Happy Easter!

We had a great Easter Weekend! Last year my mom gave me a fantastic Easter basket full of baby items for Jillian, this year Jillian got her own Easter basket full of goodies!

We went over to my parents house Saturday afternoon so we could be near their church to minimize the craziness of getting ready Sunday morning. Jeff and I were also able to have a date, which is always a bonus! Here is our little bunny Saturday afternoon playing with Unchie.

**Her hair is finally long enough she can wear a bow! I have one in pretty much every moment she's awake now!**

Sunday morning Jillian woke up to this huge Easter basket from Bama! It was full of toys and clothes; it's sort of a challenge filling a basket for a 9 month old - no candy! She also set up an Easter Egg Hunt, but Jillian was way too tired by the end of the day to hunt for eggs with Jeff.

(I got Jillian an Easter Basket too, but it looked so small and boring compared to this one that I wont be posting it)

We all went to church at 9am. Jillian was a doll. She stayed with us during the service, not the nursery and was great, even through the preaching. After church Jillian came home, took a 2 hour nap while we ate lunch (my mom is a great cook - so yummy!), then we put Jill's dress back on and headed outside for pictures!

Here's our little Easter Bunny Sunday afternoon.

Now that she's crawling, she kept wanting to get away and go eat the grass.

Crawling around and exploring is a lot more fun that posing for pictures!

Airplane with dad!

This was seriously the last picture we took of her.... she was done with pictures!!

Jillian you are so deeply loved, not only by your mom and dad but your entire family, and especially God and Jesus.

As fun as the Easter gifts are, it really hit me this year how blessed we are to be loved by Jesus. To have his grace. Good Friday and Easter Sunday had a much deeper meaning this year, because I was so thankful that Jesus died for Jillian. Our hope and prayer as parents is we raise her to love God. Easter was a great reminder of the gift Jillian is, and how precious and loved she is.