Dexter's First Easter

Overall, Dexter had a pretty good Easter. He got cards from Grandma & Granddad and from the Nulks. He got toys and books from Tootsie & Pop. and he got to make a mess with his very first chocolate bunny!

Pre-Easter with Tootsie:
Now that Dexter is bigger than his stuffed bear, he needed a new goal. Tootsie obliged with this giant puppy, which Dexter loves.



She also brought him some new books. He's still too little for some of them (no eating the super-fancy pop-up books!), but those will keep nicely until he's ready. In the meantime, we can get to work on Dizzy Dragon and Thomas Gets Stuck. :)




Easter with the Cooleys:
Thanks to his refusal to nap on time, Dexter wasn't exactly the happiest camper on Sunday afternoon. As a result, there are NO pictures of Dexter from the big Easter dinner. Instead, enjoy this picture of Granddad & Tybee and a shot of the cake that Ruby and Livia made for the occasion.




Dexter's Easter Basket:
After everyone left and Dexter had gotten some sleep, we gave him a chance to check out his Easter basket. He got a bunch of empty plastic eggs to play with, a See & Say (he's a little bit afraid of that one), and a chocolate bunny to briefly make a mess with before we had to take it away (because babies are not actually supposed to eat chocolate). Mostly, he liked the Easter grass.



And, of course, the Chocolate Bunny was much-enjoyed, if only for a few minutes. He was very sad when we took it away. Poor baby.




Can I also add that it's April 13, and we've already taken close to 200 pictures of Dexter this month?! That's not counting his pro photo session on 4/11 (pictures to come soon, we hope!) Granted, not all of those are actually good pictures, but come on. That's just crazy.