Easter and Abby's 2nd birthday

Nanie is quite sick now and we're all struggling so I thought some sweet pictures of some magical Nanie moments might be in order.  :)  We were lucky enough to spend Easter afternoon at Nanie's.  We went to church in the morning, our beloved family church where Nanie is a charter member, and prayed with our congregation for Nanie.  The love was strong (and Abby made it through the whole service like a champ).  After church, we headed to Nanie's to visit and had a lovely easter egg hunt for Abby and my cousin Mikey.  Nanie was beaming and looked good dressed in her favorite color- purple- and all dolled up for the occasion.  We spent the afternoon in the sun soaking each other up until Nanie was tired and it was time to pack up.  Here are some pictures from the afternoon:

And the most magical of moments happened at Abby's 2nd Birthday party.  We had her birthday party at Drumlin Farm this year- it's a wonder farm in Lincoln, MA full of sheep, chickens, goats, cows, pigs, varying species of birds, and all sorts of other wonderful farm animals.  In the midst of setting up for Abby's party in the hall, my Auntie E came in with the best surprise imaginable- Nanie! :)  Auntie E had planned out the surprise for weeks and it meant more to us than she'll ever know- it was truly wonderful.  Though exhausted by the end, Nanie had a wonderful day at the farm- as we all did.