Easter Bunny Trauma

After last week's bunny disaster at Northlake Mall, I decided that Lily should give the Easter Bunny a final try. Today, Beth and 5 week old Leah Catherine came over to help us hunt down the rabbit. Our initial plan was to go to Southpark to Picture*People to use the rabbit we used last year. Next time, I'll call first because the they closed the store -- for good. Crap. So, then we drove to Carolina*Place to scope out the bunny over there.

Sadly, this time only went mildly better than last. She did wave to him a lot and managed to get close without screaming and even point out some facial features ("Eye?" as she clobbered him through the eye which serves as a breathing screen for the person inside the costume), but the second the got on his lap, sheer terror ensued. The pictures of her alone on the bunny's lap are just depressing, so we pulled in our pinch-hitting prop: An adorable baby!

Leah Catherine was brave and regarded the rabbit with only a modicum of concern. Lily paused in her screaming for only a moment to check out her little pal and the photographer was able to capture a non-screaming picture. Lovely. So, twenty bucks later and here's what we ended up with:

I have to show off some pictures of Leah Catherine that we took before we left the house. Lily loaned Leah Catherine her Easter church dress from last year. I'm telling you, this baby melts my heart. I don't know if it's that she reminds me of Lily as a baby or just the fact that I care so much about Beth, but I really love Leah Catherine! When she smiles at me, I get all teary eyed. I can't help it, I love that baby :)