Snow Day!

I took Shane to the snow for the very first time! We bought all his snow gear last year, but for many reasons we never made it up to the snow. With the crazy weather and our busy schedule I almost missed our chance again this year, but I was determined! We had a rough week with Ryan's best friend passing away, but I really thought it would do us good to get out and do something fun. We went to Cisco Grove where they have a really cool tubing area, but this time Shane and I just played around in the snow. He got so excited when he caught his first glimpse of snow when we were driving. He kept saying, "I see SNOW Mommy!!" He could barely wait to get his gear on before he climbed the snow in the parking lot.


Then we had to climb up a long snow covered road to find a spot to sled and play. It wouldn't have been so bad except that poor Shane was having a really hard time moving in his snow gear and insisted I carried him after the first few minutes. Since it was just the two of us I had to carry him and the sled uphill in the snow. I sure got my workout that day! It was soo worth it though! We did all four things he wanted to do:

1. Make a snowman

2. Go sledding
(he refused to wear his sunglasses even though it was super sunny)



3. Throw snowballs at Mommy (his favorite part!)



4. Make snow angels

We really wished Daddy could have come too, but we understood. It meant for a lot of pictures like this though:


A nice lady did offer to take a video of us sledding down together and it made Shane very happy! We hoped to go their again the next weekend, but we found out that was the last weekend the tubing area was open. At least we know of a great spot to go to next year!!

March Madness

March was a very busy month for us! We started off by going "exploring" at Crane Creek Regional Park with Emily and Brandon. It was a gorgeous day and I was so glad to get out and enjoy nature. Of course it had rained recently and the trails were a bit muddy so it was hard to bring the stroller, but I knew we would need it at some point. Shane walked most of the time, but we could never get very far without him needing to stand on a rock or check out a flower and try to splash in the puddles. We had a picnic lunch, threw rocks in the creek, and saw birds nesting in the trees. It was wonderful.



Then the next weekend Ryan and I got a VACATION! Shane stayed with Grandma and we flew to Las Vegas for 3 nights to celebrate our friend Andy's 30th birthday. We got to dress up, eat at nice restaurants, stay out late, and gamble...long story short: we spent WAY too much money!

Parking lot with a view

Dinner at the Venetian

Tao nightclub with Cory

YUMMY birthday dinner at CraftSteak

Our only time out on the strip during the day

Shane was very excited to see us...and his lollipop!

The next weekend one of my best friends from high school flew out with baby Charlie for a visit. We did brunch at our house with a couple other friends from high school. It was so good to see everyone and their kids! Unfortunately I was too busy running around being hostess to get any pics of Charlie while he was awake other than this one of him and Lennon. He was the cutest little guy...so smiley and sweet. I can't wait for Amber to move back home to CA so our boys can grow up together!!








The next weekend was our friend Daya's 3rd birthday! Shane really gets into the birthday spirit and was so excited to go. They had a huge jumpy house with a slide which we had never seen before. Everyone knows how tiny Shane is and he has always been intimidated by the jumpy houses as he gets knocked over so easily, but after me going in with him and down the slide once or twice he was on his own and LOVING IT! He had so much fun and was such a good boy. I almost hated making him leave!!

They all waited very patiently for cake!

He insisted on wearing the birthday hat over his other hat!

We also missed Grevin's 1st birthday party while we were in Las Vegas, so we also had a little play date with him to give him his presents. Shane wasn't too sure about having a "baby" in his house, but we walked to the park and they got along just fine. Shane really wanted to sing happy birthday and blow out candles so we improvised and did brownies with ice cream and sang and he got to help blow out the candle. Happy 1st Birthday, Grevin!!