Easter 2008

We had a great Easter! Sure, this is earliest Easter in nearly a century, and we received nine inches of snow in the last few days, but it was still a great time to celebrate Easter. Everyone, including Mom, was in a good mood this morning even with Grant waking up this morning at 5:30 after going to bed last night around 10:30. Knowing that the late service at church would be a lot busier than the earlier services, we quickly got ready for church. Unfortunately, as we got dressed for church, we were unable to find Grant's new Easter outfit. We ended up dressing him in one of our favorite outfits, the fox outfit, before heading out. Here are a couple shots of Grant and me right before leaving for church:

After church, the three of us ran into Dunn Bros Coffee. While Grant slept in his detachable car seat, Angela and I munched on a scone and sipped our lattes. Right after Angela and I finished our drinks, Grant was jolted awake by the sharp sounds of trumpets from the piped-in jazz music. We knew that it was time to leave.

We got home a little after noon. Mom had picked up some baby food at the store yesterday, and seeing that Grant was hungry after the car ride, we prepared a tasty lunch: organic peas. This was actually the first time that we fed Grant something other than milk and rice cereal. As you can see, the results were mixed:

Grant was a trooper and managed to swallow most of the peas that we fed him. The peas must have really energized Grant because he was extremely active this afternoon! In the last few days, Grant has started jumping up and down on our lap, doing leg exercises similar to deep-knee bends. With each jump in our laps, we would encourage Grant by saying "Jump, jump!" and laugh along with Grant. To our surprise, this afternoon Grant finally figured out that the bouncer, not just our laps, would be good for jumping. Quickly, we busted out the camera, switched the camera to video mode, and captured the two videos below. Angela and I are cracking up in the background, with Grant giggling as well. It was so much fun to see Grant's joy.

Video 1:

Video 2:

Well, we are nearing the end of nap time, so this will be it for today. Hopefully everyone had a great Easter!

Note: This is our very first post to the blog, but we are planning to add new posts weekly and to retroactively add posts dating back to October 1, 2007. Given that Little Buddy keeps us pretty busy these days, it may take a while to fully update the blog. Be sure to bookmark our blog and look for updates!