Happy Easter!

The crocus pale compared to our pretty Easter Lily!

We had a wonderful day yesterday! I think Lily really enjoyed her first Easter...I know Tony and I sure did!

We started the day by going to church at the Deaf church. Lily really enjoys the service there. The entire service is very visual and Lily is fascinated by it all. There is a signing choir with a huge bass drum, drama is used to re-enact the Bible readings, and the entire service is signed. A voice interpreter is provided for those that are signing impaired ;-). There is also the added benefit that if Lily gets a little noisy...no one cares!

Even though it doesn't look like it....I did have fun!

What page did they say this song was on?

Lily got her first Easter basket and LOVED the stuffed hedgehog that was in it. What?!? Don't all little girls get stuffed hedgehogs in their Easter baskets?? Lily absolutely LOVES hedgehogs...I'm not kidding. I can explain. When we came home from China Clare, Ryan's girlfriend, gave Lily a wonderful selection of board books. One of those books was The Mitten by Jan Brett. That is absolutely one of Lily's favorite books. Lily loves when we read it and likes to tell me what animal is about to squeeze into the mitten next. Lily also loves Jan Brett's book, The Hat. The main character in that book is Hedgie the hedgehog. So anyway, now that I've needlessly defended my daughter's love of these spiny little mammals...a few weeks ago we were in Border's Bookstore and Lily spotted a stuffed hedgehog and squealed at the top of her lungs...HEDGEHOG...that's when I knew exactly what to get her for Easter! The hedgehog is so cute and is actually a hand puppet. Lily has hardly put the thing down since yesterday!

The heck with candy...give me hedgehogs!

I just love Hedgie!

Happy Easter Nai Nai! Thanks for the bunny!

We spent the afternoon at Patti's with all the family and had a great time! Lily got to participate in her first Easter egg hunt. Lily didn't care too much about finding any eggs but she sure enjoyed running around outside! Don't tell the other cousins but Lily had a little help from her uncle finding the actual eggs and really cleaned house. A few more Easter egg hunts like that and Tony and I wont have to worry about saving for Lily's college education!

And she's off....

Is this what all the fuss is about?

Mary Beth bought Lily the beautiful ivory Easter dress with small lavender flowers on it. Honestly, she looked absolutely priceless. The pictures don't do it justice! Nai Nai bought Lily the sweet pink Easter dress complete with hat and purse. Lily really thought she was 'all that' in it! I had so much fun dressing Lily in her different outfits and she was such a good sport about it! Between her "church dress", her "play dress", and then the switch to pj's for the ride home from Aunt Patti's...Lily had more wardrobe changes yesterday then Cher does during one of her concerts!