Busy week!

Avah asleep at Teri's

Christian minus his shorts!

Popsicle time at Teri's

This week has been a busy week and it's only Tuesday! Yesterday I took Christian and Avah to the Hidden Pond Nature Center in Springfield. He enjoyed all of the animals that were indoors and even got to see some vormets and chipmunks when we went outside. It was really hot yesterday so we weren't able to stay the whole time. As you can see in the pictures from above Christian had a little accident because mommy failed to remind him to go to the bathroom before we went on the long walk. I realized after that I didn't have his pants and they were in the car so we had to finish the nature walk without his pants on. Oh Well. Today we spend the day at Teri's pool oh how I LOVE Tuesdays at Teri's. Teri opens up her home for everyone on Tuesday and we all go over to swim it's an awesome time! Just thought I would share a couple of pictures from that also. We have a calmer day tomorrow and then Colin's parent's come in. WE ARE VERY EXCITED to see them!

Belated 24th Birthday dinner!

Mariah, Mel, and Susan

Sorry Mel I had to :-)

Alison, Me, Teri, and Anne!

This past week a couple of my friends loaded up Susan's Bus(lol) and headed to Pentagon Row for a much needed girls night out! We had an awesome time! We ate at Lebanese Taverna for dinner and the food was delicious. We were supposed to sit outside and listen to a band but luckily we were late so they gave away our table and not 20 mins after being at the restaurant it poured down. So we were inside! Thank God. It was a great time out and we seriously need to do this more often! Holiday, Birthday or what not! Whatever happened to just a GIRLS night out!

Update on Christian & Avah!

So, A little update on the kids! Both kids are doing well, Avah is continuing to change! She has found her voice and loves to scream! She is also getting her first tooth! Ouch! She's def. drooling more and is loving to bite on my hand and any one whose hand she can get her little mouth on! Christian is enjoying summer play dates with his friends. He is gearing up for school and is so excited about it. He is also officially potty trained now Woo Hoo. He's only had a couple of accidents so far. He will start school in September and is so thrilled! Nothing much is new with Colin and I, we are just in the process of planning Christian's Birthday party! 3 already! Most of the family will be coming in for Christian's party so we are really excited. Colin's parent's are coming in next week to visit and we cannot wait to see them. I cannot wait for Colin's dad to hold Avah. He hasn't gotten the chance to meet her yet! Well that's it for now...

Miss Avah at 3 mths & 10 days!

FAMILY VACATION 2009

Hanging out in the shade!

MiMi and Avah!

Chrisitan and Daddy! Relaxing on the beach!

This year our family took a trip down to Tampa to spend time with Mimi and PaPa Toe at their house. Last Friday we packed up the kids and headed on our 12 hour road trip(so we thought it would be 12 hours). We were leaving Woodbridge at around 8:00 because we thought that there would be NO traffic, well we were wrong. 95 was backed up so we ended up having to get on Route 1 for a while. The kids were well or should I say Christian was an Angel! Avah really doesn't like to be in her car seat and managed to scream the entire time until it was time to go to bed. Once we got on the interstate again the kids were passed out and it was smooth sailing from there. The traffic had pushed our trip back so we really didn't hit the Florida state line until 7 o'clock a.m. it takes about 5 hours to get to my mom's house from there. Once Avah woke up I feed her every 2 hours so the drive there ended up taking us 18 hours total. Christian had a blast playing in the pool all week. He was so brave he began jumping into the water the second day we were there. Avah just hung out in her swing for the most part. We got a couple of days of rain so we took Christian to the Aquarium and then another day we went to the mall. The last two days we were there we headed to the beach to get some sun and then we would go back to Mimi's house and jump in the pool. Not to mention my stepdad is an awesome sushi chef! We had the annual Dotto sushi dinner one night. It was so delicious I had not had sushi(raw) since I found out that we were having Avah so needless to say I was extremly excited to eat some fresh sushi. The drive back home took 13 hours. It seemed quicker to come home than to go there..maybe that was because I wanted to stay there. We had a great time in FL and we(well me) were very sad to leave my mom's house. We appreciate the time that the kids get with their grandparents so much ...I just wish we lived closer.....