Coloring & Stamping

Thanks Auntie Carrie and Lilly for the awesome markers and stamps!

Visit from 'Auntie' Carrie and Lilly

'Auntie' Carrie and Lilly came over again tonight for another visit.  (I know - two visits in one month - shocking!)  Carrie, Michael and I made two amazing quiches and Lilly made a cheese and pepperoni pizza.  After dinner, of course there was lots of girl talk between Carrie and I while AJ and Lilly played in the living room.  But then AJ wanted to get in on the girl talk....

He also wanted to let us know which coupons were good deals.

What a mess he made during our girl talk! haha

Thanks 'Auntie' Carrie and Lilly!

'Auntie' Carrie and Lilly came over last night and brought AJ's Christmas present, but AJ was already in bed for the night.  So this afternoon I had him sit down and open his present while I snapped a few photos to send to Carrie...

A present..yay!

He's got this!

Hard at work.

 

'Now I have to figure out this side. '

 

Almost there!

 

Woohoo! A doodle pad, markers and stamps!! 

He wanted to get right into it!

He made that scribble all by himself and then he wanted to decorate with a stamp! 

Double fisting the stamps!

Going to town!

Thanks 'Auntie' Carrie and Lilly for my present... I love it!!

My Surprise 30th Party!

Everyone in our family has had a surprise 30th birthday party so I figured my hubby or sister would throw one for me as well.  (I might have demanded one too - but who's really asking?!)  I was told to not snoop around and to just let the little elves do their work.  Well, when my actual birthday came around and there was no party, I figured it had to be either the next day or the day after that.  I had a feeling my 5k race put a dent in their plans when trying to plan it so they would have to have it the day after my birthday because they wouldn't want me eating lots of cake before the race! And I was right!  Sarah had come down the night before and stayed over, then we did the race and came back to our house to shower up and hang out before she headed back to MA for the night.  After getting cleaned up from the race, Sarah and I headed over to my parents house where AJ was because Michael supposedly was helping my cousin Matt stain his deck.  The plan was Sarah was going to say goodbye to AJ and go back to MA. But, surprise surprise - there were a whole lot of cars in my parents driveway - my surprise party was today! YAY!!  I had so much fun seeing all my friends and family - I couldn't have asked for a better day!  (Those downpours could have stayed away - but other than that - the day was perfect!)  Thanks to my hubby and family for throwing it for me! :)

Unfortunately we didn't take a lot of pictures today - shame on us! - but the ones we have show we had a good time!

Some of my girls met me when I got out of my car

AJ got to wear my 30 glasses for a quick second!

Auntie Lauren and AJ

Yummy cake by The Cake Lady, again

Loving the palm trees and turquoise waters on my cake!

AJ hanging out with Cioci Sue, but wanting Mommy of course! 

Michael had a tough time trying to light the candles, he eventually had to shield them from the wind with his hands or else they wouldn't stay lit!

I think they had already blown out before I had the chance to blow them out!

Yay - I did it - I'm 30!

Buddy and AJ

Happy Birthday Little Lilly!

Tonight we went over to Auntie Carrie's house to celebrate Lilly's 9th birthday.  Auntie Carrie cooked up (kind of!) a delicious pasta dinner and baked a yummy marble cake with chocolate frosting for everyone who attended.  We had lots of fun and are very thankful we were invited over to celebrate with my beautiful god-daughter!

Happy Birthday to you!

Admiring her favorite little guy

She loves him to pieces!

One Week

My precious little boy is one week old today!  In just this short amount of time, he has already made his mark on our world, literally!  AJ has peed on me more than a few times, but he's only gotten Daddy once. Hmmm... should I take a hint?! haha  He rolls to his side when I put him in the bassinet for a little snooze and he flips me off while he nurses.  Silly boy!!  AJ also has the hiccups at least once a day, if not more - he's a growing boy!  Both Michael and I are completely in love with our little man and we love seeing him grow little by little.  Happy one week my favorite little man! 

Hanging out with his big brother

Sunning himself to help the jaundice he has

He's only a week old and he's already received his first piece of mail!

Snoozing in his bassinet

Meeting Lilly for the first time, who absolutely adores him

Hamming it up for the camera for Mommy

Naptime with Daddy

My precious one week old! Love you little boy! :)