He gets the egg thing...

An update on the all the Easter happenings in Jeremiah's world.

Although we were a bit delayed by a winter storm warning in northern IL on Friday, we made to G&G Todd's around 4 on Friday. After a great fish fry dinner, which Jeremiah loved, we dyed Easter eggs. He loved dropping the eggs in the cups. We think he may have done this at the sitters.

On Saturday, we went egg hunting in Hanover with cousin Karl and his mom. Jeremiah picked up 4 eggs and managed to get a prize paper in one of them. We picked out some sidewalk chalk that we look forward to using if it ever warms up. Then, we went to G&G Schnitzlers. Jeremiah played with Kelley and Devin and then took a nice afternoon nap. His cousins do a good job of wearing him out. He also spent some time at the farm with the cows and sheep. He was not a fan of the sheep. We think them running back and forth and in and out freaked him a bit. That night, he hung out with G&G while his parents went out with Stef. It was good for all of us and we are told that he was a very good boy and went to bed willingly.

On Sunday, Jeremiah awoke to a basket of goodies from the Easter bunny. The bunny brought him bubbles (he thinks they are fun), goldfish crackers, a Mickey Mouse clubhouse CD (so he can do the theme and hotdog dance anytime), and peep bunnies that we have learned turn his mouth blue (oops). He also liked playing with the grass. We all went to breakfast at church. He ate his fair share of sausage. Grandpa makes them yummy! At church, he carefully watched a second cousin Gracie be baptized. After church we spent some time with extended Schnitzler family and had an egg hunt in the yard. He picked up many more eggs.

Then, we headed for G&G Todd's and he fell asleep on the way. When he woke up, it was time to hunt eggs again. The bunny brought him several things, including a new duck piggy bank. This was perfect because the bunny also hid eggs that had quarters in them. He had fun finding the eggs and getting the money out to put in the bank.

At around 4 we loaded up the car and hit the road. Can you believe he didn't sleep the entire way back to CU? However, he was pretty wiped out after a quick dinner and crashed. So did his parents.

Darn teeth

Jeremiah's weekend wasn't so hot, because he's getting molars. He screamed through a large portion of Saturday night, finally finding rest on my chest in the Lazy Boy around 3 a.m. We know he wasn't feeling good when he didn't eat French toast on Sunday morning. He's always up for morning carbs. His little bottom was so red on Saturday night that he started crying in the bath tub. Poor thing. I should have known he was off when he was willing to sit in the chair with me for nearly 45 minutes watching the Illinois basketball game on Saturday.


However, he was back in the appetite column tonight, gobbling down chicken, broccoli, rice, applesauce and TWO cookies. His nose doesn't seem to be running as much either, so we're hoping he'll sleep like a champ tonight.


Now to do a bit of catching up. Last weekend, we went to a party at Krista & Trever's on Saturday night. We couldn't believe Jeremiah was still going strong when we left at close to 10 p.m. However, we weren't 5 miles down the road when he crashed.


The time change has helped him sleep a little later in the mornings, much to his father's delight. Now, he wakes up around 7:15, instead of 6:15 or 6:30. However, we were all running behind last Monday because he didn't have us up and moving. Interestingly, when I was by myself with him on Saturday, he didn't sleep in. He was up and at 'em at 6:30. ironic....


He enjoyed a few warm days last week. They brought the chance to go for walks and play in the yard. He and Daddy enjoyed playing ball in the yard on Thursday night while I was in class and Friday before I came home from work.


He's been too funny with his new pastime of "resting". He likes to lay on a pillow on the floor or couch and be covered with a blanket. It's pretty cute and he started this on his own last Sunday. Perhaps he observes us lounging in a similar manner. He did give a yell when he would want a new book handed to him so John just kept the books coming. He "relaxed" quite often this weekend and in the evenings too.


Wow! That was alot of catch up. This mommy is finished with class for a while so hopefully we'll get back to regular updates. We're headed north this weekend to enjoy Easter with family. Let's hope the bunny is good to Jeremiah. He's been enjoying taking the plastic eggs out of his Easter basket so we'll be intrigued to see how he does with the real ones.

He likes his cookies! Thanks Grandma!