without any further ado

INTRODUCING 

VIOLET  SHEA  DYNDA

7lb 12oz

21 inches

4.24.13  @ 8:48am  

gosh, i dont even know where to begin, but i'll post these hospital pictures for now.  i'll also apologize in advance for the onslaught of photos that are about to hit the blog.  my only limiting factor right now is time, seeing as how you cant pull me away from von & violet and then i just want to sleep when i'm not holding one of them.  

lots of love in our universe, as we feel completely 100% blessed blessed blessed!  

*first time i held my baby girl*

my world

my loves

 proud daddy

a fantastic BIG BROTHER, for sure!

  

 

how sweet

thursday!!

this little boy sure keeps mom hopping .. and although some relaxation sounds good, i do love every minute of it.  
we started off our busy thursday with a delicious breakfast at a local diner.  the mickey mouse pancake totally rocked his world.  then we walked to the library for story hour, where von made an awesome bird feeder and enjoyed the spring-time themed books/songs (side note: upon hanging up the bird feeder when we arrived home, the piglet squirrels devoured it before the birds even had a chance.  grrr!)

next was a nice hike thru the neighborhood.  granted, we take daily walks, but we made this one an adventure.  kicked some rocks, put some pebbles in every pocket we could find, picked flowers, listened for woodpeckers, sang songs and so forth.  the gorgeous april weather was just an added bonus!

after some lunching and napping, we decided some ice cream was in order (hello, soft serve season!).  

 
the wind really picked up this afternoon/evening though, so we came home and spent the rest of the night indoors.  played, made brownies (a favorite of von's), goofed around on the floor, just some good ol' mom-n-von-quality-time :)

 happy thursday, indeed!!

some special gifts

hard to believe that gummy bear will be here in 12 days or less!!!  (WOW)
big brother von wanted to get a gift for his new sibling-to-be, so we decided that a pacifier and a monkey snuggle blanket were both fantastic ideas.  some pretty tissue paper and a cute little bag, and tada a precious gift from big brother to baby.  he's so excited to bring it to the hospital!  

 

catching up

well i notice that i havent posted anything in about two weeks, but i promise, we're still kicking it here in olean.  just been hanging out, having some fun, enjoying the weather - you get the idea.  here are a few random pics.