Day 18: Happy Resurrection Day

Sunday, April 22, 2019
Well, this is the first Easter that either Brent or I have celebrated in the hospital in our lifetime. We came very close with Allie. She was born 3 days before Easter and we were discharged from the hospital on Saturday evening with Easter 2017 being the very next day.
Celebrating Jesus's resurrection from the hospital today was a good reminder for me of all that Jesus endured for me because of my sin and His willingness to die for me when He was completely without sin. His resurrection also gives me the hope I have here on earth for each day of this situation we find ourselves in, even though it looks so different than what we thought we had planned and not only hope for here, but hope of forever with Jesus!
We also got to see some sweet smiling Easter faces today! Yes, the girls got to come for a visit! It was the first time I had seen them in 8 looonngg days! Brent had seen them 2 or 3 times last week so that was good, but I was very ready for a visit with them too!

Brent and I had Easter lunch together while ww waited for the time for them to arrive.

We started out in my room with Easter baskets. Well,actually, it was Easter umbrellas this year. I had seen this idea online and thought it was really fun. They liked it too when they saw the surprise and now they have umbrellas to use throughout the rest of the year also.

After we spent some time visiting and with lots of hugs,

After the snuggles, we headed outside for a few minutes so that the girls could hunt Easter eggs for a little while. One of the days that Brent took me outside in the wheelchair, we found a little garden type area behind the hospital and I thought it would work for a little egg hunt, and it worked well!

 They had a good time with this! Brent hid the eggs twice and then the big sisters took turns hiding them for the other sisters too!

 I forgot to have Brent bring their Easter buckets but Ziploc bags worked just fine.

 Allie was 2 weeks shy of being 1 last Easter so she only was able to find eggs with lots of help. Not so this year! After she found those first few eggs, she was off and searching for more! As you can tell by this face, she was pretty excited about looking for Easter eggs!

So thankful to get to spend a little time with my girls and our family be together on this Resurrection Sunday and Little Man made it to 32.5 weeks too! Thankful to Jesus for the blessings of this Easter day!