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!!