Busy Busy First Half of April in the J Pelham Family House

I can't keep up with our lives these days! To start April off, the Easter Bunny visited our house. Although, he brought not a single ounce of candy or chocolate so the boys took 45 minutes to realize that he did in fact visit us. James said the reason there was no candy was, "I was naughty a little bit. Like bad words and stuff." I am assuming he meant "bad words" like "stupid and shut-up". Hopefully.

For Jaelyn he brought a little Carter's Elephant blanket and a book.

The boys received Kites, scratch tickets, $4 each (instead of the candy), some coloring pages, a book, and a bible.



Jaelyn dressed up in her first Easter dress that I went searching for the day before.


We colored Easter Eggs and then hid them around the house. First we hid them for the boys and then they hid them for us. If you want to know where the kids hid them for us, just ask Jacob, he give great clues like, "Look under the blanket." :)

The day after Easter Jacob turned 4 years old! He colored a picture of what he looked like at 3 years old on his magnadoodle. He brought Batman cupcakes to school and had a SpongeBob Cake for our family and Uncle Ben.



On April 7th, Jacob visited our Pediatrician for his well check. He had his final four vaccinations before kindergarten and the last of his "pokes" until he is 11 years old. DTaP (Diphtheria, Tetnus, acellular Pertussis), IPV (Inactivated Polio), MMR, and VAR (Varicella - Chickenpox) .

He weighed 36.5 pounds (35th percentile) and was 40 inches tall (50th percentile).

We were supposed to meet with my mom's sisters and my Grandma for dinner and to celebrate Jacob's birthday, but the flu ran through our house hitting ALL of us, except for James. First, Josh, then Jacob. Jaelyn and I picked it up next and then Josh got sick again. Ben came in town on Monday and had the flu by Wednesday. It was very nice of him to visit us even though we were sick.

By Thursday we were ALL finally better. So on Friday, we met my mom's four sisters and my Grandma (mom's mom) at their resort and went swimming in their pool.

Jaelyn met Grandma Ludwig and Aunts for the first time! Then Josh took the kids home while I enjoyed a delicious dinner with them to celebrate my Grandma's 75th Birthday!

Over the weekend, James had his t-ball game and then we watched two of Ben's softball games from his Phoenix tournament.

Of course this is the same weekend a teenager decided it would be funny to burn down the playground and spoil any chance of fun outside for little kids. (It is now believed to be arson, but I have no proof of my assumptions.)

Today, Jaelyn ate her first meal with a spoon! Organic brown rice cereal mixed with formula.


I think there were a few bites that actually made it in her belly- not just on her belly.