Enjoying the Sunny Weather

The past few days have been so gorgeous outside! We finally retired our space heaters and even broke down and turned the AC on last night. Crazy how the weather can change on a dime, but we'll take the sunshine over the cold any day of the week.

On Saturday afternoon we grabbed some bread and went to Horseshoe Lake in Shaker Heights to feed the ducks. There was just one goose by us when we started throwing bread, but by the time we were done there were about 5 geese and 4 ducks. Then we walked around the lake and admired the gigantic houses that lined the nearby street.

This one was our favorite. Check out the twisty chimneys.

We had so much fun with our dream house hunting (ha!) that we went back on Sunday evening to check out some of the surrounding neighborhoods. Again, the houses were amazing, but the sidewalks sure left a lot to be desired. Poor little Sydney was being jostled all over the place in her stroller... I eventually just took her out and carried her.

Mini Makeover

I have never been a "glasses wearer."

That is, until last spring when I started getting lots of headaches during the early stages of pregnancy. Contacts only made them worse, so I ditched them and transitioned into a glasses-during-the-day kind of gal. When I went in to get a new prescription last summer, the optometrist wouldn't let me get new contacts because pregnancy can change your eyes, blah, blah blah. (He wouldn't even give me a trial pair. It was like a week before I was going to see Spencer graduate from ODS, and we'd been apart for 5 weeks. I just wanted to look extra cute for him, but the Dr. wouldn't give... lame.)

I've procrastinated it quite a bit, but last week I finally said goodbye to these babies (the glasses, not the actual baby):

I thought I looked a little naked without them, but that only lasted a few days.

Spencer didn't notice when he got home from school. He just said to me, "Are you wearing makeup?" to which I responded, "I'm always wearing makeup when you get home," and left it at that. Then 30 minutes later I couldn't take it anymore and said, "So I got contacts today," and he was like, "Oh that's what it is!" Ha!

I was also ready for a new haircut and felt like some highlights would be nice too. Last night my beautician friend Stacey made them happen:

Feels good to be me again.

Happy Easter!

We started our celebration last week by decorating a ton of Easter eggs with Stacey, Jack, Justin, and Mike.

We had an unofficial contest to see who could make the best egg, and Stacey liked one that Spencer made- he wrote "Suzy" on it in white, then put it in the brown dye. Seriously, who includes brown in an Easter egg coloring kit?

It was not easy trying to write on the eggs while holding Sydney. I think she was entertained with this for about 5 minutes, but Spencer and I took turns holding her for most of the time. Earlier in the evening, Spencer was throwing a big plush soccer ball to/at Jack, and when it hit him Sydney would just laugh and laugh. It was sooo cute, but unfortunately we didn't catch it on camera.

Cutie pies.

I searched high and low for a cute Easter basket for Sydney and finally decided on this little white one with purple gingham lining.

I've been saving this darling dress from Grandma H. specifically for Easter. The hat didn't last long, but it looked so sweet I had to at least put it on for a few pictures.

Checking out the goods: a new outfit from Grandma B. and some eggs (which I filled with socks, size 12-24 months for those big feet :)

Happy Easter!

Spencer was the closing speaker in Sacrament meeting, and afterward we headed down to Warren to have dinner with some of my extended family. Sydney got to meet several of her great-aunts and uncles, as well as lots of cousins. It was fun to see everyone, and as always, the food was excellent. Plus, nothing's better than topping off a good meal with some of Jacque's strawberry pie. Yum!