Memorial Day Weekend 2009

We only have a few more weekends as a family of three, and we had a very busy and fun Memorial Day weekend. The weekend started on Thursday night when Ben and I went to a Nationals Game alone! It was very fun and a much needed night away together. We left Everett in Gloria's very capable hands- we are going to miss her this summer! Friday Everett and I spent the day together at music class, at the park, getting new shoes and going out to lunch. Friday night we celebrated Ben's 34th birthday! We can hardly believe how old we are getting, especially since I remember celebrating his 19th birthday with his brother and dad so many years ago! We went out to dinner at a restaurant in Arlington, my parents came up to celebrate with the birthday boy, and we had cake and opened presents after dinner. Everett was so excited about the candles on the cake, he is adorable. On Saturday, Everett and I took Ben on a mystery trip to the National Museum of the Marine Corps. The museum was so well done and I think Ben really enjoyed it, brought back many memories of his time in the Marines. On Sunday we headed out to Delaplane, Virginia to a strawberry festival with our friends the Gambinos. Everett had such a fun time getting his face painted, petting the farm animals and generally running all around the place. Delaplane is beautiful, it is about an hour from DC in the Virginia wine country. Today we hung around the house, hit the local "sprayground" and ran errands. Back to work tomorrow (only two more days until I am off for four months!). A great weekend overall and so great to spend quality time with Everett. Everett continues to make us laugh all day long, he is developing quite a personality and is such a happy little guy. We hope he just loves his little brother when he arrives next week!

Mother's Day

Ben and Everett planned a very fun mother's day weekend for me again this year. While we had hoped to making traveling to the Greenbrier a yearly mother's day tradition, our plans were sidelined due to doctor's restrictions to not travel too far from home. Since the Greenbrier is about 5 hours away, Ben booked a night at the Chesapeake Bay Hyatt in Cambridge, Maryland. Despite a minor glitch that caused us to be decked out in Walmart's finest (we forgot our suitcase at home! Thankfully I remembered Everett's suitcase), we had a fantastic time. The weather was amazing, and Everett could not get enough of walking the halls in the hotel or the grounds by the pool and the bay. He thought he was such a big deal and stopped to talk to everyone! They booked a nice massage for me, we spent a ton of time in the pool, went for walks and ate at the yummy restaurants. I am so lucky to have Everett and Ben in my life, they are so good to me. Everett and Rollin got me the nicest mother's day card as well. I love being their mom :)

15 Month Birthday!

Everett celebrated his 15 month birthday this past week. He had his check-up and his stats are: 29 lbs, 8 oz (95%) and 33 inches tall (90%). So not much has changed, always seems to be in the same percentile, which is great news! We had a great weekend spending time with our little man and also spent lots of time on Rollin's nursery. It was so fun washing all Everett's old clothes and folding them and organizing, cannot wait for his arrival. Everett is doing great these days, running all over the place and "talking" up a storm. Right now he says about seven words (mama, dada, dog, baba, there, duck, bye-bye) and laughs all the time. We feel so blessed to have such a happy little boy and we are so excited about all he has accomplished these past 15 months, the time sure has flown by! We look forward to spending lots of time with him these next few weeks, as soon enough, he will not be king of the castle anymore :)