The Easter Bunny

I love all the firsts that happen after a baby comes along.  Some are simple, some are huge milestones, and some are all about the parents.  Visiting the Easter bunny is all me.  I know this.  But it's something that is important to me.

Lily isn't one who loves anything in a character costume right now, so we talked it up with her, but knew only getting a Violet picture was entirely possible.

While we waited in line, Lily and Daddy had a snack and walked around a little bit to keep her occupied until it was our turn.  

Our wait wasn't too terribly long, thankfully! We had Violet up first and we got her to smile right away for a quick, easy picture. Perfect for her 1st Easter!  

Next it was time to add Lily. She was not excited. At all.  

I asked her to sit right next to Violet and told her she didn't even have to touch the bunny. She was agreeable to that.  She made certain to keep her hands in her lap, so she wasn't even slightly touching the bunny haha! 

I asked Lily to smile and she said through clenched teeth, "I am."   She's the best! hahahhaha

My only complaint  about it was that since the bunny was in the sun of skylights, they had a helper holding a big piece of cardboard up to block the sun and you can see it in the pictures even though they brightened everything before they printed.  All the ones I took with my own camera are terribly shadowed and have to have a ton of editing to even see the girls. Not a fan. 

I love to see side-by-sides of my girls, so here's one of both girls' first Easter bunny visits. Same bunny, same dress, same hairbow.  Lily was almost 9 months and Violet almost 6 months.

After the bunny, we tried to make it to another egg hunt with Stef's and Tracy's families, but it was over when we got there.  It wasn't a wasted trip though because anytime hanging out with our friends is a good time!  We stayed at the park for quite awhile and the kids played.  I think we were all so excited about having a sunny, warm day after being cooped up so long in the winter and a perfect addition in our Easter celebrations this year. 

I snapped a quick picture with Violet with the park Easter bunny too. :)

I love these kids! 

party of four  ♥

{Daddy promised Lily that pink sparkly Pirates hat if she'd sit with the Easter bunny at the mall after she saw it.  She did her part and he did his.}

Easter Sunday ~ Violet's 1st Easter

This year for Easter, we spent the morning at home, George's parents came over for breakfast, and then we went to one of our best friends' house for Easter dinner. This was new for this year for all of us and it couldn't have turned out better!

Lily woke up first after Violet had gone back to sleep when she was through nursing early morning.  Lily came running in our bedroom holding a pair of bunny glasses that were in Violet's Easter basket.

Andrew got up and it took him a little while to find his basket.  The Easter Bunny still hides them, no matter how old you are.  Lily looked all over and still couldn't find hers and finally sat down on the couch, crying, saying, "The Easter Bunny came in to our house and took my basket!"   I asked her where she always hides when she plays hide and seek and off she went...there it was!

Aunt Pam the Great sent the kids an Easter treat from the Popcorn Factory--they look forward to it every year! Andrew and Lily decided that since it was Violet's first Easter, she should get the little stuffed chick inside.  Sweet kids.

Violet loved her new o-ball the Easter bunny brought!

Andrew's favorite chocolate bunny ever!

Violet sat on the table in her bumbo while we had breakfast. It took her a little bit to get used to George's mom without crying. 6 months was tough for her in that.  She actually started that stranger awareness around 4 months, but it was full on by 6 months for sure.  Eventually, Violet was ok and able to sit with his mom after Daddy held her while sitting next to her first.

Nothing like having a billion things crammed in before Easter and having to dye eggs on Easter morning. ;)  Lily loved doing this, so I'm glad we fit it in anyway! I love hardboiled eggs, so I didn't mind having them either.

Clearly, the 10 year old is the one who needs help. *eyeroll* {I don't have any other pictures of Reagan dyeing them without help.} 

Trying to get a picture of my husband's parents with their grandchildren was entertaining to say the least.  When I got the girls to cooperate, his parents were looking randomly wherever.  Lily finally had enough. 

George's parents left soon after and we got ready to go to some of our best friends' house for supper.  This was their first year hosting at their house and we're so happy they included us!  We are so blessed that we have great friends with great kids and everyone gets along.  The adults sat at the table and ate together {we had the babies, of course} while the kids ate in the livingroom.  It was nice to sit as couples and have conversation while we ate!  

More friends came by after their respective family suppers to join us all for dessert which rounded out a wonderful day!  

Between Stef and I, we surprisingly didn't take many pictures that day.  The Lilys had little balls of styrofoam  ALL over them from something they got into and Stef had to vacuum them off...no picture, but I certainly don't want to forget it! We were cracking up!  The kids played outside for awhile and the husbands retreated to the man cave.

We did manage to get a picture of our family that day.  The very first one with all 6 of us. 

Stef and I finally took some pictures of Liam and Violet in their matching bunny jammies which turned out pretty hilarious in the way they kept rolling and grabbing.  She has a whole post of just these you can see here: Baby Bunnies  I love that these babies share all their firsts!  Happy 1st Easter to them!

It was a wonderful Easter and we can't wait to do it again next year!