Luckiest birthday boy in the world...

Better late than never…

I thought I would post some pics from Easter weekend. Our tradition is to dye eggs on Friday, to leave out for the Easter Bunny on Friday night. That way he can come a day early (PKs usually get the raw end of the deal on holidays, so the Easter Bunny makes an exception and arrives at pastors' houses a day early, so that kids can enjoy their Easter treats without being rushed-- and also so that Sunday can be about the REAL meaning of Easter).

Moses was great with the eggs and dye this year. No repeats of two years ago. :)



Both kids thoroughly enjoyed finding their baskets filled with goodies and looking for eggs:

ZuZu had a special dress made by MaMa for Easter Sunday:

Moses' outfit was complete with hat from H&M in Manhattan:

Both kids also thoroughly enjoyed Easter breakfast at church:

And I got a 2-hour nap on Sunday afternoon. A great way to spend Easter! :)

Update on ZuZu

After a LONG day, we got home about 7:00. The short story is that the doctor is not overly concerned; he is doing some tests for celiac disease and other conditions; and we will go back for follow-up in 4 weeks.

She was such a good girl! Everything was fine as long as we were in the waiting room, and she could be a big girl:

She DID NOT like being weighed and measured, but that is not new. And she had actually gained a few ounces since the 25th!

She had to have quite a bit of blood drawn for a little one, so they numbed a number of areas on her arms and feet. While we waited for the numbing to set in, she was bandaged up. She LOVED her pink bandages!

We strolled around for a while during the interim, and she charmed everyone she came in contact with. She was quite the little favorite there today!

Then the blood. Wow. What an ordeal! She had to be held down for 25 minutes for them to get enough blood. Fortunately, Kurt stayed with her and I go to be across the room. It was heartbreaking! Look at these curls created by the tears STREAMING down her face while she was laying there:

But Mommy was able to make everything better with a surprise in the car:

So now we wait. Oh- and collect stool samples. Of course after weeks of 6-8 stools a day, she has had NOT ONE today. Of course.

And funny story for the day: I put her in just a onesie for the ride there. I've been putting her in 9-12 month clothes, even though they are a little big (I don't want to buy 6-9 month spring clothes, in the hope that MAYBE one of these days she will hit a growth spurt). I thought maybe she had lost even more weight, because the onesie today just ENGULFED her. When we got to the hospital and I changed her clothes, I noticed that the onesie was actually a 12-18 mo onesie. Oops! I felt stupid, but at least she isn't shrinking that much!