john with his great pepe and great grandmother brasseur

we went to easter at grammy and pepe brasseur's in irasburg. it was the first time they had seen john. as you can tell, it was love at first sight : )

horse and carriage ride ... with the easter bunny!

abbie, madison, john, and i went for a picnic in williston and while we were eating the girls noticed a horse and carriage going around the green. as it got closer they noticed who was sitting in the carriage - the easter bunny! when we finished eating we went over to find out more about it - turns out they were giving free rides with the easter bunny : )

no, i didn't let the kids go on the carriage ride by themselves - i just had to take a photo first : ) i have to admit, it was a pretty awesome day - it was almost 80 out and having a picnic with the kids in april ... plus a horse and carrige ride with the easter bunny - hard to top that!

i was told by madison - "you know mom, that isn't the real easter bunny."

maybe he is dreaming about the easter bunny ...

three generations of stewarts

we had easter with my family a day early and finally had all three generations of stewarts together - my father, my grandfather, and john.

as most of you know, we named john after my father, stewart. we actually chose our boy's name back in november. i wanted a name with 7 letters - we all have 7 letters in our names: melanie, derrick, abigail, and madison ... so one day derrick and i decided that we wanted to incorporate our father's names in our boy's name and came up with stewart (which had 7 letters) john (derrick's father's middle name).

* on a side note, stewart was my paternal great grandmother's maiden name.