Easter 2009

OK, so this is going to be more pictures than anything. As with all holidays in my family, Easter was a many-evented attraction=) There was Savannah's first Easter egg hunt with her cousins in Macon the weekend before Easter. I was very surprised at how well she took to an Easter basket and really wanting to gather eggs!

Then there was the Saturday before Easter. First was the Easter egg hunt at McEachern Methodist, right by my house and where Savannah goes to Mother's Morning Out. Now, this was much fun because there weren't a lot of kids, and she really got into it. Until she figured out there was actually something inside the eggs then she just wanted to open them all instead of collect them=) By the way, since when does this whole throw-the-eggs-on-a-tarp concept qualify as an Easter egg hunt?!?!?!

Later that day we were invited to join the Gootees at North Metro Church for their egg hunt. The whole fam showed up for this one. Many more kids attended this, so Savannah was a little overwhelmed, which meant she got about six eggs, but the ring pop she collected was her favorite=)

Sunday morning we attended First Baptist of Woodstock since that's where my parents attend, and so do Vanessa and the kids, so Patti & Gary were able to see everyone together. After the service, we couldn't resist trying to get a few photos with all the cousins together. You should have seen Savannah running around like a banshee! Squealing and smiling! She LOVES her cousins...and her Most Wonderful Aunt Debbie's phone=)

From church it was off to Mimi's house (pronounced Mee-Mee, my mom) for some attempted family Easter photos. Savannah wasn't in the mood to cooperate hence the lack of smiles. I wasn't even able to get one good picture of her by myself=( Oh well, such is the fate of the photographer, right? Maybe Mother's Day... Later that day, she had her last and final Easter egg hunt in Mimi's backyard all by herself, and you would have thought she found gold every time she discovered a new egg--each one created the same new excitement. I loved watching her!

I also was never able to get a really great shot of Savannah's Easter dress, but hopefully from some of the pics above you got the idea. She was darling, and when I first put it on her she stood up, grabbing the dress and fluffing it out from her with a big look of "Ohhhhh" on her face. She loves being a girlie girl=) Hope you enjoyed the update! NYC here I come!