Hayes Man's First Easter

Easter has always held tremendous significance in my heart for a number of reasons. When I was 10 years old, I asked Jesus into my heart on Easter. When I was 23 years old, I entered remission for Crohn's Disease on Easter weekend, and ever since then the day has become a tremendous reminder of the new life and renewal that we receive thanks to the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus. Last year, I struggled to remind myself of God's mercy and goodness as we struggled to get pregnant. My body was being its crazy, walking science experiment self and I just wasn't sure that it was going to happen until we attended the Easter church service and something inside my heart told me that at this time next year we would be celebrating the first Easter of our own precious baby. I left that church service with my faith renewed and restored, and continued to wait for that amazing gift that God would give us. Sure enough, when Easter rolled around this year, I was holding our sweet baby boy in my arms and have never been so thankful for new life, miracles and a spirit of renewal and hope that only the resurrection can provide! And the icing on the cake... we were celebrating Hayes' first Easter in San Antonio at my parents house with my parents, sister, aunt, uncle and cousins! God has been so good and faithful and we enjoyed every moment of our first trip to San Antonio since Hayes arrived. I must also add that our little angel was the perfect road tripper, sleeping the entire way to SA and the entire way back (with the exception of one feeding each way). Hayes loved spending time with his GG, Pops, Aunt Kirby and extended family and didn't miss a beat in the sleep department. He even withstood a trip to La Cantera and an entire afternoon of shopping. I know it shouldn't surprise me that my child would be a natural born shopper, but I must say I was very impressed with his endurance! Perhaps it had something to do with us being at an outdoor mall... :) In any event, we had a blast with family and can't wait for our next visit!