Smiles

It was Darren's turn last night to spend a few hours up at the hospital with Kristen. He was so happy when he came home, reporting that he was able to hold her the entire time and that, in addition to all the sweet little facial expressions we've come to love so much, she kept smiling. Now, before you even say it, I know what you're probably thinking: "Babies don't smile!" Oh, but they do! Our little Kristen sure was, and he brought home proof! I absolutely love this picture. I want to have it framed:


Here's something else that had us smiling last night. Some sweet friends from church had offered to bring us dinner, and I was expecting something simple, a small casserole, perhaps. Here's what they showed up with last night...an entire meal, right down to the dessert! It was delicious.


More reasons to smile: Darren and I had feared that Caitlyn would not be able to hunt for Easter eggs on Sunday, but as it turned out, we needn't have worried. She has figured out how to scoot around the house on her bottom, and she is fast! We hid plastic eggs in our living room and cautioned Dylan not to find them all, but she was so quick that she easily found just as many as him and Meghan. Yesterday Caitlyn and Meghan wanted to have another egg hunt, and this time I remembered to get some actual full body shots of Caitlyn in her cast. (See, mom? I promised you I would!) The girls had so much fun playing with their eggs yesterday that I ended up taking a lot of pictures. Here are just a few of my favorites:






And here is the beautiful Easter arrangement that my aunt made for me last weekend while I was in the hospital. I wish I had thought to take a picture when I first came home, but I think it is still just lovely. :)