Hoppy Easter!

We went to see the Easter Bunny at Oak Park on Thursday with Jackson. We rode the carousel & ate lunch at Rain Forest Cafe. Quite the big day if you're 2!



I was surprised that she wasn't shy of the bunny. She gave him 5 & hopped right on his lap. I had to prompt her to tell him what she wanted (I'm assuming that this visit is like a Santa visit), so she asked for eggs. This isn't the professional pict, but just a quick one I snuck by the actual photographers.Neither kid ate 1 bite of food. They were so mesmerized by the jungle activity & the waterfall we sat directly in front of (hence the humidity rings in the picture). Saturday was the McLisenby's St Patty's Day Parade. Its just a neighborhood parade where you bust out your wagon or trike & wish luck on those you pass. It was cold, as you can see, and Jeff was spreading his luck to KU. Saturday night Courtney taught Syd the Rock Chalk Jayhawk chant & she was thrilled with herself (http://www.ku.edu/about/traditions/chant.shtml). I'll see if I can get a video of it soon.

The glasses, which Sydney made herself by popping out the lenses, were the best green accessory we had!

Easter morning, sportin' the flower headband that Mommy made her wear. She loved this little fishy-magnet game & we play it daily now. She still cheats quite a bit to get her "bait" to land on the right part of the fish. Its hard to be patient when you're 2. You can see some of her other treats scattered around the floor. She went straight for her basket & threw everything out as fast as she could.

Easter lunch was at Dave & Wanda Talcotts. They're basically our family here in KC. Wanda made Bunny cupcakes, which Syd didn't hesitate diving right into.
We finally started on the new nursery. We sold the daybed on Saturday, but I'd still like to sell the bedding as it was the most expensive part. Jeff primed the walls (the smell was too much for me), and Syd helped out a bit. She was SUPER excited to do the little bit of painting that we allowed. She likes helping me get stuff ready for him, so we're encouraging that as much as possible. I'm excited to take her to the ultrasound on the 2nd. I really think she gets the idea of what's going on inside me. She keeps saying "Mommy gets bigger, and bigger, and bigger! Peanut gets bigger, and bigger, and bigger!" When we see a little one, I say "Should we bring a baby home to our house like that? So you can have a baby brother?" and she replies "Oh, that would be wonderful!". No joke.....But she also thinks BPJ's are wonderful, as well as new shoes.
Here's a picture of the crib he'll be snoozing in (if we're lucky). We've got the matching dresser as well.

As for the bedding, here is what my heart was set on. It was ridiculously expensive & taken out of such an adorable room, the bedding wasn't quite as fabulous as I was thinking. I'm still in-love with the mobile, but I'm dealing with my grief.This is what Jeff wanted. I wasn't a fan of the brown & off-white.Here is the bedding we were able to come to terms on. It does have a cute mobile as well, but it was out of stock & I'm waiting for it to come in. We didn't even get a mobile for Syd. The one that came with her set was Teddy Bears & I wasn't a fan. For some reason I can't live without a sailboat mobile this time!Wish us, and by us I pretty much mean Jeff, luck with the painting. I picked up 50 blue swatches today, so if we can make a decision on the color(s) then when Jeff has time off from volleyball, we'll get crackin' on that as well. Then it will start to fee real. I think we'll stay away from vertical stripes this time around (http://jeffamorgan.blogspot.com/2005/10/preparing-nursery.html#links)....we learned how hard that was on Syd's room. However, we may copy off Addie Sue's nursery & go for 3 bold horizontal stripes divided by white (http://micahandbeth.blogspot.com/2006_01_01_archive.html). As a side note, Sydney's nursery was painted, had furniture, and bedding by this time in my pregnancy with her. I'm going to blame the fact that his room isn't done yet on Jeff being in full-swing volleyball mode, Sydney isn't that great of a painter helper, and I've been sick with one virus after another since November. At least Jeff will be done with volleyball in about 5 weeks & we get him all to ourselves (minus work) until November.