"Hoppy" Easter!

I'm sure my husband is getting REALLY tired of me saying this, but I think it is a cute play-on-words! Our Easter was VERY "hoppy" and was Ally's first. She had a blast and got almost as much loot as Christmas (thanks to everyone who gave her Easter presents)! It was a really nice day to visit with family.

I will let the pictures take you through our very busy day...

Riley started off the day by sniffing out everything the Easter Bunny left for Ally...only thing that really caught his interest was of course the plastic Easter grass (weirdo cat!)

Then Ally and Daddy made their way downstairs to find the Easter baskets that were left...

This was VERY exciting as you can see (you can also see by the looks of their hair that they had both just woken up).

Yea! Cheerio filled Easter Eggs...my favorite!Ally wondering what IS UP with this weird plastic grass??As you can tell by the preceeding pictures, Ally made out like a bandit this year! Three baskets filled up with fun stuff for babies...a brand new sippy cup, a stuffed bunny, some crayons made just for littles, a brand new beach towel with her name on it and...some candy for daddy. :-) After baskets, we all got dressed and in our Easter best and headed to mass with Grandma and Grandpa C. We thought Ally would sleep through the whole thing (the reason we decided to wait and go to noon mass), but she was more interested in waving to everyone around us and looking at everything she possibly could. After church, we made a mad dash to Grandma Lang's for a nice Easter lunch. It was great to see everybody. While we were there, Ally snuck in a short nap in Maw-Maw's arms...

Cousin Jilly showed up in her Easter finest...pretty girl! We wish she would have been feeling better on her first Easter, though...pesky colds! (Get better soon, Jilly!!)Cousin Kaylie was putting on a show for everyone, looking as cool as can be in Aunt Tiffany's sunglasses. :-)We woke Ally up from her nap and made a beeline for Grandpa and Grandma T's house, where Ally got a new pinwheel which she enjoyed very much. Grandpa T. showed her how to get it to spin and she really tried hard to do it herself (she'll figure it out soon enough!). Granddaddy came down from Mentor, OH and it was very nice to see him, as always. We had another Easter meal, giggled at Ally and Jillian playing together, got some great shots of Ally in her pretty dress and then we were off to our next stop...

The last of our stops for the day was to the Henderson's for Easter dinner and red velvet cupcakes...yum. It was DELICIOUS, even after all the food we had already eaten. Of course, like at the other two stops, Ally was showered with gifts. She got finger puppets, a new outfit and...

BEACH TOYS...yea for vacation only being a couple months away!

Cousin Dylan was all dressed up and looking as cute as ever in his little sweater vest...Here, he and Uncle Dave share some time on the couch watching The Masters...
Ally and Grandma enjoy some time and smiles together after dinner...It was a great day and thank you to all of our wonderful family for a wonderful Easter. We love spending time with each and every one of you and we miss those of you who were not able to be with us. Happy Easter everyone!

EGGS-TRAVAGANZA!

Today we had a little egg coloring party at our house to celebrate Ally's first time coloring Easter eggs. We invited all of the local cousins and the Aunts and Grandma's and we even asked a few friends, though they already had plans. It was a last minute decision to have the party, but it went so well that it has been suggested we make it an annual thing, which of course, I am totally for (those of you who know me well, know I ADORE planning parties and I ADORE traditions even more!). We will look forward to an eggs-tra special time next year! Ha-Ha!

The gang's here and ready to color eggs!!

Here's Ally taking a stab at dipping her first egg:

And here she is with blue egg dye all over her :-) :

Jillian says, "Where's my egg? I'm ready to make something pretty!"Aunt Pam reading to Dylan:A little play break was needed:

A little cookie decorating is always fun...Jillian didn't want to pose with her egg...

And Ally just wanted to eat hers...

Dylan is all snuggled up and ready to go home and eat. See you next year!!

Easter Pictures

We had Ally's Easter pictures (and what was supposed to be her 9 month picture, but was more like an almost 10 month picture...mommy was a little behind this time) taken a couple weeks ago and I was able to pick them up today. I thought I would post some to share with anyone reading our blog. I am very pleased with how they turned out. I think she looks adorable, especially in her cute hat!

Opening Day!

Today is Cincinnati Reds Home Opener and I can tell you that there is at least one happy little Truitt at our house this morning (and it isn't Ally)!! ;-)

David has been counting down the days until the Reds start playing and I have to say I have been a little anxious about the start of the season too. Even the spring training games have made my mind wander to warm summer days and ballpark hotdogs! We are not huge basketball fans, although we do love our Buckeyes and we generally enjoy March Madness, so the winter months get very tiring for us while we miss Football and anxiously await the start of Baseball. (At least we have had the Bluejackets!!!) I am really hoping for a good year of baseball from my favorite team from the 'Nati and we are hoping to get to at least one game this year and plan to take Ally for her first Major League Baseball Game!

Here's to hearing a lot of..."And this one belongs to the REDS!!!!"