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Rights of Passage

As Piper gets older, there are starting to be these moments that she does something for the first time and it's something that Ger and I both have vivid childhood memories of doing. When this happens, we often pause, reminisce a little and then comment about how we both can't believe we have a child old enough to be doing whatever it may be. So here's a right of passage that just left Ger and I a bit nostalgic over the weekend.

We were out running some errands and ended up at the grocery store. Piper was antsy and didn't want to stay in the front seat of the cart. So, she ended up riding on the front of the cart standing on the lower shelf and holding on to the front. She had the cutest grin on her face the whole time. Needless to say, it took forever to get the few items we needed, as we were pushing the cart at a snail's pace to be sure she didn't fall off...she just looked so little up there.

The Last of the Easter Fun for this Year

We attempted to take pictures of us with the kids after church, but it's much easier said than done these days to get everyone looking in the right direction. So here's our best attempts.

We ended our Easter Sunday with an afternoon egg hunt outside. Piper had a party and egg hunt at school on Thursday, so she was already a seasoned veteran by the time Sunday rolled around. She took off when she spotted the eggs on the ground.

Still More Easter!

Here's a couple shots I got right before we left for church. Those two were just workin' it for the camera!

Here's a couple of early Easter morning shots. Boone got a little purple stuffed Easter bunny from his basket from their school parties. It's been a huge hit around our house. Boone likes to chew on the ears and get them all soggy and Piper likes to snuggle with it and push it around in her stroller.

Here's a shot of the chocolate and candy starting to kick in! Note: this picture was taken around 6am Easter morning. The Hitch household was in full swing by then.

More Easter Fun

Happy Easter!

We had quite an eventful Easter weekend this year. Ger and I were both able to take Friday off, and it was wonderful to have the extra family day together (the weekends are just too short these days).

So, we kicked off the weekend with a visit to the Easter Bunny. Before you scroll down and see this picture, a little background. We waited until really late this year to start hunting for somewhere to have a picture with the Easter bunny. But in the past, all the area malls always have the Easter Bunny, so I thought "no worries". Well to my surprise the two places we've been in the past for pictures (Santa or Easter Bunny) were both not having it this year. What??!! And the only other place I could find, another mall, is over an hour from our house, which seemed a bit far. So I ended up calling the trusty ole local Wal-Mart and what do you know they were having pictures on Saturday and Sunday. At the time I thought it was a bit odd they weren't going to be in their portrait studio, but somehow shrugged that off...more on that later.

So we arrive at Wal-Mart at the appointed time, and find out the Easter Bunny will be appearing in the middle of the front of the store, oh, and he's running late. So we wait. We'd been telling Piper she was going to have her picture made with the Easter bunny and she was very excited. When he finally showed up, her excitement continued, but the closer we got to him the stronger her grip got on Ger's hand. She finally stopped completely and said, "I no sit in Easer bunny lap". And no matter how much coaxing and talking to her we did, we couldn't get her to change her mind. Oh, and somewhere inbetween, a woman from the Optical shop and a "regular shopper" also both took their turns at trying to convince her. No go with either of them as well. Therefore, the picture this year is her hanging on to me for dear life on one side of the Easter Bunny, while Ger and Boone join the ranks on the other side.

A couple of side notes:

Check out the nice shot of the rafters of the building at the top of the picture...nice!

Oh, and by the way, this picture has been brought to you by 7Up, Snapple, Pepperidge Farm, Goldfish, Airwick and Lysol. Nothing like a little gratiutous advertising on the bottom of your Wal-Mart Easter Bunny picture.

Like I said, classic!

Just hanging out.

Early Saturday morning fun.

Here's a short video from this morning of Pip & Boone enjoying some snuggling on the floor time together. It's not action-packed, just plain sweet.