Easter Egg Hunt Chaos

Savannah with the Easter bunny

Today we decided to take Savannah to a local Easter egg hunt. She had been talking about finding eggs for some time so we thought it would be a fun thing to do together as a family. Little did I know that it would be mass chaos!! We arrived and ended up walking over 1.5 miles just to get to the Easter egg hunt where the line was already forming an hour ahead of time. Even though it was all muddy and she barely got anything in her basket, she still had a great time. She went to bed anxiously awaiting the arrival of the Easter bunny tonight!

Here she is patiently waiting to start the egg hunt.

Prayers for My Mom

As most of you know, we just found out on Sunday that my mom was diagnosed with stomach cancer late last week. She saw the oncologist yesterday and really still has limited information. All we know is the the tumor is in the middle 1/3 of her stomach and that 3 months of chemotherapy is a must. She will meet with a surgical oncologist hopefully next week to determine if surgery is an option before or after chemo. Please pray for her during this time. Pray for a sense of peace, that the scan on Tuesday will reveal that the cancer has not spread anywhere else, and that the doctors will make the best decisions about her treatment and care.

Savannah's New Dress

Savannah was so excited to get a package in the mail today! Grammy and Papa sent her an Easter basket along with this adorable pillowcase dress that Grammy made! It is Savannah's first pillowcase dress and we both love it. Her cousin Alyssa has an identical one . . . won't they be cute together?! It took me awhile to convince her that it wasn't a good idea to wear it today with the freezing cold weather we're having, but after awhile she agreed and put her long sleeve outfit back on.

Speaking of, what is up with this weather? Go away winter!!! Where are you Spring??

Home Sweet Home

Well, Dave and I arrived home around 12:30 yesterday and Savannah acted like she could have cared less! Honestly, it hurt a little to think that she didn't miss us that much, but oh how thankful I am that she had a swell time while we were gone. We came home and found a neat and tidy house with not only the dishwasher running, but the laundry in the dryer too!! My friend Heather and her husband Dave were awesome with her! So now here's the dilemma . . . what do we do for them? I wanted to send a check, but my Dave said that wasn't a good idea. Any suggestions??

I do have to say that Savannah is in a bit of a pickle trying to readjust to us being back. Last night was R.O.U.G.H. Dave ended up putting her in the bed with me when he got up around 5 this morning, which we have never had to do before. Hopefully tonight will go more smoothly! It's still always good to be home sweet home.

Charleston Vacation

Dave and I have had a blast today! Dave did awesome in the race this morning, finishing more than 5 minutes under last years time. I enjoyed my morning in the hotel and a nice, fattening, hot breakfast before heading out to watch the runners. We have walked a ton, eaten well and even managed to take a long nap this afternoon. I can't even remember the last time I took a 2+ hour nap and didn't wake up in a panic or worried about what didn't get accomplished during that time. Although it is A LOT different without Savannah here, we have really enjoyed our time being on our own schedule . . . I do miss her though!

Weekend Wrap Up

After making another few trips to Harris Teeter I've decided to call it quits until the end of this week when new sales start. I didn't do too bad considering that I bought over 3.5 pounds of chicken, a roast, diapers (for the baby on the way), taco shells for our entire Sunday school class (for tonight's social), all of our regular produce and milk too . . . all for a grand total of $57.84 with a savings total of $348.61!! That's an 86% savings!!!!! So now that we're fully stocked, again, it's time to live off the surplus.

On Saturday morning I headed over to Carmel where they had an awesome brunch for expecting moms. I was originally supposed to be a table leader, but had to back out when I realized that it was scheduled on the same day as our niece Madison's birthday party. They had great door prizes and a speaker too, which unfortunately I didn't get to hear since we had to head out for Mebane. So off we went in the pouring down rain to Mebane for the princess and pirate party. Savannah loved seeing a real princess and sat still for the longest time just having her read stories from the princess books.

Savannah was in awe and so was Dillon!

Maddie, the birthday princess

While at the party, I had Savannah tell her Pawpaw what she has been telling me she wants for her birthday, a tricycle or bicycle. Well wouldn't you know that Pawpaw just happened to have one of each that he wanted to get rid of!!! Happy day! So we met him on the way home and picked up a like new tricycle and bicycle for little Savannah. She and Dave are out now trying to give them a spin . . . I think it's going to take a little time to get the hang of pedaling! :)

Savannah also racked up lots of goodies from her granny. She played with a pig flashlight, bunny on a tricycle, and kept asking for jelly beans the entire way home.

We even made a stop in High Point to visit Aunt Cherry at the furniture store on our way home. I wanted to check on a couple of things for Savannah's new big girl room and of course Aunt Cherry never passes up an opportunity to show off Savannah! Somehow we ended up with yet another gift for Savannah, this big bear that she fell in love with at the store.

Now we're off to another birthday party, this one for sweet baby Jake who is turning one! Then, hopefully we can squeeze in a nap for Savannah before heading to our Sunday school class Mexican fiesta party this afternoon. Whew, it's been a crazy weekend already!

HAPPY SPRING!!!

Prayer Request

Yesterday I found out that friend of mine lost her precious baby girl at 38 weeks. This sweet family has a son who was in Savannah's WEE school class last year and were expecting their second baby, a girl, next week. I don't have a lot of details, but please just lift up the Miller family as they journey through the difficult weeks and months ahead.