Our Yard

A couple "durings" and "afters." Hopefully next spring it will be looking a LOT better. We're going to plant a lot of grass and slowly plan the future lanscape of our yard that seems to have doubled in size.

Hughie Cuteness

We don't have a ton of video of Hugh, so I'm trying to take more clips. He was in such a good mood this morning, I thought I would share the cuteness. Make sure you turn off the playlist at the bottom of my blog so you can hear Hughie!

Reggae Music

A little known fact about me is my LOVE of reggae music and Sirius Channel 84. Today I'm listening and this song comes on called 'Barack Obama' by Cocoa Tea. It's quite catchy (you're listening to it now on my playlist if you have sound). Please don't hate me when you have the song in your head for the rest of the day. I dedicate this song to Gina.

p.s. I am in no way making a political statement with this post, I just like the song.

The Critter Show

For some reason Chris and I decided that we would hire people with heavy equipment to come in and TEAR UP our side and back yards. We started by cutting down six huge pine trees and grinding the stumps. There was a GIANT juniper bush engulfing our deck that is now gone and we can see both of our neighbor's houses! It's so dry it's like a dust bowl out there. We thought for sure that there would be hundreds of critters running from the backhoes to the woods, but only one groundhog was spotted. Chris told our neighbor Sarah that he found three snakes too, but given her insane fear of them, I'm not sure if he was being honest or just trying to torture her.

Our yard looks twice as big now! Everything about the vegetation around our house was beyond overgrown and we got the front yeard tamed last year, so it's only fair that we get the backyard in shape too. Our mission? LOW MAINTENANCE. We also might put in a swingset for the kids beside the side porch. It looks hideous now (and I'm sure our neighbors think that we may be smoking some crack), but give us time!! (And by "us," you know that I mean Chris). I need to take some pics and post them. For now, here are some "before" pics of the giant juniper bush (and three accompanying wasp nests) that are now GONE. See the trees and vegetation on both sides of the house? Gone.

Pile o' Poop

Last night we were in the playroom with the kids getting them ready for bed and debating about whether to bathe Hughie. Chris always prefers to err on the side of too dirty and me, too clean. We take off all of his clothes and diaper to "air everything out." He's dancing around naked and next thing I know Chris is laughing and yelling for wipes. I look over at Hughie and there is a VERY substanital (and surprisingly tidy) pile of poop in the middle of the playroom floor and Hughie with his hand in it. He didn't get far, just a little on his hands and face (BARF), so I got my chance to bathe him! It's just so like him to stealthly drop a load on the floor without any warning at all. He's so lucky he's cute.


We also bought this vanity at Restoration Hardware last night for the new master bath. You likey??

Weary Travelers

We haven't been home for three weekends in a row and I am tired! Lst weekend we had an amazing time with Zach, Becky, Riley and McKenna in Wildwood. We could not have asked for better weather and the kids had a blast. Becky took most of the pictures, so I will post them when she gets them to me.

This past weekend we were in Bellefonte to see Glo's new house and it is AMAZING. It's basically the perfect house, exactly as I would have set things up if I could start from scratch. Congrats Glo! We also got to see my niece Evelyn, who never ceases to amaze me. She is FULLY verbal and not yet 2. I'm talking non-stop multi-word sentences! Georgia was really verbal, but Evie just blows me away. She is also so sweet and loving. It was great to see her. I wish I would have taken some pictures or video clips. At one point, Hughie just couldn't stop hugging Evie. He just kept going back for more and it was so sweet.

Here are some recent pics that I had taken at Picture People. I only really like the close-up of Hughie, but the others are ok. Georgia's hair is getting really long and we're trying the whole barette thing again, we'll see how long I last this time.

Why I am a bad friend . . .

So I have this friend Beth who is easily the sweetest, most thoughtful person on the planet. For example, a few weeks ago she sent Georgia a super-cool hair accessory with a card, fo rno reason other than that's how she rolls. Georgia's worn that "fairy hair" accessory pretty much every day since then. I went to law school with Beth and she, Bogie and I were pretty much inseparable. Now she lives far away in Ohio and you would think that the least I could do is remember her birthday? Right? You know what's coming. I forgot. How is that possible, you ask? Because I would honestly lose my head if it weren't attached. Regardless, Beth, I ask for your forgiveness and want everyone on the internet (well, the 3 people who read this blog) to know that I WANT TO WISH YOU A VERY LATE BUT VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND I LOVE YOU.