Easter

Once again we went to our church's Easter egg hunt the day before Easter. It was fun to see how much Jordan has changed since last year! All week I have been preparing Jordan for this and have been telling him that he has to put the eggs in his basket really fast. I said this because last year he only put one egg in his basket and spent the rest of the time studying the eggs. I soon realized that Jordan has grown up quite a bit since last year! The first thing Jordan said when I went to get him out of his crib in the morning was, "Go on Easter egg hunt now!" Since he's an early riser, he had quite a bit of time to wait until we could leave for church. Once the hunt started, I realized that Jordan really took my advice to heart. He seemed totally oblivious of all the action around him as he focused on putting as many eggs in his basket as he could. I think he probably had close to 15 eggs in his basket in less than 5 minutes! Here is Jordan getting ready to go on the Easter egg hunt. He woke up at 6:30 on Saturday and we didn't leave for church until 9:30. It was a long 3 hours because he kept asking every few minutes, "Go on egg hunt now?"


Here is Jordan looking up at his pink balloon. About 5 minutes after this picture was taken, Jordan let go of the balloon and it flew off into the sky. Luckily for him, our pastor saw it all happen and quickly found another balloon for him. But even today, 2 days later, Jordan said, "Jordie sad about balloon going in sky."

We invited our neighbors along. The last picture we have of Jordan and Reily holding hands was taken on Halloween. Reily was eating a sucker in that picture too!


This isn't the best picture because you can't see Jordan's face, but you can see all the eggs he is putting in his basket.

Jordan was pretty excited when we opened all the eggs and found candy inside!

On Sunday we went to church for Easter and Jordan thought we were going on another Easter egg hunt! He turned out to be a pretty lucky boy. Of course we didn't have another egg hunt at church but my parents set up a little egg hunt for him in their backyard. They also bought him a tee ball set for Easter. He was conflicted then because he couldn't decide if he would rather hunt for eggs or play with his tee ball set.

Jordan was very interested in seeing how Grandpa put the tee ball set together.

Minnesota

We recently returned from a short trip to Minnesota to visit Luke's family. The plane ride there was quick but a little stressful as Jordan was NOT happy about staying belted in on the plane! I saw a few people turn around in their seats to check out who was throwing the big tantrum. We were better prepared on the way home and kept feeding him Starbursts to keep him happy. I'm not one to permit junk food, but I was desparate! Jordan is a much better traveler in the car than he is on a plane! Other than that, our trip was wonderful! Jordan had so much fun spending time with his cousins. Even though the weather was a bit cold, we stayed so busy we hardly even noticed. It continues to be challenging to take good pictures of Jordan as he is always on the move! These were the best I could do. Here is Jordan with his cousin Jade. She was so good with him. She would play with him and would make sure he didn't get into too much mischief. If Jade lived near us, I think I would often be asking her if she wanted to come over and play with Jordan!

Here is Jordan with Jade and Isiah. I couldn't get Jordan to look at the camera.

We spent one morning at the zoo which was a lot of fun. This was the best picture we have of Jordan with all the Ford cousins.

Aunt Emily quickly became Jordan's best friend because she brought Wheat Thins along. The way to Jordan's heart is defintely through his stomach!

One afternoon we brought Jordan to the pool at Grandpa Tim's gym. I forgot my swimsuit, but Jordan had a lot of fun swimming with Daddy!

Notice how Jordan's swimsuit is coming off. There was a mandatory 10 minute rest period while Jordan was swimming. He thought that meant he was all done so he immediately tried to pull off his bathing suit. Luckily, we were able to distract him with this toy until it was time to go back in the water.

We also spent one morning at the Mall of America. Jordan loved it there because there were so many things to "drive." He loves arcades because they usually have these types of games. We never have to put any money in. Jordan is content just to pretend to turn the steering wheel and drive.

We also took Jordan on 3 rides at the mall. We learned that Jordan isn't afraid of speed as some of the rides went pretty fast. We were the only ones riding this little car ride. Jordan loved every minute of it!

Here we are waiting for the train ride to start. Jordan insisted on sitting in the front seat of the train because then he thought he was the one driving the train.

Jordan also loved riding on this little truck ride. He turned the steering wheel and honked the horn the whole time.

I had to include this picture because it shows how playful Luke is. Most adults sat in the back of the trucks and looked fairly bored. Luke was smiling and honking the horn the whole time. He sure is a fun Daddy!