Easter

The Saturday before Easter we went to Riverside Park for the community Easter Egg Hunt. It's safe to say that it was a zoo! Sophie didn't seem to care though. She got four eggs in her basket and then dropped it and clapped her hands and said "I did it!" She didn't seem to care that the other kids (and some parents!) were continuing to fill their baskets with eggs. We met the Gorhams and Graysons there so Sophie got to see Cousin Wesley. We also ran into Sophie's friend Taylor.

Then on Saturday evening Audri arrived to visit us. She was able to stay three nights with us. On Easter Sunday my mom and Larry came over to join us for lunch. Before lunch we colored eggs but it was too rainy out to do an Easter egg hunt in our backyard.

Sophie is 2!

Sophie is 2! Her Minnie Mouse party was lots of fun. Sophie was SUPER excited when she woke up from nap and saw all the balloons and decorations for the party. Unfortunately it was pouring rain so we had to pack everyone in our little house. The kiddos seemed to have a good time doing the craft, pinning the flower on Minnie, and of course eating cupcakes! The only thing missing was daddy. :( We took lots of videos and pictures to show him though. Thanks to my inlaws Dan and Paula for all their help preparing for the party.

Visit to see family

We went and spent 9 days with Eric's parents in Portland at the end of March. They had been in Arizona for 2 1/2 months so we had not seen them since Christmas. Sophie had grown and changed a lot and grandma and grandpa had fun spoiling her while we were there! We also got to see the Golsans while we were there. Sophie enjoyed playing with her big cousins and of course loved the attention from Auntie Sara and Uncle Ken! The weather was pretty rainy while we were there (except one sunny day!) so we took Sophie to the Portland Children's Museum. I took Sophie to it once in February and she liked it so much that I figured she would enjoy it again....and she did! We got to see even more of it since we got there a little earlier and it didn't seem as crowded.

Spring Break

We enjoyed having our friends Gina and two of her daughters Britnee and Haylee come and stay one night with us over their Spring Break. We also got to see my friend Jenny and her family as well when we met them for lunch at Primos. It was Sophie's first arcade "experience" and she LOVED it. I thought she would be too small but Britnee and Haylee helped her to play some of the games. Daddy was happy to find out that basketball was definitely one of her favorites. She also liked Dance Revolution! We also had fun having my cousin's daughter Marissa over for the morning. She and Haylee are the same age and they both were GREAT helpers with Sophie! I need to "rent" a kid that age on a daily basis to help keep Sophie entertained! ;)

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Or as Sophie says "Happy St. PATWICKS Day!" If daddy was here we would make corned beef and cabbage since he loves it. But instead maybe we'll have green pancakes for dinner! ;)

Is it Spring yet?

After a hard winter we have been looking forward to Spring but unfortunately it is not here yet. We did have one nice day where I quickly decided we would head to the park. Sophie had a great time and I can tell that she can't wait for more sunny days so we can do it again. We have also been doing swimming lessons again this month. Soph is doing so much better at floating on her back and of course she loves going down the slide and asks to do it "again, again!"

Road Trip

Over President's Day Weekend we went on a road trip to the west side with our friends Jessica and Taylor. Jessica was having two baby showers over there. We first headed to Jessica's inlaw's house in Vancouver, WA. We had the chance to take the girls to the Portland Children's Museum before the first baby shower and it's safe to say they LOVED it. There were so many neat exhibits that were perfect for their age group. Then after the baby shower on Saturday we headed to Cannon Beach to Jessica's parent's house. In addition to the baby shower we took the girls down to the beach but we didn't last long because it was so windy and cold (that's the Oregon Coast for ya!). We had great trip with our friends and enjoyed meeting all their extended family.