Happy Easter! We had the funnest Easter this year celebrating with our cute Makayla. Holidays are so much more fun now that we have a kid to celebrate with. Both Tyler and I said that we don't know what we ever did before we had her.
Our fun started out on Saturday when we went to the mall to visit the Easter Bunny. Makayla was really cute and even smiled and waved for the picture (in my mind she was waving).
That night we colored Easter eggs with Grandma and Grandpa Evans. Makayla even got in on the fun.
Grandpa Craig had to help her hold the egg.
But Mommy and Daddy had to color the eggs while Kaylers watched.
After coloring Easter eggs we set out Kayler's Easter basket so that the Easter Bunny would find it. I think she was a little upset that she had to go to bed...
Makayla woke us up early Sunday morning at 6. We went upstairs to wake Grandpa and Grandma up so they could help us find her Easter basket. The Easter Bunny is pretty sneeky and hid the basket in a really good place. We had to look all over. We looked in the closet...
And in the bathtub, and under the table... but no basket. :( Finally we looked behind the couch and there it was!
The Easter Bunny got Makayla some onesies, books, toys, and a movie!
We looked behind the other couch and found another present that the Easter Bunny left... another book! Makayla loved all her gifts!
Later that day we went over to Grandma and Grandpa Thomas' house for a party. All the kids were so excited to start the Easter egg hunt. They all wanted the special Golden Egg!
Makayla was having so much fun watching me pick up all the Easter eggs for her.
My mom and dad hid over 200 eggs. The kids' bags were so full, and Brayden could barely carry his basket!
All the kids went in the house to count their money from their eggs.
This year Gage found the Golden Egg that had $10 in it! Gage has a cast on because he broke his arm in two places last week. Even though he has a cast on, it hasn't stopped him one bit; he is still as active as ever!
Our family is getting so big. This is 8 out of the 10 grandkids... Brooke and Cicely weren't there with us this year. Maybe next year, right? (Lance and Heather, I hope you read this!) :)
Monday (April 25th) is my Mom's birthday. Her birthday got lost in all the festivities, but she got a special Easter/Birthday cake. Happy Birthday to the best mom ever!
After the Thomas party we headed to the Evans' party. They had their Easter egg hunt first. This Easter egg hunt cracks me up (ha ha, no pun intended) because all the adults walk around the back yard yelling everyone's names when they find a treat with their name on it.
Carson and Colton had fun running around the yard.
And Terry paused to say hi to everyone!
We had such a great Easter holiday this year! I love Easter because it means spring and summer are on the way. I can't wait!
Since April is almost over, I thought I would post some things about our cute 12 week old.
At her last doctor's appoitnment, she weighed 13.25 lbs (91%) and was 24.5 inches long (97%). Even though she is only 3 months, she is already wearing 6 month clothes!
She loves to nurse, but I have to start work this week, so we needed to get Makayla to drink out of her bottle for when she goes to day care. I had to have a stand off with her one day because she would NOT eat out of her bottle. After a really rough day, she finally got the hang of it. Now and she can switch back and forth with nursing and the bottle.
Makayla is starting to "talk" and tell stories... she cooes all the time now. Cutest thing ever!
She has figured out what her fingers and hands are. She will stare at her hands and try to "play" with her toys by hitting them. She's not great at it, but it's a start.
She still loves her swing. Somedays it's the only way I can get her to sleep.
Everyone comments on low long her eyelashes are, how chubby her cheeks are, and how defined her lips are.
She takes a bath in the big tub now instead of the sink. She still loves her bath!
The other day she fell asleep in her high chair holding her blankie
We still love to play dress up. Tyler hates it when I put the big bows in her hair, but she looks so cute!
We don't know, but we think she might be a dancer... here she is striking a pose. I didn't get it in the picture, but she was giving us jazz hands! :)
At her last Dr's appointment she had to get her immunizations. You can see her bandaids on her legs. Is it weird that we saved her first bandaid and put it in her scrapbook?
She loves to spit up all over her shirts. Every time I put her in a clean outfit, she spits up on it.
She doesn't love her binkie, but sometimes she will take it. She prefers her fist to her binkie.
She loves playing with her toys.
And even when she's giving us her grumpy face, we still love her more than anything and we can't believe how much better our lives are with her!
