Hippity, Hoppity! Harlan's First Easter!

We had such a wonderful Easter with Harlan this year! Easter is mommy's favorite holiday, so we had to make sure and stick to/create a tradition for Harlan's first Easter. We got his picture taken with the Easter bunny, had an Easter egg hunt, went to Easter brunch, and of course went to Easter service at church. This was our first Sunday back to church since Harlan was born, and it was great to be back in worship. Harlan was a little angel throughout the service and we didn't have to visit the "cry room"... yet! Happy Easter and enjoy the pictures! "He is Risen!"

Harlan with the Easter Bunny at Delaney Vineyards

The Easter Bunny left Harlan lot's of goodies

Our version of an Easter egg hunt for a 10 week old, he just spotted the blue one! 

We were having fun taking pictures and sweet Betsey wanted in on the action

Harlan and Daddy, can't you see the resemblance!?!

 Mommy's perfect Easter gift!

Take me out to the ball game...

ALMOST!  We almost made it to Harlan's first Ranger game.  He and daddy got all dressed up in their Texas Ranger gear and we headed out to the game.  We knew the weather was questionable but it seemed to be holding up while we were on our way.  But as soon as we got there, the thick, gray clouds were definitely lurking.  We again had to make a decision regarding the very unpredictable Texas weather, and we decided not to chance it.  We didn't want to get caught in the rain with Harlan.  Our sweet friends that were going to the game with us, decided they wouldn't go either, so we all went and watched the game in the safe, dry indoors. 

You can see the disappointment on Harlan's face...

But getting to hang out with Megan and Justin makes it all better!





Harlan's face cracks me up every time I see this picture!



Amarillo by Morning or by plane or by car???

We headed to Amarillo with Harlan for the first time last weekend (April 8-10).  We were so excited to get to go see the family, many of which Harlan had not met yet.  He got to meet all of his cousins on his daddy's side - Jaden, Gus, Seth, Reid, and Vann - yes all boys!  We had so much fun hanging out with Nana, Papa, Aunt Dana, Uncle John, Aunt Angie and Uncle Daniel.  We had a cookout and watched the big boys play football.  I'm pretty sure Harlan was held the entire time we were there!  The "funny" part about this trip ended up being our methods of transportation.  Since Aunt Jenafer works for American Airlines, we were lucky enough to take a quick flight to Amarillo flying standby.  We got on the plane with no problems and Harlan did awesome on his first flight, he nursed and slept the entire time and did not cry at all.  So, the flight for the way home looked like it would be fine as well, we were able to get checked in and there were enough seats on the flight that we weren't worried about being on standby.  However, mother nature had a different plan.  There were 40 mile an hour constant winds with 60mph wind gusts, so they announced that our flight had been "grounded" due to high winds.  Well, looking at the weather forecast we figured there was no way this flight was taking off.  So we had to make a decision and figure out how we were going to get home.  We decided to rent a car and drive.  Nana and Papa brought us their car seat, we fed Harlan, got some food for us and were on the road an hour and a half later.  The winds were still out of control and we were happy with our decision to drive, since we just knew our flight would have been cancelled.  Then 45 minutes into the drive Jenafer texted us saying that the flight we were supposed to be on, just landed in Dallas!!!  We were so mad at ourselves!  We did make it home safely 7 1/2 hours later, making a couple of stops to feed our little trooper.  Harlan was a tough little guy and did great on the road for the first 6 1/2 hours, but by that last hour of the drive he had definitely had enough, poor little baby.  We will always remember this trip as Harlan's first plane ride and road trip all in one!