Gardening and Bodega Bay Fish Fest

What a great weekend!!  After weeks of rain...especially on the weekends...we were fortunate enough to get a  nice, warmy sunny Saturday so we started getting our garden ready.  We started our morning on a bike ride to get coffee downtown-a great weekend tradition-and this time we didn't need to put gloves on Grey!  Then we headed over to the farmer's market where we picked up some oysters to BBQ  and a few starter plants-onions, broccoli raab, cherry tomatoes, big tomatoes, cilantro, and lemon cucumbers to start our garden.  We also have watermelon seeds, pumpkins, peas, and a few hot peppers.  Grevin loved playing in the dirt and helping us get the garden prepped.

Helping dad turn over the soil

Some surprises left over from last year!

Would you like one?

On Sunday, we headed out to the Bodega Fish Festival out in Bodega Bay with Michelle and Andrew.  The boys had alot of fun checking out the fire engines, police cars, boats, and helicopters.  There was a boat parade as the boats headed out to be blessed for the opening of salmon season.  It was a rare day at the coast-sunny, warm, and hardly any wind.  So much fun!

Come on, let's go!

Is this a peak into the future?

Fireman Grey

The CHP officer said the boys could sit in her car, there was nothing that they could get into...famous last words...as the loudspeaker went off on the outside of the car with the dispatcher dispatching calls!

Checking out the starfish and other sea creatures...Grevin kept wanting to climb in with them!

The bestest of best friends!

When we got home, we headed out the finish gardening.  We were second guessing having Grey help us weed on Saturday because he wanted to keep pulling out the new plants.  Instead, I sprayed some water for him and he entertained himself!

I can't help but think he looks cute even covered in mud!!

More camping photos

Grandpa DeShazer took these pictures, they are two of my favorite! 

Grevin LOVES asparagus and eating outside

Grandma and Grandpa Gigi bought Grey a camping chair for Easter.  Do you think he likes it?

Silver Falls

Note to self-if we plan another trip in April, we will be driving 10 hours south instead of north!! It rained, it snowed, it hailed....but it still did not stop us from having a good time :) I am so glad we decided to stay in the rustic cabins in Silver Falls instead of trying to camp. When it was in the 30s, I was really enjoying the heaters in the cabin even though we still had to cook outside and the camp restrooms were a long walk in the rain. We splashed in puddles, ate lots of yummy food, hung out with family, and hiked when it wasn't pouring down rain.  Grevin had so much fun exploring, playing in the mud, throwing rocks, and finding sticks.  He learned how to say "tree" and would point them out to everyone!  I am so glad he was walking, I couldn't have imagined if he wanted to crawl through the mud....

All packed(think we can fit anything else??) and ready to hit the road (10 hour drive to Eugene)  Grey was a trooper...

Reading the paper in bed with dad at the hotel

Watching the rain come down on the front porch of the cabin with Grandpa DeShazer

Playing with his tractor-waiting for the rain to stop

Well, since the rain wasn't going to stop anytime soon, let's go out and play!  And isn't his hat the cutest??  We didn't bring one with us so Grammie knitted him one the first night we were there.

Cooking in the rain-the shade tent came in handy!

Grey's favorite thing to do...throw rocks in the puddles

Muddy face!

Hiking the falls

Hiking behind North Falls

Uncle Tyler and Grey hiking the trail!

Tired after his long hike

Grey and his Grandpas getting snowed on (we had just stepped outside-it wasn't snowing yet-to take pictures...that is why Grey doesn't have a coat on!!  I might get the mommy of the year award for this one!)

The whole gang

Daddy!!

Check out Grey's new words. I started the video late so the first word he is saying is "light" if you don't understand "Grey-talk".

And Grey wanted to show off his new skills!!

He is trying to stand up from a sitting position but gets frustrated very easily when he can't do it with all of his toys in his hands. He loves to walk over to the step in Grammy's house and use it to stand up from a sitting position. He thinks he is pretty cool when he does it!

Playdate with Shane

Shane and Grey were able to finally meet up for a playdate this weekend!  We have been trying to get these two together for quite awhile but something always came up.  We played and had lunch at Jill's before heading over to the Rincon Valley Park.  Shane is so lucky to live so close to a nice park, not like the scary Doyle Park by our house.  I refuse to go there alone!  The boys played in the sand, swung, and loved watching the older boys skateboard. When we got back to the house, we had brownies and ice cream so Shane could sing "Happy Birthday" to Grey and give him his birthday present.  Shane showed Grey how to use his toys and it was fun watching them play together....

Grey was fascinated by the skateboarders. I told him he had to walk more to be able to skate like that.  The next day, he started walking everywhere!

It is always interesting to try to take pictures of kids together...

Thanks, Jill.  We had lots of fun and we can't wait to do it again!!

Grey's other first birthday shirt

Grammy and I made a shirt for Grevin for his first birthday but he ended up getting it really wet before his party so we threw it in the dryer to fix it before everyone arrived. Well, the sock monster decided to eat the "O" from ONE from the front so he wore the other one that the Deierling's got for him instead (which was probably better since it was short sleeve and it was so hot the day of his birthday. Well, Grammy made a new "O" for his shirt and he finally gets to wear it!

The Oglesby's Came to Party!

What would a birthday party weekend be without being spoiled by Grandma, Grandpa, and Uncle Ben?  They came out to visit for the long weekend but unfortunately everyone was sick.  I don't even have a picture of everyone with Grevin...yikes...I must have felt worse than I originally thought!!

Grevin had fun trying to figure out his birthday present from them.  He loves to make his little fire truck go.  He needs some help if he is going to be riding in it still, he doesn't push the button hard enough.  But he likes to push it from behind. He also like to stand in front of it or to the side and push the button-he ran over his toes 3 times last night, cried each time for about 2 seconds, then did it again.

Grandpa Oglesby helping Grey with his fire truck

Uncle Ben and Grandma Oglesby helping Grey party

While I was home sick on Monday, everyone else headed out to the coast to enjoy the beautiful day.  

 Uncle Ben climbing on a log

Grandpa Oglesby throwing driftwood back into the ocean

Getting close and personal with the wildlife

Grey playing with the pebbles

And I just love these pictures.

This was last year, on Grevin's 1 week birthday and Ben's birthday (March 17, 2009).  Grevin had slept through our sushi dinner and had pooped as we were getting ready to leave.  I had to change him in the car and it was cold out, he was not a happy guy.  BUT, we just had to have a picture of all the boys :)

One Year Later (March 15, 2010)

I still can't get over how fast they grow up.  My mom still had this picture on her camera from last year when they were here.  I have a hard time imagining Grevin this small and it has only been a year!

Sweet Potatoes

Grevin really loves to feed himself with a spoon...I put the food on the spoon for him and then he aims in the general vicinity of his face...

Forward Facing

Do you think Grevin likes it now that he is forward facing?