He lives!

My favorite thing about this time of year is the Easter pageant. I have so many memories of grabbing a burger king kids meal and sitting on a blanket watching it while I was younger. My mom danced as Mary magdeline one year, and it is a (far fetched) dream of mine to dance in it too. But it has always been a very special event. Tyler and I have gone together the past three years. Last year I was 5 months pregnant, and we were giddy envisioning what it would be like the next year having a cute baby girl roaming around. And then we had Hallie. I have been dreading taking her. I had no idea how I was going to entertain her for so long, or keep her from screaming bloody murder. I knew that we wouldn't be able to make it thru the whole thing. We were going to be THOSE people who have to interrupt the whole pageant to carry a screaming baby out and leave. So I had been waiting for hallie to be in a "good mood" to try taking her.
Well last night I wanted to go. I didn't care if my baby was grumpy, she usually is, so why am I putting this off? So we let Hallie take a late nap, fed her dinner, put her in pjs, and left. We stopped at Petes fish and chips (Tyler loves it..me, not liking fish, well I didn't until I found that I can stomach one of their burgers) and walked to the temple from there. We got there about an hour before the pageant was supposed to start. We kept Hallie entertained with her favorite, food and phones. People came and said hi to her, which she loved, but several people had to ask if she was a boy or girl. Seriously people? I know she doesn't have any hair but she's wearing pink cupcakes, has a pink blanket, her ears have flower earrings in them. Ugh, so annoying. Then the show started. The angels came up, and Hallie was smitten. She oohed and ahed and babbled. We tried laying her down in her stroller and gave her a bottle, hoping she would fall asleep since we were both still on the edge of our seats waiting for her screams to begin. She finished her bottle and started playing hide and seek. I held her the rest of he time. She was so happy. And funny. She loved watching the part where Mary magdeline sings and dances, and then when Christ rises above the angels. She was the most perfect baby the whole two hours we were sitting there. Even despite the fact that she was leaking poop out of every hole in her diaper towards the end (we bought Luvs because we heard they are excellent against blowouts..False) we walked back to the car, she fell asleep on the way home, and she slept through the night.
I don't know what kind of miracle took place, but I am so grateful. Grateful that we bucked up and went, because I don't know how long I would have put it off in fear of monster baby. Grateful that we were able to share something that means a lot to me and Tyler with hallie, and that we were able to spend a night as a family with all of us happy and uplifted and reminded of the sacrifices our Savior made for us to be here. Im so grateful for the Easter pageant, for the message it brings and the spirit that fills my heart every time I see it. And I just love when my baby is sweet!!!