Easter Weekend

We had such a busy weekend! It did not help that Carrie had her first ear infection and was on her first antibiotics. She is on Amoxicilin which she loves because it is that yummy bubble gum medicine, but apparently a side effect can be they have trouble sleeping and that is what has happened with us! I am so spoiled because Carrie has always been such a good sleeper. I mean 12 hours easy at night and around 2 1/2 hours for nap sometimes more so when she took a 25 minute nap yesterday, I was not pleased. We had 2 things to go to in the afternoon and I thought they would be a total wash with a grumpy baby. However, just being around new toys and other kids, Carrie really hung in there! Our first thing yesterday (Saturday) was Carrie's friend Reid's first birthday party! It was an egg hunt party and it was so cute and fun! She really loved all the toys they had! Here she is giving the power wheels a go...
And here with her new friend Hunt...

Then it was the egg hunt. Carrie kind of understood it, but she was in no hurry to gather a bunch of eggs...she just wanted to get one, open it and eat it's contents. It was kind of the theme of the weekend. I think next year she may understand a little more.

Starting out...(oh and yes there are bunny ears around her neck...she 'borrowed' (stole really) her friend Anne Claire's ears)
Picking out her first egg...
Dad taking her to find more.
Yes! Goldfish!
Better stop and eat them real quick...

Ears up, more fish in...
Wondering why everyone else seems to be in a hurry...
A little yawn mid eat.
A sweaty mess chowing after the hunt.
Picnic with her buddies!
The party was so fun and she had a blast. Afterwards we stopped by a picnic/egg hunt that some of our friends were doing at the park. The egg hunt had already happened (much to Carrie's relief) but we stopped by for a few minutes just to say hi to everyone.

Carrie was so excited her friend Ella had brought balls. Here she is literally screaming "BALL!"
Does this ball have fire trucks on it?!?!? Fire trucks are her favorite thing in the world right now. Yep, balls and trucks. Apparently I have a tomboy on my hands...
We went home after just about 30 minutes to get Carrie fed, bathed and down. We figured she would be pooped, but leave it to the medicine to keep her talking in her crib until 8:15! AH!!!

Sunday morning she woke up to find that the Easter bunny had come! And brought her some fun goodies!
Then we got ready for Church and this was the only place she would let me take her picture.
After Church, we went Aunt Allison and Uncle Frank's house for lunch and an egg hunt like we do every year! We decided to give the egg hunt a 3rd shot and we got pretty much the same result. She picked them up, opened them and then wanted to eat them or play with what came inside instead of getting more eggs.
"Please." is what she is saying to Graham. She wants him to open the candy she found. Maybe next year ;).
She got a bouncy ball in one egg which was the highlight for sure!
And after 2 or 3 eggs, she picked up her basket and headed back to the patio. She had what she needed!
Or not. She was heading straight for what she really needed...some cheese straws.
She grabbed a cheese straw and hopped into the patio chairs with the adults while the kids hunted. We laughed that she just needed a Bloody Mary and she would be set. No childish events for her!
She loves Aunt Allison and Uncle Frank's house because they have 4 grandkids which means lots of toys!!! And a little rocking chair that fit her just right.


And then she saw dada...
Sweaty girl playing with her new bouncy ball.

After that, we put her down for her nap and made an executive decision to skip the Belle Meade egg hunt. She clearly was not into it and had already done 3 so we figured we would try to get a good nap out of her and spend the rest of the day at home. She actually napped which was so nice (maybe she is adjusting to the medicine which they said happens) and we just spent the afternoon in the backyard. I will say I am ready to be done with the medicine and ear infection and have my sweet baby back! It was a fun weekend, but more trying than usual :). Just another reminder of how much I need a Savior! Thank goodness Christ is Risen, He is risen indeed!