Ok, so I'm so incredibly behind, but here are some pics of Patton's Easter. I would consider this more of his first Easter, since he was just a cute lump on the last Easter.
This year we went to Sam's parents' house, had an incredible dinner and a really fun Easter egg hunt.
Since Patton is so obsessed with putting things in buckets, this activity was right up his alley. He knew exactly what to do with the eggs. The hardest part was keeping him out of everyone else's buckets.
Oh, and the fact that he kept putting all his eggs back! Haha! Next year he'll get more of the hang out it!
A few days after Easter, Sam, Patton and I flew out to Maryland to visit my parents. I was STRESSING about taking a 14 month old on an airplane for 5 hours (plus a 2 hour layover), but he did amazingly well. He enjoyed the flights, and slept through most of them. He did have outbursts in the airport, but I'll take that over outbursts in a confined plane!! haha! On our first day, Nana watched Patton while Sam and I went to the Washington DC temple. What a beautifully HUGE temple! We had a good time.
Also while we were in Maryland, we headed down to Virginia and saw Montpelier (James Madison's house).
Nana had fun chasing Patton all around the grounds so that Sam and I could enjoy our tour of the house. Thanks Nana!
Sam and I looking so refined next to the classy James and Dolly.
Montpelier
While we were in Virginia, we visited Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's house. We didn't realize it, but we actually visited his house on his birthday, so they were having all sorts of celebrations going on that day. It was pretty cool to see.
The grounds of Monticello
More of Monticello
Patton being a ham in Monticello
On our third day in Virginia, we headed down to the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia. Obviously with naming our son Patton, we're very interested in WW2, so we LOVED this memorial. They had the most lifelike and touching statues to really give you a feel for D-Day.
At the center of the memorial stands this arch and waterway. Everything in the water is symbolic of things that relate to D-Day. So they had statues of men that were trying to make it onto the shores of Omaha Beach. They had fountains which shot up and acted like bullets that were hitting the water. Everything there just really made you appreciate the sacrifice that these young men experienced.
More amazing statues.
And of course you can't visit this museum without giving homage to Patton's namesake. And this quote fits our Patton to a T!
When we got back to Maryland, we had to hit the Baltimore Aquarium. You know, Patton's visited more aquariums than he's visited Disneyland. He's so cultured! Haha! He loved seeing and talking to all the fishies!
Talking to the fish. I wonder if he was a fish in his earlier life. Haha!
A waterfall in the Australian section of the aquarium.
Looking ready for a nap! We had a good visit with my parents. It's always good to see them, but I still hate doing that flight with a little one. At least he'll be older when we visit them next year! :)
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