First Easter

So, how does one celebrate their very first Easter?! Well, Saturday morning, you wake up and are whisked downstairs to find a weird basket thing waiting for you. But apparently you get everything IN the basket, so who cares about the weird basket thing anyway. Then, you head next door where you watch mom and dad enjoy a delicious breakfast of monkey bread, eggs, etc. with their friends while you enjoy a good hearty bottle of formula. Then, you go outside and sit in the grass and play with weird basket thing, though you still have no idea what it actually is (although you won't complain because there were some pretty sweet bath toys and some brightly colored eggs that you loved to suck on and a fun worm that sings to you inside of that basket when you first found it earlier). You watch your friend Ryley run around finding an assortment of pretty eggs during the fun Easter egg hunt,of which she comes over and so kindly shares with you, though once again, you have no idea what to do with them! And you catch a glimpse of your horse on the other side of the fence, desperately wondering how he can get through said fence and get to those eggs.

You ignore mom while she takes 8 million pictures of you, because well, that's just a regular occurance and you're over it by now! All that fun with Ryley makes you real tired, so you come home and have a nice nap and then spend the rest of the day hanging out with mom and dad and going bowling with your aunt Annie and Brad. Who knew Easter would be so fun?!

The next morning, you wake up and come hang out in bed with mom and dad while they tell you a really neat story about Jesus and His beautiful sacrifices for us and the miracle of His resurrection. You don't want to ruin it for mom and dad, but you actually already know all of this stuff and if you could just talk a little bit more clearly, you could tell them a lot more than they are able to tell you about your good Friend. You miss Him a lot, and you realize that it is because of Him that you get to be with your mom and dad forever. That must be why they are always crying when they talk about Him! Daddy gives you a bath, which you love, as usual, and then you get all dressed up in your pretty Easter dress. Once again, you are stuck out on the grass while mom sticks that black flashing thing in your face, but hey, when you look this cute, you can't help but smile! You head out to go see your sweet baby cousin, Ella get her blessing at church, which you pleasantly approve of by blabbering loudly through the whole thing! You sure love your cousin and are pretty excited that you both got your blessings just a few weeks apart. You're pretty sure that you guys are going to be great buddies as you grow up.

Then it's back over to your friend, Ryley's house to enjoy another bottle of formula while mom and dad feast (or shall we say GORGE) themselves on delicious ham, potatoes, asparagus, fruit salad, deviled eggs, and cake with their most special friends, the Shupe's. You wonder how it is that they can consume so much food. It's probably because you don't know what you're missing! You spend the rest of the night, laughing, playing, a little sleeping, and enjoying the company of your friends and family. As you drift off to sleep that night, you think, yeah, that was a pretty good first Easter. At least that's what your mom and dad hope you think!!