We had a wonderful Easter weekend. It started Thursday evening with a
visit to the Lake Jackson Easter Egg Hunt. I was a little nervous as I
drove in with the massive amount of cars and people. Thankfully, they
had different areas for each age range. There was an area for
non-walkers so Ashton fit right in. She enjoyed people watching as she
sat on the grass with her bunny ears on. Her picture even ended up in
the newspaper the next day.
People watching like normal.
The "Easter Bunny" was just the Chick-Fil-A cow dressed up. I was disappointed.
They
got our town wrong but I was still so excited to have her picture in
the newspaper! We went to the gas station and bought one as soon as we
found out.
This is Ashton's Easter dress from Grandma Wilcox. Ashton loved trying to eat the flowers on it.
Friday morning, we left for Austin to visit family. We had a wonderful weekend there, full of good food and lots of smiles and laughter. Ashton enjoyed seeing her cousins again. I see a great friendship forming between Ashton and her cousin, Ollie who is 9 months older. It's fun to see Ashton with other babies. In our ward, she is the only baby right now. At the ward we visited, there are tons of babies so it was neat to see Ashton interact with them and try to be possessive about her toys.
Easter egg cake
The way back from Austin was long. Traffic was bad so the four hour drive became a five hour drive. Ashton did pretty well, which surprised me. All in all, I would say Ashton's first Easter was quite a success.
I love when something turns out better than you thought it would. Here's my moment this week when that happened.
Since we bought our house, I've wanted to make some wreaths for our front door. Our Christmas wreath currently is a pathetic green wreath with nothing on it. It's been that way for a few years. This year, I am getting wreaths done. It's my goal.
So I made a spring wreath. I found the idea on Pinterest.
Finished product
Made by hot glueing gumballs to a styrofoam wreath
Lots of gumballs and lots of hot glue. Then I spray painted it and added the finishing touches
I probably wouldn't recommend this wreath to others. While I like how it looks, it is pretty heavy. Also, in case you're wondering, gumballs are pricier than I wanted. And I bought some, thinking that would be enough. But it wasn't. So I had to buy more, which made me upset about it. But once I started, I had to finish. Spray painting it was trickier because of all the surfaces and crevices to get. However, I think it looks pretty and makes me think of spring even though the weather is not very spring-y right now.
Clothing Size: 6-9 months for shirts/onesies and still 3-6 month for pants. I have short legs and a long torso.
Special Outings: I had lots of special outings this past month! We went to Wisconsin and had lots of excursions there. It was a blast! Mom, Dad, and I also went on a picnic at a park near our house.
Firsts: First time eating solids. This went over pretty well except I don't like carrots. I love applesauce, sweet potatoes, and squash. Rice cereal is okay. Also, I really like feeding myself. I help Mom hold the spoon and then squish the food into my mouth. My first injury has occurred. Somehow, I scratched my ear and it started bleeding. I'm strong and survived the experience. Also, I can get up on all fours now but then don't know what to do.
Likes: Eating paper to the point that I bite off a corner and almost choke on it in the middle of Wal-mart (I sure scared Mom and the nice Wal-mart lady who saw Mom doing the blind sweep several times), eating yummy foods, rolling around on the floor, trying to crawl, looking at mirrors, sucking on my water bottle, being tickled and laughing, Daddy coming home, my nightly baths, walks around the neighborhood, eating grass, playing with Mom's hair
Dislikes: Parents trying to take matters in their own hands and rush me into doing something a certain way, sitting on my own, no swaddle, rolling onto my tummy, weed whackers and lawn mowers
Any big changes: NO SWADDLE! Finally, we sleep without being wrapped up. I managed to roll over while completely wrapped up so we went cold turkey. I wake up twice a night now instead of once a night and naps involve more tears than normal. Other than that, I'm doing okay. Mom, on the other hand, is pretty tired.
Biggest Lessons Learned: Children are a blessing from God. I knew this before but this past month has been so joyful in our home. Ashton is very happy as long as she's fed and she sleeps enough. Her smiles make us smile and laugh so much. We're grateful for the blessing God has given our family.
Monthly Pictures:
Common expression after I try to feed her.
Hanging with Dad
I found this thing on sale at a consignment store so finally got her one. It took her a while to warm up to it but now she loves it. And I love that I can switch loads of laundry or put dishes away.
Self-portrait attempt
Scratch on her ear
Loves her water bottle
Playing outside one evening
Trying to eat grass
She'll bring her knees up but then drop her head so crawling is tricky. She scoots around for now.
Having a blast at our picnic
Monthly Video: This is normally what meals look like. She's always apprehensive about taking solids. Once you get her going, then she'll enjoy it.
What the next month should bring: Celebrating Easter, meeting the Easter bunny, and visiting family in Austin again
