ROAD Trip to Maryland! March 21st-25th

Road Trip To MD!

Tom, Summer and I took a trip to Maryland in March. Tom travels to MD often and he knew he would be there all week so Summer and I tagged along. Summer was a good little traveler and had a fun week of playing with friends and second cousins!

Monday was a travel day so we will start with our Tuesday adventures!

Tuesday-Port Discovery and the Inner Harbor with Jessica, her little one Aubrey-8 months old, and Erika and Mason-15 months old! Summer was very excited to meet Aubrey (as was I) and to see May May again!

Here are the 3 of them together! Aubrey, Summer and Mason! I have about 10 or more of this shot and this is the best one of them all looking forward! :)

Mason and Summer are using the cash registers in the "grocery store" at Port Discovery! Jess and Aubs!

Jessica and I both had VW bugs before babies so it's only fitting we would get pics of our girls in there (and May May too)!

Summer loved "driving" the bug!

So did Mason! Not often they get to roam around in a car!

Summer loved the buzzing bees in the toddler room!

Mason loved the fish!

Aubs loved the rolling toys!

Sand time!

Another attempt at getting a picture of the 3 of them. :) Much better when they are strapped in!

We decided to eat at "Dick's Last Resort." I don't think we knew what we were getting into. This is one of those places where they are purposely rude to you. I was a little mortified and I think Jess and Erika were ready to kick some you know what. LOL However, I figured out they were supposed to be doing that and it sure didn't matter if the kids made a mess since they threw straws and napkins at you anyways! :)

You can't even see the extent of the mess. We were the only lucky ones in the restaurant who didn't have to wear rude hats. The babies saved us.

Summer found these crab glasses at a store and before I knew it she was wearing them. Of course I had to get them for her!

We found a grassy area to let the kids get out of their strollers. Summer enjoyed smelling the flowers!

Run Summer! Run May May!

Summer took a break and sat down with Aubrey!

We sure had a great time with Jessica, Aubrey, Erika and Mason. Thanks for spending the day with Summer and I! Hope to see you soon (like in August for your girls with babies trip...just a reminder). :)

Now on to Tuesday night....

Tuesday evening Tom joined Summer and I and we went to my Aunt Rita's and Uncle Steve's for dinner. Ironically my cousin Mason and his family, Holly, Roman and Parker, were visiting Aunt Rita from South Carolina so we got to see them as well.

Here I am reading a book to Summer and Parker.

Tom gets some cuddles from the girls!

Ring Around the Rosy time! Boy did Summer, Roman and Parker LOVE playing Ring Around the Rosy! They did it over and over again. Most of the time they would fall down before we even said to!

We had a short but sweet visit with the Ailstocks and hope to see them all again soon!

Wednesday.....

On Wednesday Summer and slept in and relaxed at the hotel before heading to Erika's for lunch. Summer was excited to see May May again and to get to play with his toys. After lunch Summer and I headed to Aunt Paula's for the afternoon and dinner.

At Aunt Paula's we got to see my cousin Sarah, Jason and their 2 girls Alexis (5) and Maddy (2). Summer had a great time playing with the girls and we had a really nice visit. My cousins Mike and Nate were there, as well as Pap (Uncle Russel's father).

Summer and Aunt Paula are having fun!

Maddy and Summer-so sweet!

Summer, Alexis and Maddy

Maddy giving Summer a ride in the baby doll stroller!

Summer giving Maddy a turn!

I love seeing Summer with all of her second cousins. It was hard to leave that night. You all need to come to GA again sometime soon!

Thursday....

Janna took the day off and came from DC to Baltimore for the day! We had a yummy lunch at the Inner Harbor and then spent the rest of the day catching up. It was a wonderful visit.

Wednesday evening Tom, Summer, Janna and I met up with more friends! It really was just so great to see everyone. I miss all my Maryland friends and family so much. This trip meant so much to me. It was also so much fun to tell everyone in person that I am pregnant with baby #2!

Dinner was at the Cheesecake Factory!

The Sawyer Family came to meet us. Jason, Colleen, Leah (6) and Sadie (2). Leah and Sadie are pictured with Summer above!

