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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Family Photos!
All I wanted for Mother's Day were family pictures. I have so few pictures of the kids and I (since I'm almost always the one behind the camera) and not a single one of our family of four. So I went ahead and set them up. Andrew was happy to not have to do any work on my gift, although ever the thoughtful guy- he did give me a large jug of tequila so I'd "have something to open." Unfortunately Connor ended up getting sick that weekend so we had to reschedule. And given Andrew's crazy travel schedule, we couldn't make it work until this past weekend. It was pretty hot outside, but we had fun and we got a bunch of really great shots. I got my pics of the four of us and some absolutely adorable ones of the kids too! Enjoy...
Monday, June 27, 2011
Happy Father's Day!!
I am the luckiest girl in the world to have so many amazing Dads and Grandpas in my life- my Dad, my stepDad Gerry, Andrew's Dad, my Grandpa Don and Andrew: Thank you ALL so much for all that you are and do for our family.
My Dad and Leyla Father's Day weekend. I love this picture of them!
And Andrew... simply the most amazing father (and all around guy) I could ever ever ever have hoped for my kids. Here he is with our brood.
Of course without him, I wouldn't have these awesome two (duh). I took this picture of my two little misfits on the front porch Sunday morning and it really makes me smile. We were outside watching Andrew mow the lawn. And in case you were wondering, we don't put pants on around here until at least 9am ;)
Happy (belated) Father's Day to all!! I love you!
My Dad and Leyla Father's Day weekend. I love this picture of them!
And Andrew... simply the most amazing father (and all around guy) I could ever ever ever have hoped for my kids. Here he is with our brood.
Of course without him, I wouldn't have these awesome two (duh). I took this picture of my two little misfits on the front porch Sunday morning and it really makes me smile. We were outside watching Andrew mow the lawn. And in case you were wondering, we don't put pants on around here until at least 9am ;)
Happy (belated) Father's Day to all!! I love you!
Couple More Tokyo Playdate Reunion Pics
From Melanie's camera (taken straight from her blog, thanks Melanie!):
A look back. I really love this! Tokyo, circa early 2008. Carter, Sloan, Kate and Connor.
Baltimore, 2011. Same line up: Carter, Sloan, Kate and Connor. My how they've grown!
Cute one of Leyla.
Chillin in the bounce house.
Awesome playroom!
Our kids rock!
A look back. I really love this! Tokyo, circa early 2008. Carter, Sloan, Kate and Connor.
Baltimore, 2011. Same line up: Carter, Sloan, Kate and Connor. My how they've grown!
Cute one of Leyla.
Chillin in the bounce house.
Awesome playroom!
Our kids rock!
A Thumb and an Ear
Father's Day weekend we took my Dad out for brunch for Father's Day. We took one car so I sat in the backseat between the kids.
To my left: Leyla with her lovey- sucking her thumb and playing with Bunny's ear.
To my right: Connor with Puppy- sucking his thumb and playing with Puppy's ear.
I pointed this out to my Dad and he told me they come by it honestly- my lovely was a brown and white puppy named Melissa. And I sucked my thumb too ;)
To my left: Leyla with her lovey- sucking her thumb and playing with Bunny's ear.
To my right: Connor with Puppy- sucking his thumb and playing with Puppy's ear.
I pointed this out to my Dad and he told me they come by it honestly- my lovely was a brown and white puppy named Melissa. And I sucked my thumb too ;)
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Tokyo Playdate Reunion
Wow. A week ago today we had the most fun Tokyo baby group reunion at Faith's beautiful home in Baltimore! Melanie and Co. came up from FL, Trish and Kate from Texas, and we came down from CT. Faith was most definitely the hostess with the most-ess (very apparent that she used to be an event planner!) Great food, drink, tons of fun toys and activities for the kids, goody bags, and the best part- she rented a bounce house for the back yard! This was such a hit with the kids. As the kids were jumping Connor said "Mommy I'm having so much fun!" and Sloan said "This is the best day EVER!" So freaking cute!! Not to mention it gave us girls a chance to just sit and chat for a bit while the kids played :)
Some of my pics:
Leaving CT. Can you tell someone was a wee bit excited??
The whole crew. Original baby group members: Sloan (second from left), and Kate, Connor and Carter (the three on the far right). Plus three new younger siblings: Emmy, Leyla and Finn.
