Bennett's 2nd Easter... What a difference a year makes!

What a great Easter weekend... I am sure this feeling will continue to hit me on special days for a while but it is so hard to not think of how far we have come in the last year.

Last Year...
Bennett's First Easter

Last Easter Bennett was 4 months old and had been home from the hospital with a trach for 4 days. We ended up back in the hospital the day after Easter with complications. We had such a wonderful day last year, just enjoying having him home and being around family. There wasn't one ounce of me that felt like we weren't past the hard part. I really felt a sense of relief to have him home and working up his health.

This year I can't even explain how lucky we feel, He was running around enjoying family like I couldn't have dreamed possible last year at this time... what lucky parents we are to have such a little joy in our lives!

Bennett and I were rained in this week but tried the boots out anyway...This is what he wanted to wear on Easter. When he first got these boots, I couldn't imagine our boy being big enough to wear them... oh has our little man grown!

Bennett and the Easter Bunny were busy this weekend... on Saturday we went down to his Grandma & Grandpa's in Chehalis, even though they weren't home. We stayed the night there with his Auntie Katie and Uncle Marty and played all evening with his best buddy and cousin Reece. They are both on the move and they sure had fun running around in the basement.

Here they are conspiring an escape

And Bennett trying to sneak in on Reece's dinner

Sunday we went up for a visit with Grandma & Grandpa Olsen and all the Aunts, Uncles and Cousins. The weather cooperated just long enough for Bennett to participate in his very first Easter egg hunt. We loved watching all the boys play so great together. Hunter and Alanzo are definately busy boys and Bennett seems to be facinated with them and just tries to keep up.

Such a good little egg scavenger...

Daddy and Grandpa Steve helping me find eggs
Playing dress up in the toy closet
Even though I am not ready for my little boy to be playing cowboys, it was a little too cute...
In true Jones family tradition, we took advantage of the holiday and let Bennett wear his pajamas all day, nothing better than a Sunday in Pajamas!

Every time I look at him in those Pajamas I can't help but smile and feel like the luckiest mommy in the world.