Leprachauns, Coffee, Elk and Bugs

Patrick is in super-study mode for finals coming up this week (keep him in your prayers!) so Ronan and I tromped around town. Our first stop was to meet up with Shane and Crystal for the St. Patrick's Day parade in downtown Spokane.  It was our first parade experience in Spokane - I don't know why we've never been to one before. It was totally random, crazy, loud and fun. Well, fun for awhile until it got too loud and crazy for the little man. It was great to see Shane and Crystal for probably the last time until they have baby Jenkins. She's due today so we hope and pray things start moving along and we get to meet him/her this week!

Later in the afternoon headed to The Shop to hang out with auntie Marissa. She is also due to have a baby in the next couple weeks! It was so nice to catch up in the funky coffee shop and dream about junking and our babies growing up together. We both have a love for shopping and unique finds and we've been collecting stuff for awhile, hoping to be in one of the junk/antique shows this summer. As soon as the weather gets nice, we have a weekly date to go find more treasures! I'll make sure to post our before/after photos.

We met up for a late dinner at the Elk with Patrick and his study group. After a full day of studying, they definitely deserved a beer and some good grub. Unfortunately we don't have any pics of this fun day. All of my efforts went toward passifying and toting around the boy.  He was a trooper, but the pit stops at home weren't quite enough for him to catch up on sleep. If he could his opinion of the day I'm sure he would say "tired" and "cranky." Oh well, it was nice to get out.

We came home from our fun-filled day to a package for Ronan from his (great) Aunt Erin.  What a great surprise! We actually almost bought these awhile back because we love the bright colors, the whimsy and the toy company seems pretty cool too. (Even the packaging is cute and easy to open!)  Ronan is going to love chewing on these little bugs and pretty soon he'll be able to link them like a chain, which is what are meant to do. Aren't they adorable? Thanks Aunt E!

Patrick and I had to test them out and play a little first :)  I decided to try out some depth-of-field pictures so I set up a little bug army. 

This beetle is rockin' the parachute pants.  We call him Hammer.

I love how cute and happy they are