Easter!

    

     We had a wonderful Easter weekend filled with love and family! Jeffrey loves the chicks and eggs, which is what it is about!-new life! He got a flashy, lightening chick from us and a wind up chick from Gigi. He also keeps wanting my chicken timer out of the spice cabinet when I am cooking, (as well as the garlic powder of all things! He will carry the bottle around and shake it for hours!)
     On Good Friday, we went to the annual Encino Park Easter Egg Hunt, in which we participated for the very first time! I've been going with Jen's kids for years and it's great to have a participant! It was more like and egg scramble for the crawlers. They didn't really know what to do. Afterward, we went to Gigi's and dyed eggs and played.

 

 

 

     On Saturday, we went to Brant's parent's house, where Shari and her family were visiting. Gram was recovering from knee replacement surgery. We had a great visit and got to play with cousins. Sunday morning, the Easter Bunny came and we went to church. It was a great service, but Jeffrey had to go play outside with Brant for most of it. Last Easter, we were still just adjusting. This was a very good second Easter for Jeffrey!

Playing with Nathan's old big red barn

 The Easter Bunny came

 Happy Easter morning with Jonah

 On Hannah's old trike

 Easter morning reading

Reading some more!

Nathan shot his first turkey on Easter morning

     We are finding things in strange places, (my cell phone in the cup cabinet, IN a cup, toys in our laundry basket and shoes in his, and we completely lost his amber teething necklace and had to replace it!) He loves cell phones!
     Jeffrey also loves to sing. We sing everywhere too. When we sing the songs/rhymes from the library, he claps and says, "yay!" when they are over. He has been singing since he was about 4 months old, and now he prompts me to sing with his coos. At night, after milk, teeth brushing and a stack of books, I rock him and he starts singing so that I will sing. We sing and sing!
     Jeffrey's not walking, but he SURE IS CLIMBING! He likes to climb onto the open dishwasher door, into the bathtub when I am cleaning, on the stereo, pillows, etc! Muscles are getting ready for some serious movement!

 Shootin' some baskets before bed

 We got to have Lolly spend the night while Gram was in the hospital for her knee surgery

 Playing with Lacey-between the house and the dog house

 In the dog house

 Trains at the bookstore

 More Barnes and Noble time!

 Enjoying some Mexican food at Lupe's!

 On our way home from OUR neighborhood Easter egg hunt, completely asleep, but not letting go of that egg!

 The beginning of a long fence-paint!

Loving his new swing from Gram!