I thought I would catch up before tomorrow, Easter Sunday! I know we will have lots of fun pics to share since my whole family will be at my Aunt Donna's. We've enjoyed this weekend greatly for many reasons. First, I believe my babies are finally getting better. Two Wednesdays ago, our babysitter called Todd to come get Chloe who was running a fever of 101. By that evening she was coughing like a seal! By the next morning Cooper had joined in on the fun. Both went to the doctor and received the shot for the croup. Typically, the shot helps pretty quickly and we are back to normal in 24 hours. That wasn't the case this time. Chloe's cough lingered, she ran a slight fever and had no appetite until the following Monday (6 days). Cooper had all the same symptoms but on a worse scale. His fever spiked at 103 and hung around 101 until that following Wednesday(8 days). He also threw up mucus every morning and afternoon. He wouldn't eat or drink and he slept on and off all day and night. When he was awake he just wanted to be held. It was terrible. To make things harder, Todd had to go out of town on Monday. I stayed with them Monday and Tuesday. My Mom stayed with them on Wednesday and they were finally able to return to Shelley on Thursday. Oh my, it was a rough week!
On Thursday, Dad returned and we were all so eager to get out and enjoy the weather after our week of staying inside. Being out made me so happy that I let them play in the restaurant's sandbox. This is saying alot for me since back in my college days I had to clean out the sand box of this resaurant when I worked there! Let's just hope that job duty is still on the board for the wait staff! We all enjoyed it and it was a great way to start our Easter weekend!
We went to my mom's church today for their Easter festivities. The day began with taking pictures with the Easter bunny...
No wonder they are scared of the Easter bunny!
The church hosted a Easter egg hunt (more like Easter egg grab). It was the babies very first Easter egg hunt so we were excited to see if they would participate.
Do you see how many people are ready for the guy to yell, "GO?"
At one point, I lost them in the crowd. Here's Cooper looking around.
He looks like he's thinking "What's all this about?"
Big Sis helping Chloe...
He's catching on...
All done! It ended in what felt like 5 seconds. So many people!
We decided they needed to practice more with the egg hunt. When we got back to my mom's house we tried it again. I think they will be ready for the family one tomorrow for sure!
Nana playing Peek-A-Boo with Cooper!
Chloe looking ever so adorable in front of Ms. Jocelyn's azaleas! Ms. Jocelyn has been my Mom's neighbor since I was four years old. Her azaleas have been the backdrop to MANY Easter pictures over the years!
We've had a wonderful Good Friday and Saturday and cannot wait until tomorrow. I've gotten some great one-on-one time with Madison. We went to see the Miley Cyrus movie,
Last Song, and balled our eyes out together. We liked the movie but cried throughout at least half the movie. Today we went to get manicures, pedictures and waxing done. Dad grilled us some scrumptious steaks and the babies allowed us to have a nice dinner together. Easter is my favorite holiday. I always feel so happy on this holiday weekend. It's a reminder of how so much we are loved by our Heavenly Father and how blessed we are to have family to share it with. How can you NOT enjoy this weekend? Until tomorrow...
So fun Miranda! I hope you had a great Easter with your family!!
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