Easter Time!

This year Easter has had more meaning for me.  The recent news about Little Buddy has shaken me to my core and really caused me to look deeper at my faith.  I've always believed in my religion's tenants, but perhaps my faith before was just more of a continuance of tradition.  Now, I need it.  I need to not just believe, but to live with the mindset that our time on this Earth is just a temporary existence, a drop in the bucket compared to the existence we will experience in Heaven.  So, today, I really pushed myself to be more present in the true meaning of today and focus on the beauty that is the promise of Eternal Life. 

But, we still had fun in the secular sense, too!  We are certainly all about Jesus rising from the tomb, but the Easter Bunny does come to our house (hopefully with the giant Rubber Ducky Little Buddy's been asking for over the past month with him!).  

These two have been ready for the Easter Bunny for weeks!  Well, maybe not Little Sweetie.  She's a bit apprehensive of the giant rodent.

We spent Easter Eve preparing for the fun the next morning!

Making our Easter cookies together!

Putting out the carrots for the Easter Bunny!

 Baskets are ready!

And Easter was a great day!  Little Buddy was so excited he woke up WAY too early.  We checked on the carrots, hunted some eggs, and found the baskets before it was time to leave and meet Uncle M, Aunt S, and Baby L for church. 

     

"He ate the carrots!"

Checking out their baskets and enjoying their goodies!  Little Buddy got his giant rubber ducky and Little Sweetie got her giant baby chick!

Made it through Easter Sunday Mass with three kiddos!  So fun spending the morning with Aunt S, Uncle M, and Baby L!

     

A few minutes of play after church before the rain started!

After lunch and naps, we met up with our Texas "family" for dinner and an Easter egg hunt.  It's hard for us to go to these activities right now; being around a lot of kids can be difficult and it can sometimes give me panic attacks (though those are becoming less frequent).  It's so hard to feel "normal," even with those with whom we are closest.  We reminded ourselves though that Little Buddy and Little Sweetie would have fun and benefit from it, so we steeled ourselves and went.  And we had a good time along with the kids.  

     

     

     

     

     

They both had a great time finding eggs!

So we've manage to conquer our first big holiday since receiving the MPS news.  It was a milestone for us and not easy, but we did it.  I'm really just trying to stay in the moment and remember that love is eternal, no matter what happens to our earthly shell.

Happy Easter, 

LBM

Little Buddy's Momma