Happy Easter!

We hope everyone has a wonderful Easter Sunday. We haven't taken family pictures in a while, so we thought we'd try for one today, but we didn't get one of all three of us. I also have been looking at pictures from last year, and am amazed at how obvious it becomes that Elise is very grown up and has lost a lot of her baby-ish looks and fat rolls. She has so much personality now, and is a lot of fun. So here are some of last year's Easter pictures.....taken when Elise was only 2 months and a couple weeks old.....

And here are some pictures from this year's Easter Sunday....Elise is quickly becoming fascinated with real shoes, and likes to put hers on, or even just play with them when she finds them. This is a great improvement. For a while she cried and was scared if we tried to put the shoes on. What a big girl to be grown up enough for shoes! And she's been practicing walking in them, and is quite good at walking (she's up to 38 steps at least before she falls over, which she is doing less and less) and even turning around (she does the stop, then pivot with one foot while the other stays on the floor...its amazing!).

Elise and I put on some bunny ears to give Daddy a special card to remind him we love him and are glad we're a family. Isn't Elise so grown up in just one year? She will be 14 months old tomorrow! Oh, and its been snowing off and on, in between the rain that melts the snow....so we don't have a new 6 or 8 inches! Maybe Spring really is ready to come!