March Madness...

I don't know if I would call it madness as much as funness (if that were a word)!  We've been very busy during the month of March playing and having a great time...

A couple of Fridays ago Kellan and his mommy brought Zach and I lunch.  It was such a nice treat and so good to see Kellan and Tiffany.  Kellan played really well with Olivia, letting her grab his face, and patting her head just like Charlie does!

Then last Thursday my mom and Emily came down for a little vacation.  It was SOO good to see Grandma Emily.  We've been missing her and Olivia loved seeing her favorite girl in the world... Emily!  Although they were only able to stay for a couple of days, we had a very busy and fun time.  We began Thursday afternoon with a bike ride to the park...

Olivia swung for the first time and boy did she LOVE it!!

That evening Emily needed to check on her chickens.  She fed them, collected the one egg they left, and did her best to try to hold her favorite golden chicken who she named Emily...

Friday morning we were off to the Grange in Issaquah so Emily could pick out some new baby chicks.  She of course got another golden one and decided this one would be named Emily instead and the big girl could be named Goldie.  It was so much fun to watch her carefully pick out her chicks.  She then very patiently waited until the guy put them in the box for her, we paid, and once they were in the car she happily opened the box to finally touch them...

After getting chicks we went and had lunch with Kellan and Tiffany.  After lunch we were off to the annual baby/kids consignment sale at Pickering Barn.  We were really excited, but it ended up being a bust!  The line to pay was over an hour wait, the aisles were way to narrow, I kept running into people with my stroller, Olivia started crying, so we made the best decision... we dropped everything and left.  Tiffany graciously stayed waited in line for an hour and got us the couple of items we wanted.  I owe her BIG!!! 

When we got home things were much better.  Olivia took a nap and Emily was able to take her chicks out of the box and help me put them in their new temporary home...

Right after we had gotten the chicks all set up Gabe and Gavin came over and they all spent at least two hours running and playing games in the backyard...

Emily spent as much time as possible holding her precious baby golden chick...

Later when Olviia woke up from her nap Emily got out the Melissa and Doug sandwhich set I had bought.  She took orders and made sandwiches for everyone.  I have to say, she was very patient with Olivia as she destroyed numerous sandwhiches and kept taking the pieces Emily needed to make her perfect sandwhich to order...

Friday evening we went down to the big daddy playground, Fall City Elementary, and played.  Emily played Rapunzel at the top of the tower while Olivia and I spent some more time on the swing.  Olivia also had her first ride down the slide...

I didn't get one picture of my mom, but I promise she was here!  We were all very sad as they left Saturday morning and already have begun planning when they can come back.

Since Olivia started crawling she has been one busy little girl... crawling through tunnels and under the coffee table, and trying to crawl up and out of the bath...

We ended this fun month at Sophia's first birthday party today...

Olivia tried to get her first bite of cake today too... luckily mommy grabbed her hand just in time.  She'll have to wait for her first birthday.  Happy 1st Birthday Sophia!