Portland

I had a great time in Portland last weekend. I went up Thursday to visit my friend Shana and to see her beautiful kids. She has a 3 yr old, Josiah, and she has a 7 week old Kaleb. They are both so adorable. Xander had lots of fun playing with Josiah. He tried very hard to keep up with him, though, which resulted in many bumps and bruises along the way. Josiah is such a sweet big brother and was such a nice friend to Xander. He would help him and play with him and check on him during his naps! ;) Xander sat at the big boy table with Josiah for all their meals, resulting in lots more table food than usual. It actually meant that I would feed Xander his regular breakfast, then when Josiah woke up Xander would eat second breakfast with him too! Not a problem for my little garbage disposal! He just eats and eats and eats! But it's no wonder with all that energy! He just never stops moving. They are living in a 3 story condo and the boys would run up and down those stairs all day long (Yes- we did have a big fall- although Xander is used to the stairs, he was trying to run and play with Josiah and did tumble head over heels down one flight until I caught him at the bottom...flipped him upright and saw the HUGE grin on his face! He thought it was so much fun!)
We even got a little snow while we were there, checked out some great coffee shops and a delicious dessert place! It was fabulous!

We also got to visit some of our good friends up in that area, Luke and Amber and got to see their 2 beautiful children, Emmitt and Ava. It is such a great city.I really can't wait to go back!

Now I am busily preparing for the big birthday this weekend! So much to do...and so little time with a little one under foot!