We got to welcome the newest baby Strickland this morning! I had a C-section this morning that went for the most part well.....no complications. And boy what a relief to have the baby come out and hear that first cry. So this is Emme Rose Strickland.
















She was born at 7:56 am. She weighed 7 lbs. and 15 oz. and 21 inches long. She looks just like Anna and Cam when they were born. We can already tell she has an easy disposition about her. She loves to eat and suck on things ( at 5 minutes old she was sucking on two of her fingers). The kids went to Target and bought her a gift. Anna got her a nice, soft cozy blanket and Cam bought a light-up musical monkey. We are so blessed to have her in our family. More pics to come and hopefully video!

Easter

We had a very mello Easter weekend: Egg dying, Easter Egg Hunts, Church and of course a Ham dinner.

Here the kids are posing infront of their Easter eggs after Church on Sunday. We didn't actually get to see them find all the eggs Easter morning, but we heard their feet running all over the house while yelling, "I found a blue one" or "I found a yellow one!"

On Saturday morning some friends invited us to an Easter egg hunt at one of the local Country Clubs. It was a lot of fun and the kids were split up according to age group. The kids were both in the first age group (under 5). Their were two special "golden" eggs hidden with a prize inside. So we told Cameron to find the gold egg. What did he do? He only picked up yellow eggs off the ground and bypassed all the others....that's the reason he only collected 3 eggs.

And here is Anna running to the eggs!
Anna was one of the older kids so she was really able to clean up! After the egg hunt they had donuts and cookies inside....needless to say the kids left there on a sugar high!