Easter Round #1

Saturday night turned into a bit of a nightmare when Reed had an allergic reaction. We could tell something wasn't right after we put him to bed. After we each had gone in a couple of times to calm him down (he was tossing and turning and crying and then really started to scratch) we found his back covered in a rash, his eyes red and watery, and his nose running non-stop. A middle of the night bath, more allergy medicine, Mom sleeping in bed with him, Dad sleeping in bed with him, Reed sleeping in bed with us all followed. I use "sleep" loosely as none of us were getting much rest.

During all of this Kieran was up his normal two times and then woke up for good at 6:00 am. Although I was exhausted he was adorable and totally into digging through his Easter basket.

Reed managed to sleep in a bit and when he wandered into the kitchen he immediately spotted his Easter basket and asked to start working on his new puzzle. Tio and C arrived just a little later and Reed put them to work helping him assemble the thing while I made biscuits for the gang.

Once Nonna, Pepe, Gran, and Papa arrived we let the Monkey out to hunt eggs (K was taking his first nap of the day). He did a great job finding most of the eggs on his own, but did get a little help from Tio and Nonna. The highlight of the morning was probably Nonna trying to help Reed find an egg hidden in a tree by demonstrating how high a bunny could hop.

After egg hunting, I nursed and dressed Kieran while Reed opened a few gifts. After that we had time for a few quick family shots before we went our separate ways for the rest of the day.

Papa, Gran, Nonna, Reed, Pepe, Kieran, C, and Tio