A visit from the Easter Bunny

He brought a rabbit for Daner

Sunday, April 24
We had an unusually slow Easter morning.  I brought Daner some yummy Easter breakfast, which didn't really taste good to him at all!  It took Daner a bit to want to get out of bed, but I reminded him he had Easter eggs to find (in his room-haha) and he had to find his Easter basket (also in his tiny room), it was quite comical!  He asked me how many eggs were hiding and I told him 100.  He said "for one kid?, "  I told him , "no, like 30,"  he was really excited about that and I wished I had hidden more!  I told him 15 of them were in a little bag from some of his friends and we thought they were really fun.  They had things in them like little fuzzy chicks and gummy egg yolks and gummy Smurfs.  We laughed together.  Then he found the other 15 hiding in his little room.  He thought it was really fun finding the eggs in a hospital room!  Then he really was puzzled that he couldn't find his basket!  He looked and looked and looked and then finally found it under a blanket.  After he enjoyed his Easter hunt we watched some Easter Resurrection videos on the Mormon channel.  We talked about what we celebrate at Easter and why it is so important.  Daner had some special visits from a friend who taught him how to make origami cranes to bring him good luck and a visit from his great Aunt Sandi and Uncle Scott.  We found out that a sickness was going around and Dane's family would be unable to celebrate Easter with their grandparents and cousins and we felt really bad for them.  We also found out that Dad couldn't come to the hospital with Dane's brother and sisters because of his chest cold and we were disappointed about that as well.  The doctors visited Daner today and told us how important it is for Dane to stay far far away from any sickness and colds because he has no immune system and will absolutely catch anything and everything that is in the air he breathes.  This made us so nervous.  Daner and I snuggled all afternoon and evening and enjoyed the peaceful calm that comes on the 7th floor during holidays.  Everyone is nestled in to their rooms away from the outside world trying to stay safe and protected from the outside germs that can be so fatal to their little bodies.  It was so intensely quiet, so we did the same and stayed tucked away enjoying our time together on this special Easter day.  Dad was having a hard time not seeing his little son so he sanitized his hands a million times, masked up and didn't touch a thing and visited with Dane for a few short minutes, so he could tell him he loved him and wish him an Easter blessing.

Daner checking out his Easter basket

Easter visit from great Uncle Scott and great Aunt Sandi