Easter dress, revisited

Baby Teddy!

Blaire and Mikey are now the proud parents of Theodore "Teddy" John Morse. Born April 6, 2010 at 11:33 a.m., weighing in at 7 pounds, 13 ounces, measuring 21 inches! All are doing great! We are so excited for Meg to have her first Morse cousin - woohoo! 'Do and Bean were on hand to welcome their first grandson. He is loved.

Easter!

Our first family event hosted in Texas. Andy's parents, my parents, my sister and her kids, my cousin Samantha, and some friends attended our celebration. My mission was to induce a food coma in all attendees - mission accomplished!


The food (most of it anyway).


The competition!


Pre-egg hunt.


Easter "hams."


The egg hunt.


Action shot.


The golden egg!


Projects!


Molly.


Mary Grace.


The drink mistress.


The love - grandson and grandfather.

Easter bunnies

Brandy and her crew drove up for the Easter weekend and we bought into the tradition of seasonal photo shoots at Neiman Marcus - when in Dallas! Here are some of my amateur pictures:


Cousins! We love having family "nearby"!


The Easter bunny (lower case "b").


Meghan.


Mary Grace.


Molly.


John John.

Bean and 'Do visit

As a serendipitous surprise, Bean trekked all the way back from Africa for a spring-time visit to the States. And we couldn't have been happier to play hosts for Easter weekend. 'Do flew in from the West Coast and it was our first housemate reunion since we moved to Dallas. It was so great to see them and a real treat. Except now I think Meg doesn't really believe me when I tell her Africa is really far away!


Egg-dyeing extravaganza!


The egg-dyeing artists-in-residence.


Proud Daddy.


Proud 'Do.


Stirring the dye.


Finished product.

Clubhouse

One of Meg's new favorite activities is building a clubhouse with Daddy. I have tried to build one in his stead and, let me tell you, she was underwhelmed. It is just a skill that I lack as a Mama, among others: pushing her obscenely high on the swings, carrying her on my shoulders, singing certain night-night lullabyes, and drawing dinosaurs, etc. There are just somethings that Daddys do better and I love it. Keep swinging and singing away, Daddy!