Crawling!

Vivian can crawl! Thursday she started rocking on her knees. Then Friday she moved her knee forward a couple of different times and even once moved both knees. Then Saturday she took three steps at a time and here is a video of her yesterday. I am so excited! Finally I have a baby that crawls! Cecilia never did because of the cast. She did a bum scoot then walked. I've been looking forward to this day for years! Remind me of this in a few months when I'm sick of chasing her around. Now I have to go finish baby proofing my house :)

Happy Easter!

I hope you all had a nice Easter. Ours was a whole week of events. Cecilia has been really excited about Easter this year. I think it has a lot to do with her personality and partly to do with spring coming
and partly because her birthday is close to Easter (last year it was on it and this year it is more than a week different, but still close). I also enjoy Easter and Easter egg hunts. So a few weeks ago when Cecilia asked me for the millionth time when Easter was coming I asked her if she wanted a birthday party or an Easter egg hunt with her friends she immediately said Easter egg hunt. So last Thursday we
had over a few friends and had a great party. Cecilia and I filled 100 eggs the day before and we dyed real eggs with Shaun on Tuesday. It was a lot of fun getting ready. Then I hid the eggs all over the yard
Wednesday night after Cecilia went to bed. I mostly did it then so she wouldn't have to stay inside while I did it in the morning but once Cecilia noticed them in the yard she screamed "THE EASTER BUNNY CAME!" About 15 times in a row jumping up and down. I certainly didn't mean for her to think the Easter bunny did it, especially since she helped me fill them, but who am I to ruin her fun? If she didn't think it through then I'm certainly not going to crush her. So the Easter bunny hid the eggs. I wasn't feeling super great that day with a cold that wouldn't budge, but seeing her so excited made it worth the effort. Once the friends came we colored chicks and bunnies until everyone was here then we rushed outside to do the hunt. And hunt they did. Cecilia and Danica took at least three more trips around the yard looking for more eggs after they were all found. Fun was had by all. After the hunt we made egg salad sandwiches and peanut butter and jam sandwiches and veggies and fruit for lunch and played outside until everyone had to go home. The weather was gorgeous, and after this long cold winter was SO welcome to sit and play outside. After everyone left Cecilia asked me "how much longer until Easter again?" I told her it wasn't even over yet! Saturday we drove around town chasing after Easter egg hunts. The community ones are crazy as you may remember from last year. So we weren't too broken up about missing the whistle where the kids run out on a field and fight over a few eggs. Cecilia got to see the Caffee's and the Easter bunny and Madeline was nice enough to share one of the three eggs she got with Cecilia. The Easter bunny visited our house again on Sunday with a few eggs for each Vivian and Cecilia and a basket of toys. All in all it was a fun action packed Easter week. Topped off by new Easter dresses for church.