Easter 2013

It was so special to have Dave's parents here with us for Easter this year! Unfortunately, they had to leave right after lunch to head back to Georgia, but we got to have a big breakfast together and of course, go to church together.

It's not a family picture without the silly faces:

We decided to do the egg hunt/big dinner with my family in the evening so that it didn't interrupt our time with Dave's family.

You'll notice that Hudson is missing from the egg hunt pics. LONG story short: most of you know that Hudson suffers with severe seasonal allergies. Well, for about a week before Easter he was pretty rashy all over his face. We felt like we were doing a pretty good job keeping it somewhat under control. But Sunday we noticed that he was pretty wheezy. We kept an eye on him all afternoon, and decided that he would need to stay inside over at my parents house (their backyard is practically poison for him)-- but he could egg hunt for a few minutes. We let him outside for about 5 minutes before the egg hunt, and as soon as he came inside for us to hide the eggs, he grabbed his chest and collapsed to the ground. After a few minutes he seemed to be much better, but was still having a pretty hard time breathing. So, we took him to the ER. (another side note: this is our SECOND ER visit in 2 weeks. The first one was with Crew- he passed out in my arms after a fall at Hudson's preschool. Concussion #1 for the Dennison children!). Anyway, some meds, a dose of steroid, and 3 breathing treatments later, we were released. We went to the allergist first thing Monday morning to get a game plan on how to keep it under control so that this sweet guy can have a normal childhood and still be able to play outside!! Needless to say, he was pretty sad that he didn't get to go on the egg hunt. So, on Monday after we got back from the dr, he had his very own egg hunt in our backyard, and he LOVED it.