Easter Egg Hunt

We took Will to a kiddie Easter Party on Sunday complete with games, egg hunt and a visit from the "E-Bunny" himself (as Will calls him). Will had a great time coloring pictures, running around, and playing games with Grandma Riedeman. He also surprised us by being a natural at the egg hunt! Craig and I weren't sure he'd really get it, but as soon we got outside, he got right to work gathering the colorful, plastic eggs into his basket. He also got super excited when the "E-Bunny" arrived (running over, jumping up and down, clapping his hands), but then quickly changed his tune when Mr. Bunny started paying attention to him and we wanted to take a picture. :)

And BIG NEWS:

Over the weekend, Will began sleeping in his big boy bed! We started with a nap on Saturday and that was disastrous. I went about it all wrong, I think, in an effort to gently transition him. So each time he got up, I was putting him back in bed saying "Will, it's nap time. You have to lay down." etc. etc. He'd whine and throw a fit each time and it went on and on. We ended up giving up and putting him back in the crib for nap and he still slept poorly after the whole debacle. But I decided to be persistent that night and take a different angle to go about it. Per the Super Nanny, we did his normal bedtime routine and then once he was down, we did not say another word to him when we had to go back in the room. We just walked in, picked him up with a firm facial expression and NO TALKING, lay him back down, and walked out! The difference was amazing! We only went in twice and then he was out. Hooray - SUCCESS!!! Naps are a little tougher but we still made it through for Sundays nap. It took 4 walk-ins (same method) and 45 minutes, but he DID go to sleep. And each time I went in, he got an "uh-oh" look on his face and didn't fight me at all. By Sunday night, we didn't have to go back in the room at all and last night was his 3rd night in a row in the big boy bed. I am just beyond excited about the whole thing.

Here's a picture (not the most flattering) of him asleep on Sunday night:



We now have 2 bed rails up and last night Craig created a sort of fort with pillows at the head and foot of the bed. He's a little protective... :)

What else? Over the weekend, I added 4 loaves of zucchini bread, 8 dozen cookies, 2 zucchini quiches and 6 individual portions of spinach lasagna to my freezer stash of food for maternity leave. So I'm feeling pretty good and stocked now.

And yesterday I had another doctors appointment - typical check up but she didn't do an internal exam so I don't have any progress updates. Maybe next week...