We woke up this morning and headed to the National Mall to do the 21st annual Help the Homeless Walkathon. Nanny joined us (on her day off as an ER nurse!) We were all excited about the amount of people who participated….we were thinking upwards of 70,000 […]
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The other night, the three of us went outside after dinner to take a relaxing stroll. We thought it would give Laina a chance to start winding down for the evening. We took the toy stroller she got for her birthday with us so she could walk with it. We […]
What do these all have in common? Those who guessed that they all get around on two feet are right!!! That’s right, Laina has smiled her way up to a bonafide walker! We’re very proud of her, but more so we’re constantly entertained by her endless teetering around the house! […]
Our friend Val from NYC stayed with us this past weekend. She was my roommate at JMU for one semester (and then sadly transferred.) Spending the weekend with her was rejuvenating as she has such a positive energy about her–really. Anyone who has met her I’m sure would agree. We […]
….than hearing Laina talk. Her first words were da-da and ma-ma a few months ago, but she has now realized that there is more to life than mommy and daddy ;). The words I love hearing the most are baby, tickle, and her version of “Hi Ellie.” She is a […]
When Laina was a few months old, she was drawn to a certain book that had a colorful peacock in it. She studied this little thing endlessly. So when we ran across a peacock costume online, we just couldn’t pass it up. She was able to wear the costume several […]
We are still trying to figure out where in the world this year has gone! We thought time passed quickly before Laina joined us, but now it seems to go by twice as fast! We had a wonderful time on Laina’s birthday…we spent the day doing some of her favorite […]
Okay okay….we know. We’ve already attempted to maintain a blog a couple of times before and it didn’t quite work out as planned. We have never been the best planners in the world-that’s for sure! But…we were hanging out tonight and decided it would be fun to start another blog. […]