Today was a fun, but busy day. We started off the morning with a baby shower for Maggie and Baby G. I was going to ask my mom to keep Ansley since Mitch had to work, but I decided to take Ansley to the shower. Even though she missed her morning nap, I thought she did really great. She was definitely on the go the whole time, but she was really sweet and made herself right at home! I tried to snap a few pictures of her this morning, but she would not take her paci out! I managed to convince her to take it out for a quick snap, but it went right back in!
After the shower (and a long nap), Ansley and I headed to my parent's church. We missed the Easter Egg Hunt at our church, but we were able to go to my parent's church for theirs. They did an afternoon hunt with a bring your own picnic snack afterwards. My dad's family joined in on the fun. Last year Ansley was only 5 months old and had no clue what Easter Egg Hunting was all about, but this year she understood a little better. She quickly realized that the eggs were filled with surprises. She was so cute in walking around, grabbing an egg, shaking it, and either opening it or putting it back. She also only went to the really special eggs. She knew exactly what she was looking for! Here are a few pics from the egg hunt.
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| Family pictures are harder to take with this squirmy girl. |
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| Asher and Layla giving each other love. |
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| It was impossible to get Ansley and Asher to look at the camera at the same time. I was doing good to get him to stand next to her! |
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| Checking out her goodies. |
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| Shaking the egg to see if something special was inside. |
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| Sweet Gavin found a little surprise. |
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| AG was not in the mood for posing. |
The Easter Bunny stopped by and dropped off a few goodies. Ansley has a new personalized step stool for her bathroom and a few goodies to play with.
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| The picture makes it look blue, but it's really purple. I made this on my new machine. I was pretty proud of my efforts. :) |
Although Easter Egg Hunting and the Easter Bunny are both fun parts of Easter, I am thankful that we have a TRUE reason to celebrate. Thank you Lord for your ultimate sacrifice and resurrection. Thank you for your forgiveness, mercy and grace. One of my favorite songs to listen to that reminds me of what Jesus did for us is Casting Crowns' song,
Living He Loved Me. Here are the lyrics below. I hope everyone has a wonderful Easter. I'll post more pictures of our Easter celebration after tomorrow.
One day when Heaven was filled with His praises
One day when sin was as black as could be
Jesus came forth to be born of a virgin
Dwelt among men, my example is He
Word became flesh and the light shined among us
His glory revealed
Living, He loved me
Dying, He saved me
Buried, He carried my sins far away
Rising, He justified freely forever
One day He's coming
Oh glorious day, oh glorious day
One day they led Him up Calvary's mountain
One day they nailed Him to die on a tree
Suffering anguish, despised and rejected
Bearing our sins, my Redeemer is He
Hands that healed nations, stretched out on a tree
And took the nails for me
One day the grave could conceal Him no longer
One day the stone rolled away from the door
Then He arose, over death He had conquered
Now He's ascended, my Lord evermore
Death could not hold Him, the grave could not keep Him
From rising again
One day the trumpet will sound for His coming
One day the skies with His glories will shine
Wonderful day, my Beloved One, bringing
My Savior, Jesus, is mine
Oh, glorious day
