Busy Weekend!

I came down with food poisoning Thursday and left the office just before 3:00 to head to bed which meant Ryan picked Phoebe up from daycare. He did such a great job handling things solo! He captured a few pictures of her enjoying some of the things her teachers had put in an Easter basket for her. She's crazy about dogs these days...



Perhaps she wasn't quite as crazy about this lovely headband they included...




And all of a sudden, she's begun to lug things around - anything that has a handle - purses, shopping bags. The girl picks up on more than I ever could have imagined she would this early in the game!

Friday morning we all headed to the dentist so Ryan could get two fillings. He hates the dentist with a passion and only gets procedures done if he can be knocked out - thus requiring our presence. They had one of those wooden train tracks and Phoebe successfully destroyed the entire track before he was done. We even met Auntie Kate and Uncle Steve for dinner that night and then headed to the Good Friday service at church. Not sure an 8:00 service was wise for us to consider since that is her bedtime, but we made it till communion and then gave up and went home. We'll know better next year...

We got Phoebe's one year pictures taken on Saturday. She did fairly well considering how many people were there doing the same thing we were. Here are a few of our favorites:

(See above post since I couldn't get the darn thing to load properly in this post!)

Even though she doesn't quite get the whole holiday quite yet, she had a good time going through her basket and then having an Easter egg hunt at YiaYia and Papou's. I can't wait to share the Easter story with her - to tell her that Jesus loved her SO much, even before she was born, that He was willing to die for her. AND to share the hope that comes from Easter - that He's alive and that we'll get to live forever with Him one day. How great is our God!?

She was quite the trooper this weekend and is now zonked out in bed. It's hard to believe she'll be ONE on Thursday. It just doesn't seem possible. But now isn't the time to get sentimental - I've got pictures to post! Enjoy some of the highlights!

On a side note, please pray for Pita. I know it's silly to ask for prayer for a dog, but she's been sick since before we left for Florida. They hospitalized her last week and had her on an iv. We got to have her over the weekend since her catheter had to come out anyhow and there was nothing we couldn't do that they'd do. She's taken her medicine and had three bites of chicken but hasn't touched anything else all weekend. Just stays in one spot till we move her. First they said it was something with her pancreas but that cleared up and now the next step is an ultrasound. Sound like this is getting expensive!? Well, it is and we're unfortunately going to have to be done after the ultrasound - so pray that Monday it finds the issue and that it's an easy (and cheap) fix. She's not even four years old and Phoebe simply adores her, not to mention, she's our first baby. Thanks everyone!