Easter 2010

The Easter Bunny came to see the girls this year!!

He brought Audrey an umbrella, some play-dough, a sprinkler, some flip-flops and a book or two!

Little miss Shelby Claire got some new pacis, a sun hat, a new set of rings, and a book also!

After we played with the sweet surprises that the Easter Bunny brought, we worked really hard to get to church on time. We prepared for it the night before, all clothes were ironed and all bags were packed. It was IMPORTANT that we make it this Sunday. It didn't happen.

Church starts at 10:45. At 10:00 we were all ready! We have to leave at 10:30 in order to make it on time. As I was getting our diaper bag and my purse on my shoulder, Shelby Claire began to cry. She is not a cry baby. She never cries unless she is hungry or her tummy hurts. I loved on her and soothed her as best I could but she wasn't calming down. She wasn't supposed to eat until 11:30 so I couldn't figure out what was wrong with her. I finally gave in and tried to feed her. Clay and Audrey were in the basement getting ready to get in the car. By this time is was already 10:45. It takes her about 20 minutes to eat. We missed church. On Easter.

So, we tried to take some pictures of Audrey and Shelby Claire in their Easter dresses instead. I shoot most of my photos in "manual" mode. I like to be able to adjust the settings myself- mainly because I don't like the harsh shadows the flash on my camera makes. As those of you with children know, it's very difficult to get a good picture of them once they become mobile. Weeelll, I handed the camera to Clay so he could take some pictures of me with the girls and I accidentally left it on manual mode. The pictures would have been precious if I hadn't done that! Here they are after I "picniked" the stew out of them (picnik is an online photo editing program that is easy, easy. I have given up on photoshop and just use it.) and this is the best we got!

Audrey 2 1/2 years old, Shelby Claire- 9 weeks

Poor Shelby Claire wasn't into having her picture made! And yes, I wore black on Easter! :(