Easter (A month late)

We had a really drawn out Easter this year since I was still in the hospital on Easter Sunday.  I'm glad I took this picture below of the girls in their Easter dresses on the first day of Spring because Leevi didn't think to take one when he got them ready for church.  

As promised, the girls did get another chance to paint my belly like an Easter egg (less than 24 hours before Luke was born!!!!!!!!)  I was actually having contractions during this time...mild of course...

Hailey's design

Kailee's design

We postponed the Easter Bunny festivities since Easter Eve fell on the day that Luke was born and Leevi stayed that night at the hospital and the girls were sleeping at a friend's house.  Leevi was able to take them to church before they came up to the hospital.  He actually liked Easter Sunday better this way without the Bunny masking the true meaning of Easter. 

Luke's outfit says "My First Easter"...it was a hand me down from my neighbor and I had actually forgotten that I had packed it in the hospital bag.

Meeting their brother for the first time on Easter Sunday

His bunny tail bum

The girls dyed eggs with Leevi on the Monday after Easter before coming up to the hospital again (and YES, their hair was done before they left the house! :) Thankfully, Leevi is great at doing their hair and I didn't need to worry about that task....the outfits he let Kai walk out of the house in on a daily basis is another story!!! :) He picked his battles I suppose! :) 

A couple of days after we were home from the hospital and somewhat settled, we had Hailey write a letter to the Easter Bunny asking if he could finally come!  :)  

I didn't take any pictures of the girls looking for their baskets or hunting for the eggs that the bunny hid but here's an after picture!  (The Belle and Ariel dolls aren't from Easter but apparently important enough to be including in the photo...they were Big Sister presents from Luke)

The week before Easter our community had an Egg Hunt sponsored by PWOC.  We had no clue what to expect for a turnout and were pleasantly surprised with the amount that came.  I still have NO complaints about our tiny community!!!!!  Hailey's class drops to 8 next week!!!!!!   

I stole these from a friend on FB...guess this was Luke's first offical egg hunt! 

Kai made out being the oldest out of the 0-3yr section

Checking out the loot!