Happy 1st Easter!!!

Wow...what a weekend we had!!!!  Caitlin had her 1st Easter, and we celebrated our 6th anniversary!!!!!

Saturday was our 6th anniversary!!!!  We can't believe how fast 6 years went!!!!  It seems like just yesterday we were on the Odyssey having a wonderful reception.  The girls spent the night at my parents on Friday (Thank you so much mom and dad) and had a wonderful time going to the park and having ice cream sundaes!!!!  We were able to get away for a night.  We stayed at a fancy hotel in the city and went to our favorite steak place (Saloon).  Then, we went out for drinks at an amazing roof bar in the city (Roof) and then to a fun bar where we had a tap at our table (Bull and Bear).  Our closest friends, Bill and Katie, met us out for drinks to celebrate the big night.  Then, the next morning we even got to go from a quick run in the city (the weather was cold and rainy so we called it quits early), enjoy coffee together just talking, and ran some errands before returning to the girls.  It has been an amazing 6 years...6 years ago I never could have predicted how lucky we would be in life with 2 beautiful daughters!

Also on Friday, the girls and I went over to Cosley just to enjoy the weather.  But while we were there, we got to see a baby sheep that had just been born that day...it was pretty cool!!!!

Abigail gearing up for the big opening day today...Go Cubs Go!

New baby with her mama!!!!!  Just born!!!!!

Sunday was Easter.  We have been talking about Easter for weeks now and Abigail was so excited.  However, she was sick on Saturday with a fever, and unfortunately spent part of the night throwing up...so we weren't sure what to expect.   She was definitely under the weather, but sucked it up and enjoyed the day!

The Easter Bunny visited our house!!!!

Abigail with one of her gifts from the Easter bunny...and zhu zhu pet!  She also got the Cinderella movie and book..and a hamster wheel for her zhu zhu pet.

Happy 1st Easter, Baby!!!!!!!  It was Caitlin's 1st Easter...and today I was thinking how next year she'll be walking at Easter, so crazy!  She got this cute bunny blanket...and the Lion King movie and a duck book.

Abigail did the leg work and found all the eggs that the Easter Bunny hid.  There was money in the eggs (no candy in our family yet...but there were some graham crackers in some eggs).

Abigail enjoyed putting the money from the eggs in her bank.   It was so cute because she put 1 in her bank, and then 1 in Caitlin's (somehow Caitlin got most of the pennies and Abigail got most of the quarters...smart girl).

After a quick visit to Great-Grandma's place, we went to my mom's for brunch.  The brunch was delicious.  And the girls got big baskets full of presents from Grandma and Grandpa, Aunt Julie and Uncle Joe, and Aunt Katie....they got so many presents!!!!  Thank you so much for all their gifts!!!!!  Abigail also went on a major egg hunt there and found 18 eggs!!!!

Grandma with Caitlin on her 1st Easter.

Grandpa with Abigail....probably singing "Go Cubs Go" since they have been practicing it!

Aunt Julie, Uncle Joe, and Caitlin's 1st Easter!!!!!

Caitlin and her godmother, Aunt Katie!

After a great brunch at my mom and dad's, we headed over to Rob's grandma's house for Easter, part 2.  It was a great meal with homemade Raviolis....and great family!!!!!  Thanks Great Nani and Papa for a beautiful Easter dinner!!!!  We had a such a nice time...but also missed Aunt Jam and Uncle Al who spent Easter in Florida this year.  We hope they had a nice, warm Easter...and can't wait to see them in Bass Lake soon!!!!

Great Nani, Caitlin, Abigail, Auntie Brina, and Nana.  The girls were just hanging out after dinner.

Look at the cute lamb cake Nana made!!!!  And it was delicious.  Abigail and Auntie Brina are posing with the cake!  Great job, nana!!!!  I don't have a picture of it, but Auntie Brina gave Caitlin her first taste of Jello...and apparently she liked it!  You never know what the kids will eat when they are with Auntie Brina!  ;)  The girls LOVE her!!!!!!!

The girls spending time with Cousin Kim!  It was great to spend time with Kim, Steve, and their boys Nick and Joe.  We can't wait to see Joe play Lacrosse later this month!!!!

I missed a picture of Papa, but I am sure someone (Nana) will send me pics she took...and I will post them!!!!

We had a great Easter, sick and all.  By the time we got home Abigail's fever was up to 101.5, so she was definitely feeling pretty lousy....but her fever broke last night and she seems to be feeling better today!!!

Thank you to everyone who helped make our anniversary and Easter so wonderful.  Caitlin seemed to really enjoy her 1st Easter!  Happy 1st Easter baby, we LOVE you!!!!