Babies' First Easter

What a perfect first Easter with the twins! We put them to bed Saturday in special Easter pajamas (JC's said "Chicks Dig Me" while Car-Car's proclaimed "Daddy's Little Chickadee") and were granted a full night's sleep. Right before bedtime, we gave the twins their presents from the Easter Bunny. Lauren set up the baskets and the "bunny footprints" sent by GanGan. Then, we let the kids crawl/sprint to the baskets and knock everything out. It was fun - Carlisle especially enjoyed banging the plastic eggs together.



Kendal preached at a sunrise service so he was up by 5 a.m. and out the door by 6. I crawled out of bed around 5:30 to get dressed and packed for a quick overnight to Shreveport. We made it to church early (for Lauren, that is) and managed to get some family photos before Sunday School. Carlisle decided to be an absolute angel and sat with mom during "big church" so that she and her best buddy Will (and his mommy, Mary Elizabeth) could go down front for the children's sermon (Jackson was cranky so stayed in the nursery). It was just wonderful to watch Kendal give the children's sermon to all the kiddos - and Carlisle just beamed at her daddy! The entire service was fantastic and we made it to Shreveport in time for a late family lunch. All the cousins were there - and already fighting over toys! Cousins Kelly and Sarah Beth "chaperoned" much of the play and were huge helpers. It is a blessing we don't take for granted to be close enough to our family to spend holidays together and still make it back to Arkansas for work on Monday morning!

We think Jackson may be cutting his first tooth (top, to the left) - he is cranky and has just cried all day. We see a little white poking through, but aren't sure when the tooth will make its grand entrance. Carlisle is recovering from an ear infection but has been happy as can be regardless. Nana swears she saw Carlisle crawl on her knees last night, so it looks like we're dangerously close to TWO mobile babies! Jackson has mastered crawling and has even pulled himself up to standing a few times (the first time in front of our pediatrician, such an overachiever!). They amaze us everyday.

A heartfelt "Welcome to the World!" to our newest cousin, Amelia Elizabeth. She was born on Easter Sunday in Atlanta to Lauren's proud cousin David and his wife Becky. We can't wait to meet the beautiful lady!