Back home, etc...

Last week we decided to take the kids to Florida until Hurricane Gustav was out of our area. It was the baby boy's first plane ride at only 6 weeks old!

He got to meet Aunt Dot-Dot and boy do we miss her being around!

Our friend Stephanie drove down to meet him too.

He was introduced to Target, the mall & Walmart - poor little guy!

Here are some photos from our visit to the playground.

On the way home, we stayed with our friends in Tampa and got to meet their 2 puppies, Fred and Ginger with whom we all fell completely in love with! There might have to be a mini Dacshund in our future....
The day after we got back Sophie started preschool. We are glad to be back in school!

Happy Sunday!

OH - I almost forgot.... If ever you are not feeling special, just take a look at this :)

"If you're not feeling special, there's something you can do. Just remember what's super special about you."

7 months later.....

and a lot has changed. Most notably the birth of our son...

We also bought a house and moved into it in April.

I've been feeling lately like I might be able to start up this blogging thing again. I completely lost the ambition to do so while I was pregnant but I'm going to give it another go. I'm still short on sleep and time but we will see how it goes - it's a nice way to share photos with my friends & family.

Here's our big girl! She starts preschool on Sept. 1st.

It's been a lazy, rainy Sunday here. The little guy has been napping nicely giving me a little time to do a few things (laundry).

So here's my 2nd intro blog - we will see how things go this time!

ttfn :)

PS - While I was getting my photos for the post I came across this one that I had to share. Daddy snoozing with his babies!! I think it's so sweet.

Happy New Year

Well here we are in 2008. I'm finally getting around to posting a little something. I hope to get some of our holiday pics posted sometime soon.... We had a wonderful vacation in New York - got lots of snow. It was a winter wonderland.

Thought this would be a great first photo for the new year. Her first time in pigtails and she had just finished her pasta dinner!!

Bye for now!!

Until Next Year.....

Where have I been?!?!? My home is a mess, my plants are dying, I'm pregnant! My energy level and motivation to do just about anything have plummeted.... So the blogs been neglected amongst many other things. Getting through days of feeling really lousy - just in time for our Christmas trip.

Thankfully I've got help with the little one and all. We are off to NY, hoping for snow, on the 26th. We'll be back on the 5th so look for new pics and posts in the new year.

Until then - all the best for the holidays & 2008!!!

The Ketchup Lover & the Christmas Tree

How do you like my bib??
Mmmmmm, french fries & ketchup!!

We had a great lunch today - so nice and breezy, perfect weather! I ordered the little one pasta & meatballs. Even though it had sauce, she insisted on dipping her penne pasta & meatballs in ketchup! Then she moved on to my french fries. I loved the bib - looks like some kind of cowl neck wrap on her or something.

Finally - the tree!

I'm not the greatest photographer and I always find Christmas trees tricky, but this was the best one so far. Can't wait till there are presents all around it.

Happy Sunday-

Geraniums

I am so thrilled with my geraniums. They seem to be enjoying the patio. I can see them out my kitchen window and they look so brilliant in the morning sun. I bought them a few weeks ago without a bloom - my how they've changed.

Didn't manage to take any tree photos today. I plan to be home for most of the day tomorrow so maybe I will get a little more done around here.... Until then - goodnight.

Checking in....

Well I haven't been taking photos the past couple days so I don't have any new ones to post. I'm too tired right now to take any so I just thought I would check in and post a little something without photos.
We got the tree up this weekend. I still have several containers of non-tree decor to unpack and display so hopefully I will work on that throughout the week and get it all done. Might post some tree pics tomorrow.
Goodnight for now-