Happy Easter

Almost a week late, but Happy Easter from the Richeys! We had a great day of celebrating at church and with family. The girls were in their matching dresses and let me take many pictures. Mary Ellen was very excited about all aspects of the day and continues to talk about it!









Charlotte is in a major grabbing stage, as you can tell by this picture!


Mary Ellen thought that Charlotte needed to try out her sunglasses. Charlotte is such a good sport about all the things that her sister wants her to try!




"Look at my new bunny!"


"My bunny is almost as big as me!"


Charlotte was in awe of Bentley. If she could have crawled in or somehow gotten there, I think that she would have gotten in the car set with him. She kept looking at him, and "talking" to him. We kept saying that she was so excited to see someone smaller than her!




We had an Easter Egg Hunt in Caki and Bo's backyard. Mary Ellen was so excited to find the eggs and then find that they had money and candy inside. She did share with Charlotte and Bentley and helped them find the eggs too!




But, she definitely made sure she had the most! Next year, she will have to learn a bigger lesson in sharing as Charlotte and Bentley will be able to fend for themselves!


On a different note, there may be a break in pictures on the blog. Our computer died this week, actually as I was working on getting this post up. Paul saved the pictures from the hard drive, but I am not sure about the capability of uploading pictures from my camera right now. I will try to post from my phone as I can to get this updated as much as possible. Hopefully, we will be back in business soon!

Easter Egg Hunt

Mary Ellen has discovered the joy of hunting Easter Eggs. She especially loves finding things inside, so she was so excited about the Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday. From the minute she got up, which is early, she was asking about it. She carried around hers and Charlotte's baskets ready to fill them up. Luckily, she did let me take a few pics before we left the house!

When she found find an egg, she would pick it up and shake it before putting it in her basket. She was having so much fun filling her basket.

She of course had more fun looking through her basket and discovering what was inside.

This was my unsuccessful attempt to get a picture of the girls at the Easter Egg Hunt, but it is cute anyway! Charlotte is working on sitting up, but she starts to sit there and then rolls forward, which you can tell a little in this picture.

Sick little girl

Well, Charlotte has her first bout of being sick. I have thought that she had allergies, which may be part of it, but it has turned into an ear infection. I probably should have guessed that something was coming when she fell asleep so quickly after eating yesterday morning. She slept in her high chair for a good 20 minutes, if not more.

By yesterday afternoon, she woke up from her nap and just started to look more and more pitiful. She was definitely not her playful self.

And here the girls are just hanging out. Charlotte has had her first dose of meds and woke up from her nap with a little bit more pep. Hopefully, she will feel even better tomorrow morning.

Cousins

Mary Ellen is so excited about her cousin. She has even made up a song about him that she loves to sing. We hope to get some good pictures of the three of them soon, but we are going to have to find a time that they are all in decent moods, which may be difficult! When these pictures were taken, Mary Ellen and Charlotte already had their pajamas on as we were heading back to our house from Caki and Bo's house. Bentley had just finished eating and was crashed out. Mary Ellen though had to see him and get a picture with him!

Hanging out in the bathroom

Tornadoes were spotted in our area the other night, so we spent some time in the bathroom as the sirens went off. Mary Ellen was very content watching a show, and she loves her helmet, so she was happy to wear. Charlotte was close to being asleep, so she sat in her seat like a champ. Luckily, nothing happened, but we did have to get them up one more time, but they both slept through that. Unfortunately, more bad weather is being predicted, so we may be back in this spot again!

Avocado

Charlotte had her first food other than cereal last week. She tried avocado. She didn't know what to think of it at first, but with time, she liked it more. She has now had butternut squash too, and tonight, we will be trying green beans. She gets very excited when she sees food. She tries to get our food and grabs at our utensils thinking that we should be sharing with her.

Exhausting

Playing is just such hard work! Charlotte was playing away one morning, and then I realized that she had gotten quiet. I walked around the corner and found her like this. She had just reached her limit!