Happy Easter!

We had a pretty nice Easter and hope you did, too!
We had a lot of fun leading up to Sunday, too.  On Thursday night the three of us colored eggs at home...fun stuff!

We were all off on Friday so we decided to head to the zoo.  Lucy was a little weird...she chose to stay in the stroller most of the day which seemed unusual.  Dave and I remember when she was still a wobbly walker but refused to be confined to the stroller...now that she's a steady walker, we couldn't get her out of the dang thing?!  She's also developed a fear of sorts to loud noises...pretty annoying...
So we had an incident in the ladies room when she had to pee but instead sat there and screamed and cried every time someone flushed or used the hand dryer...she refused to pee and I refused to leave the restroom until she peed and we were both on each other's nerves...ha...but we did manage to have some fun while we were there!  We even met Jack, the new baby camel!

And that evening, we went to Granny's house to color more eggs with her and Donna & Ashley and GranJan.

We all went to the egg hunt at the library on Saturday and had a great time there.  They do such a great job - activities before and after the hunt in addition to the hunt itself...very fun!  And it was a beautiful day so that definitely helped.

And Lucy got to see Alli which always makes her happy!



After the hunt, they brought out balls and hoola hoops so we had fun chasing her around and Dave made our sweet little girl do doggy tricks and jump through the hoop...

We finally headed home to eat lunch and take naps and then Daddy and Lucy had a date at Tower Park while I went to have the infant car seat bases installed in our cars.


Finally, Easter morning arrived and we all had to search for our baskets.  Lucy thought it was hilarious that Daddy's basket was in the dryer...and that there were beers in it!  But hers was the first one found - under a table in the basement.

And she helped us find ours before we all fully investigated the contents of our baskets.  My basket was found in the oven of her little kitchen...which also cracked her up!

 

She loved her new cape!

 

Next it was time for church

After church, we had an egg hunt out back:

Our happy girl had fun finding the eggs and taking inventory of her loot afterward.  By then it was nap time before we headed to Grandma and Troy's house.  Lucy was excited to go and was in a good mood when we left the house and in the car on the way...when we walked in, though, she was a completely different Lucy.  She was moody and rude for two thirds of our visit but finally turned her frown upside down shortly before we had to leave...ah, three year olds!  Such fun!

Next, we were off to Granny's house where she had tons of fun playing outside, finding eggs in the hunt and playing hide-and-seek with anyone who'd join her (primarily Cleo but also Brady and Charlie).

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Quick Baby #2 update:
I had my most recent appointment yesterday morning with Dr. Willett.  I was happy to hear him say there was still no change - so I have now been walking around for about two weeks at 2cm dilated and baby and I have an agreement to continue waiting for Dr. Lea to get back into town!
I've gained 3 pounds...I feel like I haven't thrown up quite as much as I did with my Lucy pregnancy, though things do still pop back up now and again (most recently, Tuesday's lunch).  
This babe is a little rude because he or she hates pizza...but I can't be too upset because he or she loves DQ so we've got that in common!
My next appointment is next Wednesday afternoon...with Dr. Lea!!!  Hooray!
We're getting a little more prepared - the swing is out of storage and set up, the car seat bases are installed in the cars and the baby room is completely set up.
Lucy had been saying she was getting a brother for over a month and I admit, she had me convinced!  I even started buying some boy clothing (though I haven't removed any tags and I still have receipts).  She must have sensed that I was believing her, though, and wanted to try to mess with me - ever since Sunday, she's been insisting she's getting a sister!  We'll know soon enough...it will certainly be one or the other!
Many people have been saying the baby looks like it has dropped within the past week or so...and I've thought this kid was sitting pretty low to begin with!