Willa's First Easter

Little Miss Willa had a lovely first Easter!  The day before Easter she received a sweet little card from Grammy and Granddaddy with a pop-up, moveable bunny that she enjoyed watching.

She was also trying to figure out how to get it in her mouth, like most things these day

When she woke up in the morning, she got to play with the things in her Easter basket, which Mom had to be very creative about.  I found the hedgehog basket at Target about a month before Easter, it was just too cute to pass up!  I then put in her Easter dress, which I found at Once Upon a Child, and used it to fill most of the basket.  To that I added a Pat the Bunny book from Grandma Teri, and three Easter eggs that I knitted, one of which has a rattle inside.  I figured this was the best way to have eggs that she could enjoy at this age, although they didn't really keep her interest.  Oh well, I thought they were nice!

Very cuddly, if nothing else

That morning we enjoyed the church service and watching the older kids doing the Easter egg hunt.  Willa was her usual wonderful self during the whole thing, and Jeremy got to snap perhaps the most precious picture of her that will ever be taken.  This was taken right after she woke up from a quick nap, and realized that I was still holding her.  The smile was brief, but he got it on camera!

After the service we took turns with another family snapping Easter portraits in front of a flowering dogwood tree.  We definitely should have faced the other direction to avoid the sun, you'll notice that we all are squinting.  Whoops!

Oh well, Willa is still cute :-)

Great holiday overall, I can't wait for the day that she will be toddling in the Easter egg hunt with all the other little ones at church!