First I have to show off my babies once more. 🙂 These were their separate Easter pictures, taken two days after Easter. The one of Alexis is pretty, and I love the one of Branwen. 🙂
In other news, I have reached true mother-of-multiplehood. Last week, Joel and I went to a Honda dealership, and we bought ourselves a minivan. 🙂 We traded in my much-loved ’98 Nissan Pathfinder and got a 2001 Honda Odyssey.
Now I must say, if you gotta have a minivan, this is certainly a nice one. It’s an LX (we couldn’t manage the EX since it runs several thou more in general), so it doesn’t have quite as much equipment, but most of that I won’t miss. I would have liked the power sliding doors, but… oh well. It does have keyless entry, which is nice. I had gotten used to that with my Pathfinder, and it certainly comes in handy, especially in the rain when carrying children and assorted other goods. Of course, the minivan has a feature the Pathfinder didn’t where the keyless entry is concerned. It has a nice security feature that relocks the doors 30 seconds after you unlock them if they haven’t yet been opened. So I unlock the doors from my front door, struggle to get both children and whatever else I’m carrying to the van, reach for the handle and… click. *sigh* Well, I’ll figure out the timing eventually, I guess.
A couple of quick baby notes… We went to a farm yesterday and Alexis had a blast. The thing she seemed to enjoy most was running up and down a wooden ramp with her friend, Emma. 😛
Branwen yesterday morning, after pulling up on me, decided she wanted to get my friend’s dog and started walking towards her while holding my hands. I can’t believe she’s doing this at 7 1/2 months old! I need to babyproof more…
I just heard Joel come out of the shower, and I should be getting to bed. We’re dedicating Branwen in church tomorrow, so it would be good if we all look at least moderately rested. 🙂