Showing posts with label trips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trips. Show all posts

Sunday, December 19, 2010

What a week!

Noah called last Friday night to tell me that he had to work Saturday afternoon and wouldn't be able to come home for the weekend. So, when a friend of mine (whom I haven't seen in 3 years) offered us a place to stay, I packed up the kids and headed to VA! It was a wild and crazy weekend and I SO enjoyed catching up with the WONDERFUL Eichenlaub family! THANK YOU, DEANNA AND MARK!

While we were there, we managed to have brunch at the oceanfront with Aunt Megan, Uncle Skinny and Aunt Jen! After a DELICIOUS meal, we went out to the beach where Aunt Jen got some nice shots of us! THANK YOU, JENNIFER!!!!!
(those photos will get their own post!)

From the oceanfront, we returned to The Eichenlaub's house for a cookie decorating party! FUN FUN FUN!!!! It was so nice to be together with these folks! Anya and Alistair played so well together and were both very sad when we had to leave. (These two were born 6 weeks apart and last saw each other in November 2007!) 

I was kind of bad about taking pictures while we were there, but I got a few.

Anya and Alistair are ready to bake cookies!


SWEETNESS!

Ronan and Aunt Jen



Monday night I worked late then grocery shopped on the way home, so it was dinner and bed as soon as we got home.
Tuesday night we went to the "Holiday Surprise" Storytime at the library and Alistair saw Santa! 
"Mommy, take a picture of me upside-down."


Merry Christmas!!


Snuggly baby sat through it all!


Alistair was 1st in line for Santa!


"I want Woody and Jessie and the Buzz Lightyear with wings!"


Wednesday night I had to stop at the store again after work.

Thursday morning we got a snow storm, so all of SoMd was shut down and by that night I was ready to just come straight home and not move!
PHEW!

Saturday, December 04, 2010

Thanksgiving 2010

We spent Thanksgiving at my mom's house in NE Ohio. The trip there was pretty good, actually. We made it around the beltway in only 30 minutes and made it to her driveway in 7 hours (with 1 stop). Well, we were traveling at night, so it helped that the kids slept most of the way.  The trip back was during the day Saturday and was not as smooth....it took 12 hours to get home.

But, we had a WONDERFUL time seeing (almost) everyone and leaving was VERY emotional for me.....it still is. (More on my emotional state in my next post). It was nice to be home Saturday night and have all day Sunday at home with Noah before  he had to leave again. For that, I am SO GRATEFUL.

I hope you all had a beautiful, wonderful, love-filled Thanksgiving! We sure did!


Happy Thanksgiving
Even "Guy" made it into the picture

The Boys
(minus Ronan)

My best friend, Krista, holding Ronan and Me holding her baby, Carter!

Alistair with Carter and Landon, Krista's oldest, with Ronan

Storytime with Grandma!!!

Me and my sister, Ann



Pass the babies.......READY.......GO!
Daddy with Ronan

Mommy and Ronan (and coffee)

Mimi and Ronan

Grandma and Ronan

Great-Grandpap with Ronan

Great Uncle Curt with Ronan

Ronan and Uncle Mark

Me with Mark's daughter, Lilly

Great Grandma and Great Aunt Lynda with Lilly

Great-Grandpap and Lilly

Aunt Ann and Lilly

Great-Grandma and Lilly

Grandma and Lilly

Uncle Billy and Lilly

Ronan LOVES his MIMI blanket!!!!



Since Ronan started taking some foods while we were gone, I started making baby food for him and stocking the freezer as soon as we got back!

Avacado, Banana and applesauce

Home made brown rice cereal

'nana-'cado baby food with rice cereal!
Ronan is in LOVE!