besties

the dude's besties came over for a few hours while miss colleen and mister cormac celebrated their anniversary.  everyone had a great time.  we watched a little tv.  played in the family room.  and loved on mojo.  graham napped for a bit, but only about an hour (normally he sleeps for 2.5-3 hours!).  i think he knew his friends were downstairs and he wanted to get right back to playing with them!

18 months!!!

my goodness!!  how did this happen?!  a year and a half already!  

and what better way to celebrate it than with friends and fudgesicles!!  the dude had quite the admirer too (sydney) who couldn't help but give him a little love bite.  

we're headed to the doctor in the next couple weeks for the dude's 18 month well visit, so i'll have more updates on stats then.  for now i'll just say, these past 18 months have been pure joy!  thank you for adding so much light to our life little dude!!!

wedding day

today two of our friends got married at the beautiful whitehall manor in bluemont, virginia.  they couldn't have asked for better weather and we couldn't have asked for a better reason to get all dressed up! 

the bride, groom and ceremony was beautiful and we had a great time catching up with friends at our table while we ate dinner.

thanks to the murray's, the dude also had a GREAT time tonight!! 

(apparently he was making funny faces at criostoir in the top left photo)

happy birthday to me

it might not look like a birthday present, but believe you me....IT IS!!!

today i was lucky enough to get my splint taken off and get put into a walking cast (my sexy black cast shoe not shown!)!!!  

no more crutches or scooter for me!!

so we're looking at 3 weeks in the walking cast, 3 weeks in a walking boot and then hopefully i'll be done with things on my leg!!!  

discovery

of course i had to be out in our charles town office this morning.  bad planning on my part.  especially knowing that the flight path for the discover was RIGHT over our building and back parking lot.  not once, but twice!!!

at least i was able to enjoy it from some coworkers photos.

happy birthday to me

i couldn't have asked for a better early birthday present!  dinner with my brother and his family!

(photo credit...andrea!  i somehow didn't pull my camera out tonight!)

we ended up ordering an INSANE amount of chinese food from our favorite place while the kids camped out in front of the tube watching toy story 2!  they were too cute!!

but booo, because it was a school night, and because the texas gang had to go back tomorrow, we ended the night shortly after we finished dinner.  it was short and sweet and we enjoyed every second we had with them.  time to start planning our trip to tey-has!!

three peas in a pod

today was a great day.  we were so happy that uncle tim, aunt andrea, and cousins olivia and mason came to visit us during their whirlwind virginia visit!  when they arrived at our house it was right around lunch and nap time, so we got the kiddos all set and then the big kids got to enjoy a nice relaxing lunch as well.  when the kids got up we made plans to head down to reston town center, where they were staying.  with tons of places to eat, and lots of space for the kids to run around, it was perfect. 

we ended up at jackson's (love that place!), and the kids were so well behaved.  graham even tried a piece of calamari!  i will get him to eat sushi...i need a partner in crime!  they sat us back near the kitchen, so the kiddos had a great time watching all the food be prepared.

with everyone full of food and energy, we decided to walk back to the hotel tim and andrea were staying at and let the kids run around for awhile.  

there were a few rounds of ring around the rosie, running through the azaleas and graham flirting with the older ladies!!  all in all the night was a huge success (and tons of fun!).  no meltdowns and the kids were wiped by the end of the night!!  

we're sad to see them have to go back to texas so soon, but we'll be having a last dinner tomorrow before they head back.  we love you guys and can't wait to hang out with you again soon!

<3

TGIF!

and who couldn't use a good laugh on a friday!

break it down

yeah, a little mid-week dancing break for your entertainment!

mwaaaaaa waaaaaa

6 something...fell during the bout

7:15...taken back to my very own ER room

10...doc mutters words i didn't want to hear 'hairline fracture of your tib fib'

mwaaaaaa waaaaaa!

yup, so i'll be out of commission for awhile skating.  SO BUMMED!

buuuuuut....my team won 45-41!

(hmmm, coincidence that my number is 45?!)

Punks vs. Preps

today was the day.  the day of my FIRST roller derby bout!  SO EXCITED and SO NERVOUS! 

punks vs preps....with yours truly skating for the punks.

thank you thank you to everyone who came out to support me....and thank you to keira, my number one fan!

keep your eye on the yellow helmet.