Easter 2016

Easter weekend was full of first for the McKelroy family; Lorelai’s first church service, Easter basket and visit from her Uncle Jarred. Jillian’s brother, Jarred, works as an EMT/Firefighter in Georgia and had not had the time off to come see his first niece until this weekend. Unfortunately, the rest of his family couldn’t make it. He made it to town of Friday and had just enough time to see Lorelai before being whisked away by his mother for a majority of the weekend.

Sunday was a bit of a whirlwind. From about 7am to 10am, we took turns taking care of Lorelai while the other dressed for Church. We went to the last service available at Fairhope United Methodist (11am). We made it there with a little time to spare, but the weather was as awful as the parking and we had to make our way across traffic in a downpour; umbrella in one hand, car seat in the other.

To our surprise and delight, Lorelai slept through the entire one hour service. The only noise she made was early on during some of the musical bits, and that was only a fit of hiccups. They were really cute, so no one around seemed to mind. 

The service lasted a little longer than we expected, and we had plans to be at my parent’s house for lunch. The rain had not let up and we got equally wet on the way out. I even managed to step in a newly made stream on the edge of the road, filling a shoe with water. We let my parents know that we’d be a little late and went home to change. 

Lorelai finally woke up just in time to say hello to everyone at my parent’s house and then nurse. After we all ate lunch we took to taking family photos with everyone. Here’s a sample:

We stayed at my parents for a while to visit and then came home to start making spaghetti. We hosted Jarred, Jillian’s Mom and step-dad for dinner that night. It was nice to be able to spend separate but equal time with both sides of the family.