first easter egg hunt

On the day before Easter, we went to a neighborhood Easter egg hunt. Despite a cool, cloudy day, we all had a lot of fun. Daniel got to meet the Easter Bunny... however, this was not his favorite part of the day.

He pretty quickly got the hang of hunting for eggs! Luckily, the egg hunt was split into different sections for different ages, so Daniel didn't get run over by the big kids and he managed to snag several eggs.


He was pretty excited to open the eggs and see what was inside, but he really had no interest in eating the candy (which was lucky because most of it was chocolate, which we're trying to stay away from because of his milk allergy). We brought a few decoy eggs full of Teddy Grahams and raisins, and he was much more eager to get into those!

Daniel also had the pleasure of meeting Buzz, the Georgia Tech mascot, who also stopped by the egg hunt. The Easter Bunny shouldn't feel bad, because Daniel was no more a fan of Buzz than he was of the Bunny.

Guess we'll have to stay away from oversized fuzzy creatures for awhile!

daniel's new room

With a new little one on the way, we decided to move Daniel up to a "big boy" room, complete with big boy bed, and let his little brother take over the nursery. Of course, we couldn't make this easy so it also involved moving our office (I won't show the before-and-afters of that adventure). Fortunately we were able to enlist the assistance of Papa Joe and Grandma Rita, otherwise we never would have finished (thanks guys!!).

After all the moving of furniture, the next step was painting! We decided to have a little fun and let Daniel get in on the act. He has kind of an abstract, modern art approach.

He's a very hard worker, though!


Daniel also delighted in helping assemble his new furniture.



Here's the final product. We still need some decorations, but overall we think it turned out great!


Daniel has adjusted pretty well to his new bed and the new-found freedom of being able to get in and out of bed himself. We've had a few battles of wills (i.e. putting him back to bed 15 times before he finally fell asleep), and most nights he still gets up once or twice before he nods off. But he seems to like all the space, and has an ever-growing collection of "friends" that he brings to bed with him (currently his dog, snake, and frog are the regulars). He's definitely turning into a big boy!