Easter Weekend

We had fun hanging out with family over the Easter Weekend, my family came up from California to see us and Kellie came up from Eugene. We headed up to Portland (well, Woodburn) to go to the Tulip Festival. It's still a little early to see all the tulips (since it's been cold this spring), but it was still pretty cool.

We put her in this wooden shoe and she was a little confused, but very cute.

I think this was the only picture of her where she's not trying to eat the flowers. So cute.

Little Tulip Family, Dusty was so excited to take this picture.

We're looking into renewable energy. I think we're going to get one of these when we buy a house.

Oh Deere! (or should I say, Oh Kubota!)

Kellie, will you quit horsing around?!?

Easter Morning, Bella got to open her Easter basket. She went straight for the piggy toys, I've taught her so well.

It took a little persuading (and multiple sets of hands) to get her into her dress...

But it was worth it. It was so cute. Grandma Sue made her this dress. It was awesome. Aunt Anna kept calling her a little cupcake all day long.

She did not like the hat...

After church, Bella got to open her Easter basket from Grandma and Papa. She was right for the chocolate. Needless to say, I just had to take it from her.

What she did get to play with was a plastic carrot. I don't know why it was so fun, but she carried it around for the rest of the day.

We had to put the dress back on after her nap so Aunt Kellie could see her in it. She had fun cruising around the house in her fancy dress (and she still has the carrot).

I don't know what it is about this picture that makes me laugh, but it cracks me up. I think this is a pose she strikes a lot and that's why it's so funny. She looks like she's a little bit gangster.

On a side note, Bella had croup last week. It was horrible. We went to the doctor and they told us that she had croup and that there was pretty much nothing they could do. The only thing they could tell us was to go to the ER is she was straining to breathe. That scared the crap out of me. It seemed like every night she was straining to breathe, but we made it through the week without another trip to the doctor. She had to sleep under a sheet with the humidifier under it. She and I didn't get a whole lot of sleep all week. We're so glad that it's finally gone. Hopefully we didn't pass it along to anyone. She didn't go to daycare last week to try and minimize the chance. Dusty and I traded off not going to class so we could be home with her. We even had Rema (the one I babysit for) come over and watch Bella one day (since she doesn't have any small kids at home). I thought that was pretty funny.