Making Easter Plans?

lovelykins · February 2012

First a little back story:

I come from a very large family and Easter is one of my favorite holidays, we cook, i make a cake, we go to church and then spend time watching all the kids searching for eggs in their cute clothes.

It just dawned on me that I am due 5 days before Easter! Not only am I hoping not to have the baby on Easter, but i'm quite bummed that we can't make any plans. My mother lives right around the corner from me and I plan on going over there if we are home from the hospital. This means I will be missing out on my dad's family, FIL's family and MIL's family. My husband suggested that we have it at our house (it came from a good place) however that is just craziness!

Anyone else disappointed that they can't plan for Easter, or won't be able to visit with everyone?

tiffany0486 · February 2012

Yeah im super bummed! DD had so much fun last year having an easter egg hunt with all of her cousins, so I know she would have even more fun this year! I am in the same boat as you though...due a day after. Since its my second I hope I go mid march and will be able to go out with the family and still have an easter

sbost0118 · February 2012

For our family, the baby, Easter, and spring break are all coming around the same time. I will probably send the kids with DH to do all the Easter stuff with either my parents or his or maybe both. My school-agers are going to spend the week at my parents' farm that week anyway. I don't mind that I'll be able to duck out of all the cooking and cleaning that week, but I go all out with the baskets every year. I'm not sure how I'll handle it this year since there's a good chance this baby will be late like all my others and come Easter weekend. I'm sure DH will step up and handle it. Depending on when the baby actually arrives, I will participate as much as I'm able.

FormerlyKrista555 · February 2012

Your Easter can still be great. It's all in what you make it.

I say this from experience: when my daughter was born, we were living in Savannah, Georgia where we had no friends or family. All of DH's friends/coworkers had gotten deployed without him, so we were literally alone in a strange city. We spent all of DD's first holidays with just the 3 of us.

But ya know what? It was fine. Because we made it fine. We just created a new normal and made sure we made the days special.

GL!

shunt1983 · February 2012

nope in fact glad we can stay home. i am from a big family we have 3 sets of parents at win 3 mi all expect to be seen it gets rough. baby or no baby we arent going anywhere. they can come to us, which they wont do except my dad bc both mom and mil make every holiday about them.

gothgrrl · February 2012

Probably not the answer you are looking for - but I am feeling a sense of relief when it comes to my family. My brother's wife is incredibly jealous of the fact that we are expecting, and she has worked very hard to drive a wedge between my only sibling and me. He mindlessly supports her...or at least he does not want to hear her constant yapping, and I am just trying to keep my stress level well-managed. This is one less holiday that my mom has to worry about or that we have to figure out how to manage. Hoping to have my mother over to spend some time with her grandchild on that day - later in the afternoon.

My SIL has a very important day at church on Easter. My goal is to make sure that either my DH or I am there to support her. She is very understanding - but she has me due before Easter and our other SIL due after Easter. She does so much to support us both that we want to make sure we pack the pews with as many family members as possible!

You know what will be awesome?? Making an Easter basket for our LO next year!

lovelykins · February 2012

A big thing that is driving me crazy is that I can't plan anything! I will be full term mid-March and could have the baby any time between then and a couple days after Easter. I would feel more comfortable bringing a 3 week old to my dad's family (1/2 hour away) or maybe even the hour away to FIL's, but def not a 3 day old baby and I don't think i'll want to go anywhere if I'm over due!

skibunny59 · February 2012

I'm due about two weeks before Easter but I'm not really all that disappointed about not being able to make Easter plans. Easter's not one of my favorite holidays. Both our parents live right around the corner and we usually just go to church and then go to brunch. I'll probably skip church this year and we'll probably just go to my parent house rather than go out to brunch.

mich11680 · February 2012

I'm with you. I'm due the day before Easter. I'm hoping to go a little early and not be in the hospital for the holiday. I'm planning to make sure I have all of DD's Easter basket ready to go along with her big sister gift from the baby by mid March. I told DH if I'm in the hospital, he will have to carry on the basket and egg hiding for her. Last few years we just did dinner with my parents and my inlaws so I don't mind seeing them or having them over for an impromptu easy dinner if I've had baby and am back home. Parents also live 3 minutes away so I wouldn't mind going there with just the couple of us.

kkfeb04 · February 2012

I'm not upset at all. My RCS is scheduled for 4/3 so I will be more than likely coming home from the hospital the day before Easter or even Good Friday if I want to cut out of the hospital earlier to get back to DS. I find it great that we don't have to travel anywhere (otherwise we would have to travel either 2 1/2 hours to IL's or 1 1/2 hours to my family). Nor are we accepting visitors that day, we will not be in the mood to entertain guests with a 2 year old and a newborn. We made the mistake of having visitors over the first week home and then having MIL stay for "two weeks" which ended up 3 days. All wanted to be entertained and expected us to wait on them hand and foot (even MIL who was here to "help"). We learned our lesson and are not even telling our families until after Easter that this LO was born. Rude, maybe, quiet, DEFINITELY!

SarPhills · February 2012

I am due April 4th so I think we will just play it by ear. Depending on when our boy arrives we may see some local family or just stay come and recover. I am hoping to go a little early.

kiarstin · February 2012

Not bummed at all I am much more excited to spend a calm day with my new baby and my husband. We notified family we will not be attending and instead planned a breakfast at our house, only my husbands parents will be and maybe his grandparents. You only have this baby once, easter is every year.

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