Scoops' 1st Easter

This post is a little delayed, but hey, life. You get it. So how was your Easter? Did you make baskets for your babies? Scoops really enjoyed her basket, and actually seemed a little interested in discovering the contents on her own, rather than waiting for me to pull them out of the basket for her. I underestimated her curiosity! Here's a photo of the final product:

Sunglasses, a small toy, and a plush bunny: a perfectly sweet first Easter basket!

I ended up not using the notebooks I mentioned in my last post because they'll be more fun for Scoops when she can color in them. She also got lots of presents from family members, most notably the Pat the Bunny book I asked Grandma to give her. It brought back fond memories of my childhood (not that I remember actually having it read to me as a baby, but I remember seeing it later and hearing about how it was read to me as a baby). Here she is opening her Easter basket and enjoying her gifts:

 

And here she is starting to get a little overwhelmed by the sudden onslaught of gifts from pretty much everyone in attendance:

Hopefully she doesn't get used to that. I'm certainly not planning on having a second helping of Christmas gifts every Easter. She seemed to have a good day, though, and handled all the attention very well. It was good for me, too, to let Grandma show her off a bit to friends at church, let so many other people hold her and cuddle her and fawn over her, and to just take a step back and know that she was safe and in good hands. I've never felt more protective of anyone or anything in my life, but I'm starting to relax a little more now that she's older. It feels good to let go a little. Just a little, though, because she's still little. If nothing else, I'm practicing patience with myself in learning to let go and be more trusting!

Did you celebrate Easter? How was it? Were you around lots of people? If you're a new parent, was that scary for you (and did you pass your baby around)? If not, how have you learned to relax and let go (seriously, what's your secret)?