Boston Baby!

I've been getting requests for Kim's "belly update" from our time in Boston, so here are some pictures from the shower.

These dear friends of Kim's did a wonderful job blessing Greg and Kim (and all of us) with a fun shower for little Nathanael!

The shower was in the church, and this is what greeted us coming in the door -- a "clothesline" of onesies, each with a letter from Nathanael's name with a corresponding picture beginning with that letter.

The whole "theme" surrounded the alphabet and primary colors!

A beautiful, very soft, Aunt Ann bear!

The perfect going-to-church outfit for our little man.

Posing for the measuring of Greg and Kim's combined girth for everyone to guess the circumference.

Nathanael cooperated by moving and kicking around (and having hiccups) so Grandpa and Grandma Gimple could get in touch with our little grandson!

There Is Hope!

I saw the first sign of my surprise lilies starting to push up through the cold dirt. It's good to see they're trying to make their way into the coming Springtime. I bought some seed potatoes, corn seed, and spinach seed at Bluestem on Saturday, so I'm getting ready for things to come. Of course, it'll be quite some time before those corn seeds can go in the ground, but it's just a little over two weeks until we'll have a chance to put the potatoes in on St. Patrick's Day. And I saw a very large flock of Canadian geese V-ing their way north! Yippee for Spring!