, she's so passive that she just lets all the other kids go and get the eggs! I'm not thinking she's going to be a very confrontational girl when she gets older!!

Eli is now 5 weeks old...crazy how time flies!! He's starting to smile a little bit more and starting to stay awake a little longer through the day. He's a great little eater and it shows...he's pretty solid! I'm having so much fun staying home with these two, not looking forward to the day I have to go back to work :(

Family Pictures

Our first professional family pictures...
Eli-2 1/2 weeks old
Sam- 2 1/2 years old

Baby Eli's here and I'm finally posting about it!!

So pretty sure everyone knows by now that Elijah Michael Huffman made his entrance into the world...he's over three weeks old now!! He was born on March 19th at 7:17pm after a long (well longer than I was used to) labor but was all worth it!! I was taken care of by two of my best friends down here, one of which took the time to come in special and stay with me all day when she had a huge party she was getting ready for the following day, her little guy was turning one! My mom got to be here for the delivery and we were fortunate enough to have our sitter agree to watch Sam all day on a Saturday while we were at the hospital! I was induced this time around, nothing was wrong I just was ready to have him and my doctor was kind enough to wake me up on a Saturday morning asking if I wanted to come in and have a baby :) My husband had been up all night working the night before so the nine am awakening by me was not exactly what he was hoping for, but none the less he was excited.
Elijah came into the world screaming and pink! He was 8lbs 1oz and 21.5in long with a lot more hair than his sister had when she was born! Especially in the back, his hair is still so thick and velvety soft!!
The next day my mom brought Sam in to see her brother, she was less than impressed. When we pointed him out to her she looked at him and he made a grunting noise, she promptly said "baby sad" and put the blanket over his face. That was as much interaction as she apparently wanted with him. She did kiss him when she was told to and pointed out his facial features when she was told, but generally she was more excited to see me and tried to pretend like Eli didn't even exist. She still to this day does not want to have much to do with him, she does however think he needs to be held all the time. If I put him in his swing or bouncer she will tell me to pick him up and if a stranger is standing near a door with him she freaks out that they might leave with him. Whenever we go to leave somewhere she refuses to go out the door until she sees that someone has his carseat and is carrying him out, or she will try and pick it up herself :) So apparently she does care for him after all, just has no desire to hold him or interact with him :) We did get her to hold him once when he was about 2.5 weeks old :)

Here are some pictures of us in the hospital with Elijah