Easter

I guess "they" say that life doesn't always go as planned right? Well, our Easter weekend was one of those such times. Good Friday morning Sam woke up with nasty, goopy eyes again! Long story, short, I took him in that afternoon and the doctor believed that the sinus infection we thought had gone away, had in fact, NOT. So, we put him back on an antibiotic. Because he had taken a turn for the worse again, he wasn't the happiest camper Friday or Sat.

We had planned to meet Dan, Mar and Jackson in Wheaton on Sat. for a time at the little zoo and have our own egg hunt with them. Well, because of Sam's issues, we thought we better lay low and not risk infecting the Glavach family! So, we did an egg hunt at home instead for the girls and Hannah invited her new little friend Mia from down the street. Despite Sam's sickness, we were able enjoy a beautiful day!

I guess Hannah is contemplating where to look for her next egg in this picture. :O)

Ellie found one!

Easter was great! Sam was well enough to take to the city to spend the day with Brian's family. We arrived in the morning and I stayed home w/ him while the rest of the family attended the Moody Church service. Steve, my father-in-law, was home sick as well, so while Sam napped, we watched the service live online. It was nice to feel like we were there with everyone. :O) It really was a beautiful service.

After church, we celebrated with the family up in the party room on the 56th floor of the building...even Molly, the Johnaik's new pup was there! She and Sam bonded!

Sam is 11 months old now!

Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of the girls w/ their dresses on...shame on me! And unfortunately, when we got home, I realized we didn't get one of our family either! So, I made my family sit down and pose for the camera. And, unfortunately, this picture was taken just minutes before poor little Ellie got hit with a nasty stomach bug. Needless to say, it was a long night.

So, here is the Giere family w/ one not-s0-happy 2 1/2 year old. (and a somewhat stunned looking 11 month old!)

Here we are three days later and Ellie is still pretty out of it. Her fever seems to be gone, but she has been left with one issue...let's just say, I've been changing a lot of diapers! (it's actually times like this that I'm sort of glad that she's not potty trained yet...although that's one of the next things on the 'to do' list!)

We hope that you had a blessed, healthy Easter!