Indiana

The majority of last week was spent with my good friends Jen and Landon in Bloomington, Indiana, with their new baby!  Micah turned 4 weeks old on Good Friday and Monday (the 25th) was his one-month birthday.  He is the epitome of cute, and such a sweet baby!  Micah did quite well sleeping through the night, and he only cried when he needed food or when his bottom hurt from diaper rash.  One thing I didn't realize until this past week, was that baby poop doesn't smell when the only thing the baby eats is milk from his mother.  Diaper-changing was no problem!

Going for our walk

The days went by leisurely as we spent our time together talking, reminiscing about the past few years of our friendship, looking at photos, and most importantly... watching and playing with baby Micah!  Poor Landon had to wake up early every morning to go to work, but we were still able to all be together in the afternoon and evenings.  And we had a good time cooking delicious food together - soups, salads, breads, chili, cookies, cupcakes...On Thursday evening, we took a nice walk around the Indiana University campus, which was absolutely beautiful.

On Good Friday, we attended the evening service at Jen and Landon's church, which ended in reflective silence.  That night there was an intense thunderstorm, with cracks so loud they bolted me out of bed!  Before going to sleep, we turned out the lights to watch the bolts of lightning - I had never seen such vivid thunderbolts so close up!

The best part of my visit was holding Micah.  He is so precious and beautiful and adorable!  His little yawns and stretches always elicited an "awww."  A couple of times he took a nap on my chest, and I did not want to let him go!  Jen and Landon are truly blessed and I know they will be wonderful parents to Micah as he is growing up - and they already are excellent parents!  They take such good care of him and shower him with love.

Micah's first Easter

This was one of the few times he cried

On Sunday, we attended a lovely Easter service at the church (Micah's first Easter!).  Afterwards, Landon made delicious omlettes with onion, mushroom, zucchini, bell pepper, and goat cheese, which we had with fruit and multi-grain bread with apricot jam.  I made an apple pie for dessert.

We did not want the time to end, but alas, I eventually had to get on a plane to come back to LA.  But I cherish those few days I had with Jen and Landon and Micah.  They are genuine and loving people, and I felt so welcome and comfortable in their home.  I love them so much, and I am happy to be called "Auntie Valerie"!