We had the best Easter weekend! On Friday night, we took Henry and Elle to see the Easter bunny at Bass Pro Shop. We were a little worried about how they would be on the Easter bunny's lap, but both kiddos did awesome! We got the cutest pictures.
We took Henry to an Easter egg hunt on Saturday. The place was packed! Henry played on the playground before he started the egg hunt. He loved running around with the other kids. Henry did a great job collecting Easter eggs and putting them in his bucket. I had to curb my competitive spirit and not take over. :) We had such a fun day!
On Easter Sunday, Henry woke up and opened the presents in his Easter basket. He then collected eggs that were spread out all over our living room. We went to church, then to the Voss family Easter at Aunt Darcy's house, and then to the Mulligan family Easter at mom and dad's. Henry was such a good boy in church and looked adorable in his Easter suit. He had so much fun playing with his cousins, Mika and Samara, at the Voss family Easter. When we got to mom and dad's, there were Easter eggs all throughout the house and on the deck. Henry immediately ran to a bouncy Jake and the Neverland Pirates ball that Katie, Eric, and Elle had brought him. Henry loved all of his Easter presents, especially his new chairs and fishing pole. He was so funny going through his Easter basket because he would grab the fake grass and throw it. It was like he didn't want it cluttering up his Easter basket. :) He ate a ton of m&ms and reese's pieces and started acting really goofy. Everyone was laughing at the show our little boy was putting on. He did not sleep the greatest that night when we got back home. I am thinking he might have had a tummy ache. :( I stayed home with him on Monday to make sure that he was ok and to feed him lots of fruits and veggies to make up for the all the candy he had the day before. :) We had a fun day at home together.
After a wonderful Easter, we went back to unpacking and settling into our new house. We LOVE it!!! Henry loves looking out the window for geese and ducks on the pond. We took him out to feed the geese one day, and he had a blast! Henry is loving this nice weather and will cry to go outside. I told Nick that we need a fence and a swing set ASAP. Luckily, it is a short walk through the neighborhood to the park at the elementary school. We have already taken Henry up there several times. He loves running around on the playground. It is so cute to watch! I, of course, am running around on the playground with Henry and holding on to the back of his shirt half of the time to make sure that he doesn't fall or jump off. Nick always jokes that I am a tad bit overprotective. :) I think he may be right!
This past week, we have been working on transitioning Henry back into
his crib. After staying in the same room as his mommy for 2 months
while we lived at mom and dad's house, Henry has gotten used to sleeping
in the same bed as his mommy and daddy. I was so nervous about putting
him back in his crib and having him cry it out. I put a teddy bear in
his crib with him because he loves touching my hair when he is trying to
go to sleep. It broke my heart to watch him petting his teddy bear on
the first night in his own bed. He has done wonderfully this past week
and is now sleeping through the night in his crib. I have to admit,
this hasn't been as hard as I thought it would be. Nick said it best
when he said that he thinks this was harder on me than on Henry.
Henry is doing so many funny and cute things! He loves wearing his sunglasses and still loves being read to. He will even sit and look at books by himself sometimes, although not for very long. ;) He has gotten into the habit of trying to hide his diapers from grandma by stuffing them into the chair cushion at her house. For some reason, he does not like for you to change his diaper and will usually kick and scream. He loves getting into Oscar's water bowl and will dump it out whenever he gets a chance. This is why you will often see Oscar's food and water bowls sitting on top of our kitchen counters. Henry also likes to get into Oscar's food and dump handfuls onto the floor for Oscar whenever we accidentally leave the pantry door open. He just loves his puppy dog! Henry's other best buddy is his cousin, Elle Belle! He loves that little girl to pieces (don't we all!) He will go up to Elle and talk to her in the cutest baby voice, and he gives her more kisses than anyone else. They are so cute together!