Love this one of Faith ;)
Cheers!
I was mildly obsessed with her backyard. It was so huge and flat and perfectly shaded by all the trees. I think I could live back there ;)
Emmy (Carter's little sister) was such a good little Mommy to Leyla while we were there, it was so cute.
Of course Miss L loves the attention. Who me? ;)
More bounce house fun!
My little Evel Knievel liked to jump off the side of the slide. I don't even blink anymore.
Check me out!
It was so cute when they all sat down to eat together.
Leyla: Can I get some of that?
They had all sorts of fun musical instruments- a key board, drum set, microphones, etc. Connor was singing into this microphone for about 80% of the time we were there (he pretty much sticks to Journey). He kept asking the other kids if they would "go play Rock n Roll with me." Love that kid so much!
Here's Connor on microphone and Kate on drums. They dragged their instruments into the little playhouse with them!
Playhouse fun.
Leyla loved the little kitchen.
Carter brought his Spiderman costume, which the kids got to take turns wearing!
There's something really special about your first baby "baby group" - having friends/resources/support in tackling all those crazy new parent experiences, etc. Not to mention in a foreign country! I don't think I realized how lucky I was at the time. So words can't really express how fun it was for us to all be able to get together again. And I was equally excited to see the kids. I got so many hugs! It's crazy how grown up everyone is now. Of course I'm biased but they've all grown up to be such crazy awesome little people! I mean seriously, how did we all get so lucky???
Again, SO FUN. What are the chances this could be an annual event? ;)
Some of my pics:
Leaving CT. Can you tell someone was a wee bit excited??
The whole crew. Original baby group members: Sloan (second from left), and Kate, Connor and Carter (the three on the far right). Plus three new younger siblings: Emmy, Leyla and Finn.
Love this one of Faith ;)
Cheers!
I was mildly obsessed with her backyard. It was so huge and flat and perfectly shaded by all the trees. I think I could live back there ;)
Emmy (Carter's little sister) was such a good little Mommy to Leyla while we were there, it was so cute.
Of course Miss L loves the attention. Who me? ;)
More bounce house fun!
My little Evel Knievel liked to jump off the side of the slide. I don't even blink anymore.
Check me out!
It was so cute when they all sat down to eat together.
Leyla: Can I get some of that?
They had all sorts of fun musical instruments- a key board, drum set, microphones, etc. Connor was singing into this microphone for about 80% of the time we were there (he pretty much sticks to Journey). He kept asking the other kids if they would "go play Rock n Roll with me." Love that kid so much!
Here's Connor on microphone and Kate on drums. They dragged their instruments into the little playhouse with them!
Playhouse fun.
Leyla loved the little kitchen.
Carter brought his Spiderman costume, which the kids got to take turns wearing!
There's something really special about your first baby "baby group" - having friends/resources/support in tackling all those crazy new parent experiences, etc. Not to mention in a foreign country! I don't think I realized how lucky I was at the time. So words can't really express how fun it was for us to all be able to get together again. And I was equally excited to see the kids. I got so many hugs! It's crazy how grown up everyone is now. Of course I'm biased but they've all grown up to be such crazy awesome little people! I mean seriously, how did we all get so lucky???
Again, SO FUN. What are the chances this could be an annual event? ;)
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
9 Months!
Can hardly believe but my little gal turned 9 months old yesterday! It feels like she's always been this way- but she's just overflowing with personality. She's so so so much fun. She's saying Mama, Dada, and (maybe) Bye bye and Nana. But those last two could be pushing it. She shakes her head no when you say no, and will occasionally wave bye bye, especially when we're doing a video chat with someone on the computer. Her toothy grin is the best and her favorite person in the world is Connor ;)
Some misc. Leyla pictures:
Loves climbing the stairs, esp. to chase after Connor.
Caught doing one of her favorite activities.
Happy jogger!
Kicking back.
Checking her look in the mirror.
Her shirt says "Miso Cute" ;)
Getting her workout on ;)
Dada are you there?
Happy 9 Month Birthday Baby Girl!
Some misc. Leyla pictures:
Loves climbing the stairs, esp. to chase after Connor.
Caught doing one of her favorite activities.
Happy jogger!
Kicking back.
Checking her look in the mirror.
Her shirt says "Miso Cute" ;)
Getting her workout on ;)
Dada are you there?
Happy 9 Month Birthday Baby Girl!
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