Since the last time i blogged, alot of life has been lived between the four of us :) it's so difficult to squeeze everything into this one blog but I'll do my best anyway. a very good friend of mine was married in the beautiful mountains of North Carolina in September, and Sean and i were fortunate enough to attend. we had such a wonderful time and the whole weekend was very relaxing. our third year anniversary was coming up so we celebrated that while we were on the trip. it felt like we fell in love all over again. if we realized anything it was that we NEED to get away (just the two of us) on a regular basis. it surprised me that both of us had a fairly easy time leaving the boys. first of all, i knew they were in good hands with my parents and second of all... like i said, we NEEDED it! here is a picture of us in the mountains and one of us on the night of our anniversary (we had a wonderful dinner out).
some of what has happened since i last wrote:
Our Nanny had a birthday in august and we had all of our family from new york here to celebrate. it was a wonderful time full of swimming, eating, drinking and laughing! the new additions (Lila & Noah) to the family got to meet Nolan, Mason and Sophia. They had a blast playing together!
My Mom also celebrated a birthday and we had a lovely dinner out followed by cupcakes and milk at my house.
Nolan has been keeping up the artist in him. He loves to paint, color, mold play dough, draw with chalk, etc. Sean and him like to go outside and paint in the driveway together. i couldn't help but get a little choked up when i went outside to check up on them one day and i saw them painting a beautiful picture on a canvas with my Grandpa's old paints. i just kept thinking to myself how happy that would have made my Grandpa to see My husband and his great grandson, enjoying the paint that he used to paint with:) i just knew that he was there in spirit.
Nolan has known his ABC's and twinkle twinkle little star for quite some time now but it has taken me a little while to finally get it on video. here's a little clip of it...
Nolan has also been given his first bicycle. our neighbors were moving and they have two little boys a little older than ours. they kindly let Nolan have this cool bike and his eyes lit up with excitement. i went out that same night and bought him a helmet (as promised). he is still learning how to peddle but it has training wheels so he can take his time. it's so precious to see Sean pushing him down the street!
Electronics such as cell phones, computers, TV are still a growing obsession and we have been trying to work on that everyday. he loves to play with the children's apps on cell phones and occasionally will sneak in a you tube video. nobody has any idea how he knows how to access these things but he is so smart it's scary.
Some phrases that are most popular right now are: "what you doin Mom" "Thank you Mom" "proud of you" "that's disgusting" "Daddy read it" "what you talkin bout" "you kiddin me" "Mom, look at this" "you can not... you can't" "i see it" "no Maggie, Maggie outside" "Mason go nigh-night" "stupid dog" "stop it Mommy, that's enough" "Amen."
The "Amen" came from the teachings of my Nanny. It is so sweet to see him fold his hands together and bow his head to say it. it just melts our hearts.
Mason is still BIG into eating anything and everything!! He isn't happy unless he is sleeping or eating. Now, he has made a connection with the microwave and eating. every time the microwave is on... he races into the kitchen ready for whatever food is being heated up.
The boys have also attended there first baseball game, and it was one of Sean's! Mason seemed to like the actual game more than Nolan did. Nolan was making friends, throwing rocks and eating handfuls of dirt while Mason stood at the fence with a full view of the pitch, not missing a beat. i honestly think we have an athlete on our hands. the boys couldn't be more opposite. Nolan is now reading, actually reading the words in his books and he loves it so much. i often go into his room to find at least 50 books spread across his floor :) Mason on the other hand doesn't have the time to read, he is so busy and couldn't be less interested!
We have also had a garage sale and the boys had a ball. This prompted a bit of household projects, craigslist sales and purchases, and painting sprees but we are cooling off on that for now. life is moving a thousand miles per minute with so much packed into each day its hard to imagine. In closing, here are some favorite pictures of mine that have been taken over the past few months/years.....
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