Easter was this past Sunday, and I do not think that it could have been any more of a perfect weekend! Saturday night, we went to Ma and Poppy's and colored Easter eggs with the girls... I was kind of afraid that you would not really understand the concept, but you did sooooo great!!!!! It was so much fun! Of course, you cracked a few...and "stressed out" Kassidy, but it was a lot of fun! Then you had a little dance party and just played and played with Kendalyn and KassKass. I absolutely love seeing you with them...they just adore you so incredibly much and I know you feel the same. Your little face just lights up when you see them!

Easter Sunday, the Easter Bunny had hidden eggs and a Mickey Mouse Easter basket full of candy and toys in the living room. I was really surprised how much you got into it! You ran all over the place grabbing eggs and throwing them in your little wagon. It was adorable! Later, we had a really nice Lunch at Ma and Poppy's and then had an Easter egg hunt there as well. It was just our family and Great Grandma Pat came for the egg hunt. Poppy worked really hard on Lunch...he made ham, baked beans, Au'Gratin potatoes, mama and daddy made deviled eggs (we dyed them like Easter eggs!!) and I made a bunny cake, and auntie and uncle Ezra made hash brown casserole. You, of course, did not eat any of it....but mama loved it! They had your Easter basket hidden in the house and you ran around looking for it too... It was a wonderful day. The weather was about seventy degrees so all of us sat out on the deck and watched the kiddos run around looking for Easter eggs... You fell down the hill in the back yard several times and you would just jump back up and continue on the way.

As I just said....you didn't eat anything Easter Sunday. In fact, you've hardly eaten anything for the past few weeks. I am not really sure what has happened, but you have no interest in food. It is the biggest battle any time we try to feed you anything that you do not want to eat. I know that it is only a power struggle, but you just take whatever food we do manage to get into your mouth, and you pull it out of your mouth and throw it on the ground. Talk about frustrating. What is even more frustrating are your temper tantrums in general....helllllooo terrible two's!!!!! I love you so much Lathan Rush, but you have been so incredibly ornery these past few weeks. You scream all night, you roll, head butt, punch, kick, etc. mama gets NO sleep!!! I really do not want to let you "cry it out" on your crib...but I can not go much longer without any sleep. I hope you work through it soon. Besides for eating and sleeping, you are still a pretty happy baby...but boy you do throw your fair share of fits! You know what you want and you scream and scream until you get your way!

We finger painted last night... You did so cute with it for about a minute...and then you realized that You had stuff all over your hands and then you just freaked out! Sooooo, it turned into bath time!!!! You are just so funny when it comes to getting your hands dirty.

Ma. She loves you so much Lathan. You make her smile and laugh all the time. You run up to her chair and Babble to her all the time and you are always wanting to sit on her lap and dance to the music she always turns on for you. Lately, her cancer treatment has stopped working. Mama's Heart is very broken and I do not even want to think about what that means for our futures... I can not picture my life without her in it. I can not picture a time where I can not call her and tell her what you did that day or ask her a question about being a mama. I love her so much and I know that you do too. I hope that she is around longer...I hope that you can get to know her ad remember her as this amazing woman that has truly made me the mom that I am today. I also pray that you never have to feel this heartache.... It's the worst thing Lathan.