A Glimpse into the Freihaut World: Easter in Indiana

This weekend we headed home to Indiana to celebrate Easter with our families. I was fortunate enough to have Friday and Monday off of school, so it was an excellent opportunity to make the trip home. We headed home Thursday evening and arrived at my parent's house late that night. Addy had slept for the majority of the trip, so she was hyped up and ready to go when we got to their house. She played with all of the toys that Grandma Schum had scored at various yard sales. She finally tuckered out and headed to bed.

On Friday we headed to Derek's mom's house and helped her go through some of her things and prepare for Courtney's baby shower. Derek's mom is planning on moving sometime this spring/summer, so we have been working on getting rid of lots of things in her house, which is quite a job! Friday evening we went out to eat with my family and went to visit my cousin Gwen and her family. Gwen just had a new baby girl a month ago and she is precious! It was a lot of fun seeing them! Addy enjoyed checking out her second cousin, Owen's boy toys! She didn't really pay a whole lot of attention to little Avari, which was probably for the best!

On Saturday we had Courtney's shower at Derek's mom's house. Courtney is Cory's wife, who is Derek's brother. The shower went very well. Many of the people who came to the shower saw Adalyn for the first time. She really enjoyed all of the attention. Saturday evening we suprised Derek's mom by arranging for all of her brothers and sisters to meet us at Shyler's in Evansville for her birthday. It was really hard to keep the secret from her, but it was a success!

We celebrated Easter on Sunday at my parents. We braved the chilly and windy weather to hunt eggs in mom and dad's front yard. Addy's seemed to get the hang of it, but enjoyed picking the eggs up and then tossing them over her shoulder. On Sunday evening we took Addy to her Grandma Freihaut's house so that she could see her in her Easter dress.

Addy's second Easter was much more eventful than her first. Instead of sleeping the day away like she did last year, Addy ran all around the house playing with her new toys and making it nearly impossible for me to take pictures. She loved seeing all of her grandparents and continuously asked to go outside to play. Hopefully the next time we head to Indiana it will be much warmer and she can spend lots of time running around in the yard.