I know its been forever since I have updated our blog. I can't really say I have a good excuse, but I am going to blame it on the baby. Mark says I blame everything on the baby. But when you get this far along in pregnancy it takes lots of extra effort to do stuff. We have 6 weeks left, and my belly is big. In fact it is big enough that people feel the need to comment on how big it is where ever I go. I'll just say I know my belly is big, I don't like being told HOW big it is.

Easter was fun with Claire. She didn't really understand the concept of the Easter Bunny. I tried to explain it to her, I talked it up and let her choose her own easter basket. She Picked a green bucket with bunnies on it, because it fit best on her head. Then proceeded to wear it on her head through the rest of the store. Which worked out great because she couldn't see me putting the things to fill her basket in the cart. :) I forgot my camera on Easter sunday. :( My SIL Heather took these pics and put them on facebook. I stole them. Thanks Heather. Claire loved running around putting eggs in the basket, as long as she didn't have to carry the basket. She also felt the need to wear both the bunny ears, the easter bunny brought, and the bunny mask Grandma and Grandpa got her. She loves them so much that she will randomly wear them for the day and tell me "Claire bunny".

Claire has decided she is a princess and will wear only dresses. Apparently princesses don't wear pants. It took an hour of crying the other day and me promising her levi's were "princess leggings" to get her to wear them. I am going to have to make sure she always has at least one dress clean. I have been sewing most of her dresses. Which means I take her to the fabric store and let her pick out the material her "princess" dress will be made out of. She then loves to sit on the table and watch over the sewing machine as I make her dress. Then she will immediately want to try it on. This is my favorite part as she smiles the biggest grin ever and says "Mama look at me LOOK AT ME!" I then tell her she is a beautiful princess and she will twirl around the room. Most of the time she twirls until she is too dizzy and tips over. I will sew her a hundred dresses just for that moment. It is a good thing she doesn't care that they are all the same dress made out of different material. I only have one pattern. Plus my sewing skills, while improving, are not at a very high level.

Our little Ella Jane will be arriving soon. I am so excited for her to get here. I feel like time is going slower. While I know 6 more weeks isn't that much longer, it feels like it is going to take forever to get here. We have her room ready. I sewed her some cute sheets and crib skirt to match her rug. I often just peek in there. We had a doctors appointment last week, and everything is going good. She is growing and developing right on schedule. While I am hopeful she will want to make her appearance a little early, not too early mind you, she will probably arrive the last week in May. I think we are ready for her to arrive. But we will probably be going to the store on the way home from the hospital to get a few things we have forgotten we needed. May can't get here soon enough.