A Torticollis Easter

This Easter was just LOVELY. I love this holiday. It is neck and neck with Christmas. It makes you reflect, be thankful, and have a super duper amount of fun. I'm pretty sure this may be Jack's favorite holiday too. We had a great time coloring eggs, we totally wish we had more eggs. We set them out for the Eater Bunny along with some carrots and a cup of water. Because the Easter Bunny totally has opposable thumbs. We read him The Easter Story book and the story of Easter from his First Bible Stories book. Chris and are not very vocal about religion, but we do want to teach our children how important it is to know a greater purpose that goes far beyond ourselves. And let's be honest, he is three and would have much rather been reading about cars. But we are just happy that he can fold his arms and be quiet during a prayer.

The next morning was a blast. We found 59 eggs in the house and then found the eggs that we left for the EB outside. Jack was hilarious. I squeezed him into this camo jacket and his head was arched backwards because heaven forbid he not wear his hood while we were outside for all of five minutes. And of course he had all but one egg to find and WOOPS "MOM all of my eggs are wolling down the hill!" My mom and I were busting a gut watching him (and me busting a gut watching my mother try to chase after the wolling eggs).

Oh, and little Millie. She wasn't totally enamored with what the EB brought her at first but she now loves her Sophie the Giraffe. She looked so beautiful in her Easter dress. Even with the crooked neck and all. Yes, many of you know her torticollis came back in full swing over Easter. It came and went, but was never really gone. So with doctor's orders we headed to the chiropractor. Which I am totally grateful for because we weren't prepared for botox injections or surgery. We went last Thursday and we are already seeing much improvement. A lot of torticollis cases are from a shorten muscle on one side of the neck. But many (like in Mills case) are actual displacements of a bone or bones in the C1 or C2. Happens sometimes during development in utero, but most cases it happens during birth because what does a doctor pull on to get them out, their head. Millie's actually goes down in to her thoracic region. But with a few weeks of therapy three times a week she should be good as new! Enjoy the pics, these will hopefully be the last of our cute, slumpy babe. And yes, Jack does eat. He's just a walking candy apple with his parents genes working against him.