Easter 2010

We hope everyone had a nice Easter. I think I enjoyed this one even more than usual. A big part of that was Rocco. Even though he has no idea what Easter is, it made the holiday even more special to have him there (I can't imagine how much cooler Christmas will be this year!). We gave Graham and Rocco a combined Easter basket. The 4 of us took a walk (well, Graham rode his bike) that morning. The weather was just perfect. It's been so long since we've had an Easter with such nice weather. Later we headed to Nathan's parents' house. We had good food and fun times with his family. That night, we met my mom and brother for dinner at Cracker Barrel. Everything was perfect. (Even our experience getting the above picture taken with the Easter Bunny was easy, peasy, lemon squeezy! We were in and out within 15 minutes and Rocco slept through the whole thing!)

In other exciting news, Rocco has started sleeping through the night for the most part! I'm sure this will not be an every night thing all of the time but we are just happy that he's doing it majority of the time. It started Sat. night and has continued every night but one so far. When he does wake up, it's usually about 5 am which is when we get up for work anyway. So I feed him and he either hangs out in his swing afterwards if it's a day I take him to my mother-in-law's house or he goes back to bed if it's a day my mom comes to watch him at our house (or it's a weekend). Let's hope this can continue!

He had another appointment last night with the therapist from The Delta Gamma Center. Right away, she commented that his eyes looked darker to her. I don't know if was just the lighting or what, but that was a surprise to hear. He did really good. He held onto the rattle for a minute or so and shook it himself once or twice. She also worked with him at rolling over. He almost did it. He just couldn't figure out how to get over his one arm. But I think if we keep working at it with him, he'll have it in no time. He's a very strong baby and amazes me on a daily basis. The therapist commented that he's doing great!

Don't forget to register or donate to Rocco's Rock n Strollers for the Delta Gamma Center's Annual Run for Sight. Early bird registration ends April 24th! (See the post that is 2 before this one for the link!) We've raised over $1000 so far and have been so overwhelmed (in a good way) by the tremendous response/support we've received. Thanks to everyone who has signed up or donated. We will be selling Rocco's Rock n Strollers t-shirts to raise even more money and to make sure we stand out in the crowd on race day! Let's all pray for nice weather that day!

-Dawn