Candice and her oh so cute Michaela (17 months) were also able to come to dinner. Michaela is such a doll and it was great to see Can again.

Janna and Alyssa

Alyssa is also pregnant (due about 1 1/2 weeks before me) so it was fun to catch up in person and compare pregnancies. Congrats again!

Jason and Colleen

Summer playing with ice. Always a great back up toy when needed. :)

Sadie showing me her "mean" face. I just love it! She is so full of personality!

Thanks again to everyone for meeting up with us in Baltimore. This whole trip was short but sweet but I am so glad I got to see everyone!!!! :)

Friday......

Our happy little traveler. We left super early on Friday so she still has her PJ's on!

Summer has a Secret....

I have a secret.....

I'm going to be a BIG sister!

That's right! Tom and I found out on our cruise that we are expecting baby #2!!! We are all VERY excited! Lil' Pumpkin is due October 8th (so I am just over 12 weeks along). Lil' Pumpkin has been making me feel pretty sick and very tired. I am starting to feel much better and am so happy to be pregnant again.

We found out on Day 5 of our cruise-Wednesday, February 2, 2010.

We told our parents by mailing them postcards with the news on it! It was very hard to wait for them to get their postcards but a fun way to tell them!

The official digital Pregnancy test.

We have had 2 Dr's appointments so we have Lil' Pumpkin's first pictures and have heard the heartbeat twice!

Visitors from Maryland! March 4th-7th

March 4th-7th

The Glodek Family came to visit from Maryland!

We had such a great time!

Erika and I have been friends since high school and it's just unbelievable that we both have little ones now. She and Bill were married about a week before I had Summer so I wasn't able to go to their wedding so it was great to get to know him even more during this visit.

Their son Mason, 15 months old, is such a cutie! Summer had so much fun with May May and still looks for him and asks about it him.

Friday-The Glodek Family arrived after 24 hours of travel (they stopped at a hotel along the way). Needless to say Mason was excited to be free and have lots of toys to play with.

Saturday-We took them to Papa Jack's Country Kitchen-YUM! Everyone enjoyed a big breakfast. It was a rainy day but a good one for getting pedicures. That's what Erika, Melissa and I did! The guys hung out, watched some basketball and took naps.

That evening we went out to dinner with some neighbors and then went to Casino night in our neighborhood. Thanks to Aunt Lis for babysitting!

Sunday-We had breakfast at my parents and then headed to World Of Coke. After that Tom cooked on the Big Green Egg.

Monday-Erika and I took Mason and Summer to Mommy and Me. Then we had lunch with Bill and then they left to go back to MD.

What a great fun trip! Can't wait to see you soon again when we come to Maryland!!!

Summer, 22 months

Mason, 15 months




Hey Summer, how do we get out of here?

Cuddles with Grandma Sue! Thanks for watching them while we got pedicures!

Casino Night!

So sweet! They were holding hands on the way to World of Coke!

Summer loved the Coke Bear!

The Glodek Family

World of Coke fun!

Summer LOVED Coke at the World of Coke. She kept asking for more.

Mason made a new friend at Mommy and Me. He loved Ms. Nancy!

Marching with a flag for Mm day!

Thanks again for coming to visit us Erika, Bill and Mason! See you soon!

Beginning of March '11

I am back! It's been a busy few weeks so I am behind in Summer's blog.

She turned 22 months on March 1st! Can you believe in less then 2 months she will be 2?!? I can't!

Here's some pictures of Summer relaxing, having fun at Mommy and Me and at Gymnastics!

Enjoy!

Tom and I got a Lovesac for the bonus room and we all love it. It's like a big bean bag chair but it has memory foam in it and is SUPER comfy. As you can see Summer is enjoying relaxing on it!

Mommy and Me time!

Here's Summer with her good pal Addison on Miss Jessica's (Addy's Mom) lap.

Ms. Nancy was teaching about the letter L this day!

Ready to go with her backpack!

A special Thank you to my Mom for taking Summer this day and getting these great pictures!

Gymnastics time at Gymnastix!

Warming up!

Today they were downstairs in the big room! Summer got to swing on a rope and let go!