April 13, 2009

The Easter Holiday!


Easter was spent playing, cooking, and spending time with family. We had awoke that morning to Taylor calling to us from her bedroom, asking for the Easter Bunny! When we all got ready for the day, Taylor realized that the Easter Bunny had visited and delivered an Easter basket and had hidden all of the eggs we had colored! She first dove into the basket and received some stickers, nail polish and candy. Taylor went right for the candy, immediately eating M&M's! She then ran around the house looking for eggs, and every time she found one she yelled "I found it!" She would place the egg in the bin and continue looking for more! She got so excited about the idea of eating the eggs that she smashed one on the fireplace, almost as to ensure that we would let her eat one right then! She eat a couple of them and then went for more chocolate! We had a great morning, playing and goofing around, and then Bushka and Grandpa Mike came by for dinner. Taylor wore her yellow dress with her baby crocs, while I cooked ham, sweet potatoes and a green bean casserole. After dinner we topped it off with Dutch Apple Pie! All the food was delicious! Taylor received a basket from my mother which contained jewelry, candy and cookies! Needless to say Taylor had a great sugar high all night! It was great to spend time with family and we all had a great day. We all feel so blessed!



6 comments:

Dana said...

OMG she is even cuter than she was and getting cuter and cuter! She has such beautiful eyes and she looks sooooo happy! I can't wait to see her in June! What an adorable little peanut, I hope she lets me squeeze her!

Anonymous said...

I love new blog posts from the Van Sants! She is such a cutie! Glad to hear all is well; now if only the warm weather would arrive.:)

Jim and Michelle said...

Hello! I'm not sure how I found your blog this evening, I think it was while I was Googling "Kazakhstan adoption" and I've been reading your story for the past 2 hours!

We are from western Michigan and in the process of adopting from Kaz too! It would be great to talk with you via email sometime.

Our blog is at:
http://ourchildinkazakhstan.blogspot.com/

I'm not sure how to hunt down your email address, or if you have it on your blog.

You can get ours by clicking on our profile on the blog.

We hope for a boy 6 mo to 18 mo old. We really fell in love with how cute your daughter is! What a sweetheart!

Blessings.

Maren and Peter said...

Sounds like you guys had a good Easter. You all look great. Can't wait to see you in June!

Susan said...

Taylor gets cuter and cuter and cuter...she has the same sweet face that I fell in love with blog stalking you in Astana, but she just grows more beautiful with time.

Love her Easter dress and can't wait to see ya'll in June!

Kjersten, Steve, Aitugan & Nurai said...

Wow... Taylor looks SO grown up! She just gets cuter every time we see her. We are really looking forward to reconnecting with all of you in person this June for Kazapalooza! See you then : )