girls in portland

a few weeks ago tess and i drove down to portland to visit jocelyn. it was our first mommy/daughter trip and tess was an angel. (this is our gas station selfie)

as soon as we got into town we drove over to the historic part of camas to shop and have dinner. fantastic mexican food. just girls!

then we came home and put tess and lucy in cute jammies.

brady was kind enough to stay with the kids while they slept so we could grab some DELICIOUS salt and straw ice cream. the trail mix flavor blew my mind. just ask jocelyn. 

the following morning tess was looking super cute in lucy's bumbo.

while jocelyn took lucy and tucker to gymnastics i walked around her neighborhood. look at this gorgeous street she drives on to get to church!

mani pedi time.

i know we say it all the time. but man are we lucky to live so close now. til next time, j. 

tess and big girl food!

tess enjoyed her first bites of big girl food (rice cereal) a few weeks ago and loved it. i have since given her apple baby food and banana baby food. she gobbles everything up. such a piggy. 

easter!

we had a wonderful easter last sunday. this was the table all set up for brunch with craig's family.

the day before easter, craig worked, so the boys and i dyed easter eggs. messy (and frustrating. cant the boys just dye the eggs how i want them to be dyed?!) but very fun.

i want to eat these two.

tess in her bunny jammies. toooooooo much!

easter morning.

easter dress time. 

that morning craig's family came over for brunch. we usually have easter dinner with them so it was a fun change up.

the kids' table.

later that evening we had dinner with my family. great grandma short met tess! so dang cute.

my favorite easter bunnies.

easter egg hunt

on saturday we had our friends over for our annual east egg hunt. love a festive tablescape. 

my finger hurt for a solid two hours after smudging blush on the bunny ears to make them pink.

these carrot pudding cups were so easy to put together and verrrry mini. so i didnt feel too bad when i ate nine of them. 

the kids (and lightning) after the hunt.

moms and babies.

my babies. a fun day!

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march

it has been one miiiiild winter/spring. its not quite warm enough to have bbqs on the porch yet.... but im ready and definitely counting the days.

tagg and sully are taking full advantage of the weather and getting good use out of their christmas present!

i walked in on this little nugget one morning a few weeks ago and found this!!!!!!! craig and i both sucked our thumbs until we were seven so one of my kids was bound to be a thumb sucker. 

caught you! and yes, the second i took this picture i realized how ridiculous she looked in her bassinet and switched her to her crib that night.

tagg was able to bring home his writing folder so we could see some of his work from the year so far. this little gem was written at the very beginning of the year. hes such a sass! :) (ps. i only wish "thousand" was spelled like that!)

cute girl

self soothing. loooooove.

tagg started his baseball season last week. coach pitch. heaven help us. or just me. having to sit thru those games. 

i had sully snap this picture. had to document me, standing in the rain, pitching to tagg (who was trying to be patient with me but i could tell was annoyed). dont say i never did anything for you, tagg!

rolling over! 

trying on swimsuits (tess, NOT me) for hawaii. 

never enough pictures of her sucking her thumb.

since i never find out the gender of my babies the nurserys have always been pretty neutral. not anymore! ive pretty much finished tess' room now. SO fun to do the girl thing.

she's pretty happy with her room too!

saint patricks day!

i woke up a little early yesterday to dye some pancake mix green and prepare a festive breakfast for tagg and sully. they loved it. (wonder if their teachers loved the sugar buzz?.....)

the night before, i realized i had the ingredients to make a small batch of st. patricks day rice krispie treats! they were so easy and tagg loved having a holiday treat in his lunchbox.