Happy Easter!

Anja patiently waiting for her eggs to color earlier this month.

Easter started early this year . . . an egg hunt on Thursday, a community-wide one on Saturday, and finally a couple of hunts today. At church this morning, Anja made it through the 1 1/2 hour (!) service almost perfectly and learned about how the egg symbolized "new life" during the children's sermon. (At least it's a point that I hope becomes clearer in the next few years.) We ate Easter lunch and searched for eggs and small gifts with G'ma Linda and G'pa Ron, and Nana Marilyn and G'pa Paul even stopped by for a few minutes.

Erik took Anja to the community hunt. He said it was a zoo!



Anja met up with her friend Teagan, and one of Teagan's friends, Reese. Looks like they had a great time together!

She has now mastered the you-hide-em, I'll-seek-em game!

Erik gives Anja a boost to get another egg at G'ma and G'pa's house.

It's been a beautiful weekend, and we feel very fortunate to have been able to get outside into the fresh air for a few walks and tricycle rides. We feel like it's the calm before the baby comes . . . we're both getting quite anxious, so truthfully we hope that the calm ends somewhat soon. Our calendar is bare, which is an oddity in itself, so we look forward to filling it up with everything that comes along with having a new baby at our house. Her name is chosen, bassinet is ready, and Anja is ready to help change diapers (yes!).

Less than a month to go . . . we hope!

Playing with chalk in the driveway yesterday. It's fun to see her creativity develop!