Easter Babies

I just can't get enough of these Easter pictures! Alainna was so sweet and sent us the Easter outfit for Benson a few weeks ago because she forgot to send us something when he was born and felt the need to send a gift. The bow tie has little green anchors on it. Annika's dress was a gift from Papi (Costco).  They looked adorable! We got Benson some letters and numbers foam bathtub toys because the foam ones are his favorite. Annika got some Monsters Inc. socks and I finished making an "I Spy" bag for her. I got David tennis balls (tradition) and mini Rolos for us to share.

it's hard to get a picture of both of them smiling and looking at the camera!

Our handsome little guy! I took a lot of pictures because I thought I kept cutting off the top of his head. Turns out it was just the options bar hovering over the picture. I was happy to get a lot of fun pictures of both kiddos.

this boy melts my heart

You can't tell from his pictures, but this little guy had Roseola this week. He had a decent grade fever for 48 hours in the middle of the week. Then, on Saturday, he woke up with a rash. I was silly and jumped to the conclusion that it was chickenpox, which is pretty uncommon these days. I went right to walmart and bought calamine lotion and started informing people we had weekend plans with that our boy had chickenpox. I got a sub for nursery and told Kathy and Heather why we weren't going to make it for the family dinner. I called my vt partner and told her she should probably keep her baby home from church since we had been together just hours before he came down with the fever. I felt so silly and humbled that afternoon when I checked out his body and realized it didn't really resemble chickenpox anymore, and maybe never did. whoops. We weren't sure what it was, but we ruled out chickenpox. Heather was actually the one that suggested Roseola. Funny thing is that Annika had Roseola at the exact same age, 10.5 months. So, we all went to Sacrament mtg. I brought the kids home after and David stayed to teach his YM lesson. Benson took a great nap almost until David got home. Annika and I took pictures of her in her pretty dress, made green play dough and had PB and banana sandwiches outside. It was a lovely morning. We were able to go to the family dinner too. With Roseola, they are most contagious while they have the fever, and Brynlee already contracted Roseola a few months ago. Moral of the story: don't assume you know what a rash is and even if you are pretty sure, don't tell a bunch of people until you are absolutely positive. (:

our pretty girl. I love that she loves wearing "pretty dresses."

Cousins! Hayley is so sweet with these girls. And Annika and Brooklyn get along really well now. They used to fight over toys but now they are buds. A few weeks ago, we watched them walking hand in hand towards Grandma and Grandpa's front door. It was so sweet! I wish I had a picture of it.
We had a delicious Easter dinner at Glenn and Kathy's. Papi came too. Kathy planned a scavenger hunt for the kids to find the big basket of candy. They loved it! I let Annika sit around the candy basket for a few minutes before I pulled her away. She actually obeyed and understood pretty well. Maybe the part about "too much candy will make you sick" helped. She had more candy this weekend than she has ever had in a short period of time.
Next year, we will try to teach her more about our Savior and His Resurrection, and focus less on candy and gifts. I love how she is naturally drawn to things of the Gospel. It testifies to me of the pureness and truthfulness of His Gospel. Almost daily, I find her looking through the Ensigns (in her "Office"- she pulls a toy table to sit on up to the end table and flips through the Ensigns). She also loves to give "lessons" from the Ensign or Nursery manual. A common one is "Jesus made our bodies." So sweet! We worked on that lesson several months ago when she had a few incidents of drawing on her skin.