Easter 2012

We had a lot of fun this Easter. Evan started his celebration at preschool with singing, a special snack, and an Easter egg hunt. Grammy got to attend the celebration, as well as Aunt Heather. Everyone said that Evan had lots of fun. On Saturday we ate breakfast with the Easter Bunny and had an Easter egg hunt at Hunting Creek. The biggest celebration was on Sunday. Evan got his Easter basket and had one final Easter egg hunt on Sunday morning. We also went to church and then had dinner and more Easter fun with Grammy and Granddaddy. It was a busy day, but we had a great time!

Evan had fun showing off his special hat that he wore at his preschool celebration.

Breakfast with the Easter Bunny was a lot of fun. Evan liked eating pancakes and seeing the Easter Bunny.

Evan and the other children his age raced to find the eggs that were hidden.

Evan showed off the eggs that he found. He was VERY proud!

The Easter Bunny knows Evan well. Evan had lots of Star Wars items in his basket!

Evan found LOTS of eggs on Easter morning!

Easter Sunday was kind of warm and Evan REALLY wanted to go swimming. Since we couldn't do that, we let him play in the hose and sprinkler. He had a blast!

After dinner we placed flowers at the cemetery and then fed the fish in the pond. The kids probably thought that feeding the fish was one of the best parts of the day. They were really excited!

Evan and Granddaddy always have fun together. Of course, Easter was no exception!

Crazy Contractions

I started having contractions last Thursday afternoon while I was at school. At first it wasn't much of a big deal. The contractions were short, irregular and not painful. As time passed, the contractions got close together, longer and were painful. Additionally, I was having constant pain in my lower abdomen. After talking with Bill, we decided we needed to go to the hospital to make sure everything was o.k.

When we arrived I started feeling a bit better, but I was still having contractions. I was hooked up to the monitor, which showed that I was contracting every two minutes. Thankfully, I was not showing any other signs of labor and the medicine that they gave me stopped the contractions. I was VERY relieved. After an ultrasound and some additional monitoring, we were sent home later that night. I was VERY relieved that Preston was not making his appearance at only 35 weeks!

My Contractions

I was very happy to have the contractions stop and get to go home!

Evan's Gymnastics Show

Evan has taken gymnastics at preschool since last fall. He absolutely loves it and looks forward to going each week. This past Tuesday they had their last class and family members were invited to come and watch the kids show off their new skills. Aunt Heather went to watch Evan and Caleb's "Gymnastics Show." She said both boys had a blast. The best part of the day for Evan was that he got a "golden trophy" for his skills!

I just love both of these pictures! I am so grateful that Aunt Heather was able to take them for us, so we could see how excited the boys were!

Evan was THRILLED to receive his "golden trophy."

Evan and Caleb were both VERY proud of themselves and very happy to receive trophies.

GO CARDS!

Our U of L Cardinals made it to the Final Four of The NCAA Tournament this year. We are SO proud of them! It has been a lot of fun to cheer for them as they worked to win The Big East Tournament and then advanced through the NCAA Tournament. Sadly, they did not make it to the final game, but we are still happy to have had such a great end of the season.