Wednesday, April 7

13 gazillion eggggggs!

Do you have any idea how much fun a girl can have with a few eggs?!? I am telling ya - they're more than breakfast food peeps! Our EGGstravagant Easter weekend began Friday night when our family colored about 5 dozen beauties at our house. I had a BLAST using the different dyes and crayons and markers and paint and stickers.... oh, yeah - I created some eggs that were definitely too pretty to make into any deviled delights!!

On Saturday morning... much our surprise, the good 'ole Easter Bunny had visited our house. When I woke up, there was a trail of eggs that began at the door to my room & led all the way down the stairs & into the living room, where a big basket of goodies was waiting for Ardynn and me. What a good guy that bunny is, because not only did he leave us some way cool stuff, but he also hid a big bundle of eggs in our back yard. After a little breakfast, it was all the adults could do to keep me from busting out the back door. I hunted relentlessly until I'd picked up every last egg that bunny left. I'll give you 3 guesses as to what all of the plastic eggs had in them....... that's right - CANDY!!! (and a few with fruit rollups, goldfish, and fruit snacks, too - just in case I get tired of the candy... haha - never.) And don't you worry.... since Ardynn is still too itty bitty to search for herself, I made sure that she had a few eggs in her basket, too ;o). On Saturday afternoon, we went out the Great Uncle Ray & Aunt Joyce's house for another Easter celebration. There were tons of good family and friends... I had a blast playing with all of the kiddos and Ardynn was very, very, very well loved on by all of the people there, too.
Sunday was a special day... we woke up and got all dolled up in our new blue dresses that mommy picked out for us and headed to church to celebrate a most blessed day. After church, we took a few photos at Popi & Gingi's house before heading to Abilene to celebrate with..... you guessed it..... more EGG hunting! Gingi's family lives in Abilene and every year they have a rather large Easter celebration at Great Grandma & Grandpa Jacques's house. Because we've lived in Tennessee during every Easter since I've been around, I had not been able to experience the madness in Abilene before, but I certainly made up for it this year. I hunted candy & eggs until my little legs could hardly carry me any more & picked up enough candy to rot out every last tooth in my head. Aaahhh... it was great! Once again... Ardynn enjoyed all of the attention & love (that baby better be glad that I'm willing to share the spotlight... hehehe!)

What a fantastic Easter we had... God gave us some beautiful weather & we were able to enjoy a blessed weekend with all of our wonderful family & friends... hope you did the same!

coloring Easter eggs with the family...



Easter Bunny Goodies....


egg hunt in my backyard...

my masterpieces...

Easter Sunday (after church)...

egg hunt in Abilene...
above... Bebay got me with a confetti egg... I was not so amused ;o)

Wednesday, March 31

visitors, doctors, & eggs... oh my!

Over the last couple of weeks, we've been lucky enough to rake in the visitors around these parts... most of whom came to see my new precious baby sister (and me, too... without a doubt.. hehehe!) Great-Grandma & Grandpa Jacques came down with Aunt Sylvia from Abilene. Uncle Bryan & Caroline brought Great-Grandma Susie from Austin last weekend. While they were in town, we got to celebrate Uncle Bryan's birthday with "birtay cake" (birthday cake).... yahoo - my favorite meal ever ;o). This week, we got a visit from some of mommy's best friends... Sarah & Jana. Us girls had a blast visiting & playing with my boy-toy remote controlled hot rod... you'll see the funny photos below. I have to say - the girls might not have been quite as skilled at maneuvering me around as daddy & DooDah are.

Mommy took Ardynn to the doctor last week for her 2 week check-up. She was back up to her birth weight (plus an ounce for good measure)... 6 lbs 12 oz. The nurse said she was a whopping 19 inches, which would mean she shrunk a quarter of an inch since she was born (poor kid).. hehehe! Dr. P gave her a score of 100% perfecto. I'm not surprised... after all - Like big-sister, like little-sister ;o) The little bean is doing pretty darn good... she eats an awful lot... seems like she's always getting another meal or snack... she better watch her figure! Mommy says she's sleeping as well as can be expected at night... waking up around 2am and again around 5.30am to eat. I'll have to teach her how important her beauty sleep is at some point, but for now - I suppose she's not shabby at bein' a baby!

My favoritest part of this week was Monday at Kids' Day Out... we had an Easter Egg Hunt and holy moly - it was super crazy fun! I found a whopping 14 eggs & they were filled with all kinds of "tandy" (candy) and treats. I came home from school & spent the whole day counting & separating & assembling & hiding & finding my eggs and candy... I even insisted on taking my eggs to the bathtub with me that night. After my little practice run, I am pretty pumped about the festivities this weekend... if Ardynn is lucky, I might let her find one egg! Hope your Easter is super HOPPY!