Easter 2013

After the kids got up this morning, we gave them a bath and then headed out to the living room where we discovered a surprise from the Easter Bunny (including a couple items that were sent from Nana and Grandfather and cards from Lito and Lita)!!

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After the kids finished digging through their baskets, we had breakfast and hung out while we waited for Keith's family to arrive. Keith spent some of this time prepping food for our lunch.

A little before 10:30 Keith's parents, grandparents, sister, Jessica, and her husband, Mike arrived. Daniel was down for a nap, but Etta did a pretty good job keeping the crowd entertained all by herself! ;)

Daniel eventually woke up and we ate a huge lunch (burgers, pulled pork, fries, and a bunch of other sides). Keith's mom made a cake for dessert!

After we ate, the kids checked out the baskets that Grandmomma and Granddaddy brought for them.

Then, we *tried* to do those dissolvable sponge capsule things with the kids, but the activity was too slow moving to keep their interest (maybe in a few years they'll "get it").

We also did a little indoor egg hunt (it rained off and on today so we didn't go outside). Etta was happy to open each egg and find her single jelly bean (we learned a couple years ago that she needs some immediate gratification with the eggs or she doesn't *really* get the point of picking them up. So, we usually put a single jelly bean/M&M/fruit snack in each one.)

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Not long after the egg hunt, the crowd dispersed, the kids went down for a nap (as you can see in that last picture, Etta was SO ready for a nap), and I CRASHED for about two-and-a-half hours (I was SO ready for a nap too!)! I had a great time, but the weekend wiped me out! I suspect we're all going to have a tough time adjusting back to a school schedule tomorrow morning (Etta was on Spring Break all last week).

With that, goodnight!

Egg Hunt 2013

The plan for yesterday was to go to "Dragon Park" in Nashville for the annual DSAMT Egg Hunt, but the night before they moved the event to the DSAMT offices because the ground might be too soggy to enjoy the day. I was a little disappointed as I had been hoping for an outdoor egg hunt. So, we switched gears and decided to check out an egg hunt here in Spring Hill that was being held especially for children and adults with special needs. Let me just say- I am really glad we went to this event! Of course, we missed our Ds family on Saturday, but the people putting on this other event and the families in attendance we're so warm and welcoming that I was grateful for this back-up plan (and now I hope that next year the events will not be held on the same day/same time so we can attend both).

The ground WAS soggy and it was a *little* chilly, but we really did enjoy ourselves! (Well, until Etta fell apart because she was just DONE and Daniel started to fall apart because he still likes to take a morning nap and it just wasn't going to happen yesterday).

Photo overload!

Etta saw the bunny coming down the hill and she ran toward him... 

 

..but she quickly stopped short when he got a little too close! lol.

 

I told Keith to hold up the basket for the picture, but didn't realize he was holding E's basket. Ha!

 

WE'VE GOT A RUNNER!! (again!)

 

CHOCOLATE!

 

Daniel shoved an entire piece of chocolate in his mouth and Daddy kept him from choking on it. Cracked me up!

Alice 35 Weeks

Wow! We are only 4 weeks away from our scheduled c-section (and it's always possible that Alice will decide to come before that). I have a list a mile long to take care of in the next month and I feel LAZY! (Though, I got a few things marked off today. So, YAY!) Yes, I have a lot of things to bitch about right now. I'm achey and not sleeping well, and generally felt terrible for a couple of days earlier this week (seemed to feel more "normal" today), and I have heartburn (daily Prevacid helps, but I still feel it), and, and, and, and... BUT this is 100% my last pregnancy and I'm trying to enjoy the "miracle" parts of it. Feeling the movement of another human growing inside your body (and being able to watch it from the outside) is a crazy, wonderful feeling and I am SO grateful to have been able to experience this not only once, but THREE times (especially after thinking for over two years that it may never happen at all)!!

*Meant to also add this Daniel-Alice pregnancy comparison. I have to do a little digging for the Etta photo and it's on the other computer that Keith is working on right now. So...