Friday, October 30, 2009

September and October Update

I had to do this post before the New Baby update. In September we went up to New York to meet Megan's new cousin Landon. We thought of it as sort of a trial run to see how Megan would interact with an infant. She thought Landon was great and getting to hold him was the best.
We mostly hung out in the apartment this time. Mommy wasn't so mobile at this point.
Megan got her Cinderella costume from her Auntie and Uncle. She has worn it almost every day since. It left quite the trail of glitter around the apartment.
Megan discovered WII bowling.
We took one day to go to the Aquarium in New Jersey. I don't remember what this face is all about.
Megan graduated from the daycare to preschool this year. This is her at her cubby on the first day of preschool.
We've also started Megan in a ballet and tap class on saturday. Our little drama queen loves her dancing class.The three of us went to my company picnic this fall. Megan spent the entire time in the Moonbounce with the other kids.

This fall we took another trip out to Cox Farms for the slides, hayride, pumkins etc. This was our last big outing before the new baby was due.
We arrived early and went to feed the goats. We were obviously the first ones and the goats were very hungry. They tried to snack on our clothes.
Here we are on the hay ride.

My little pumkin.
David took Megan to great falls park one weekend while mommy napped. She came home and told me all about the bears and giraffes they collected on their hike.

Here is Megan posing with the bear she found on her walk.

Saturday, August 29, 2009

July and August 2009

So we're finally moved in to our new Townhome and things are starting to settle down a little. (At least for the next 6-8 weeks until baby bear #2 arrives.) Mom, Lisa and AJ came to visit just a few days after we moved. Lisa was wonderful to me and helped clean all my floor. Wanna come do it again??? Just kidding. They were a big help getting us settled.

Here's grandma reading to her favorite toddlers.We did get in a couple of fun things like our trip to the park. Mom and the kids spent lots of time on the patio blowing bubbles and playing playdough.

We had a little early birthday party for Megan. She did not want to blow out here candles. The "candles" were improvised- don't know what happened to the others between the grocery store and the house.


Megan and AJ chased each other round and round the family room.
Halmuhni came to visit the day after Mom and Lisa left. Megan was in grandma heaven for almost 3 weeks. It was great to have her here especially since David was so sick with the Flu and than pneumonia.
I think Halmuhni spent 2 days playing "Cave" with Megan. There were lots of giggles.
Megan loves to help chop vegatables for dinner. Megan and Halmuhni took several trips to the park while mommy was at work.The three of us did take a trip to the zoo. Megan acted like a bit of a turkey most of the time but she did enjoy the bird house and the mist sprayers.We had another party on Megan's Birthday date. Her number 3 balloon was bigger than her.





In mid August we took a quick roadtrip to Columbus to visit family and also so David could escape to Indianapolis for a day for his Fantasy football draft party. We all had a wonderful time.
On Friday we took a trip to Magic Mountain to play "golf golf." The kids were hilarious.
Megan would hit the ball once or twice then pick it up put it right next to the hole and tap it in. AJ took the more direct approach and just dropped it in the hole right away.




Some of Megan's favorite activities at Grandma and Grandpa's house are feeding the birds and picking vegetables from the garden. This time she and AJ went after the tomatoes.
I had to take a picture of grandma getting a special bird bath water pedicure from AJ.

Some of the FAM joined us for a cookout on Friday evening. Megan enjoyed playing with her cousin Emma.
Auntie Ruthie joined the kids in the Frog tent.
It was great to see the Columbus family. We missed all of the out of towners.
Saturday night was a little chilly. Megan borrowed AJ's sweatshirt and curled up with a blanket for her afternoon snack.