Easter Egg Hunt

This is the second year we have gone to the Colchester Easter egg hunt. Last year I had put away all the winter stuff and it ended up snowing on the day of the hunt so I dragged everything out and we bundled up.

This year I dressed the kids too warmly! It was SO hot that day! We had a great time - everything is better with warm weather :) I wasn't sure how the kids would react to seeing the Easter bunny but they both did great!

All time favorite pic

The Great Escape

We spent the morning of Acadia's birthday opening up presents then we packed the kids in the car and headed to The Great Escape. OMG - we had so much fun!! We all did! It was great seeing both the kids so happy - they had the best time :)

And my mom surprised us by stopping by! She was in NY for business and stopped by for lunch on her way home - so fun!

Birthday morning

Acadia hammed it up for the camera when we brought out her presents! We told her as soon as we could take some pics of her, she could open up her presents so of course she smiled for the camera : )

I'm telling you - 3 is the best age so far! She is so verbal, has such an imagination and was SO excited about all of her presents!! She really "got it" this year and it made me so happy to see her so happy!

Opening up her gardening kit - she kept saying, Oh my gosh!

Her world map puzzle

Her remote control car

Princess walkie talkies

Her soccer goal, soccer ball and cones - I can't wait to get my girl on the field! She'll have to be #5 of course :)

We also bought her her very first bike but haven't given it to her yet. Her b-day party is on Sunday and my mom got her a helmet. We'll give her the bike on Sunday along with the helmet so she can try it out this weekend. Can't wait!

Happy birthday!

I can't believe you're 3...we spent the morning opening up presents then went to Dunkin Donuts for some donut holes. We went to the Great Escape water park and you had a BLAST! Yellow Grandma surprised us and stopped by the park, right when we were having lunch. She was in NY for business and it worked out perfectly - she had lunch with us, watched you swim for a while then went home. On our way home, daddy started feeling pretty sick and by the time we made it home, he had a fever. He went right to bed and the plans of us all going out to dinner and ordering you a special birthday cake went out the window. I asked you what you wanted for dinner and luckily you said pizza, so I was able to order you a pizza and sing you happy birthday (with the leftover Easter cake we had!). It was a great day - we love you so much!!

I had no idea

3 years ago tonight, I was in labor for you.
I was nervous about everything - labor, caring for a newborn, becoming a mother.
I tried to picture what you would look like when we were finally able to meet you.
Would you be a boy or a girl?
Would you have curly hair?
I tried to imagine my life with you.
I had no idea.

I had no idea the emotions that would come over me the second you were put into my arms.
I had no idea about the uncontrollable and unconditional love I felt for you instantaneously.
I had no idea that the minute I saw you, I knew without a doubt in my mind - that not only was I meant to be a mother...I was meant to be your mother.
I had no idea that everything I had gone through - all the horror stories of pregnancy and labor - wouldn't matter to me once I met you.
I had no idea that my world would be rocked that early April morning.
I had no idea that the sleepless nights would be worth it.
I had no idea the joy I would feel at your first smile. Over your first words. And your first steps.
I had no idea.
And how could I?
I had never been in love like this.
I had never loved someone so deeply as I did you, my Acadia June...Happy Birthday Eve, my sweet girl...

Boston - Take One

We visited our friends Ky and Dan (and their kiddos Max and Oscar) recently. We always have fun with them - they are an awesome couple and their family is just so much fun to be around! I have a ton of pics so I'll break them into different posts.

This one should be titled "The drive from hell" but I'll just title it "Boston - Take One" :)

It should take 3.5 hours to get to our friend's house but we decided to make a stop at Tortillas for a drink and food and a stop at Target. Big mistake. It took us over an hour and about 3 fights to find the Target and by the time we got there, we realized that we had to get going if we were going to make it to Ky and Dan's house at 7:30ish. So we bought a couple things from Target and made our way to Tortillas - definitely worth the stop! We just ordered nachos, wings and a couple drinks but OMG - I would have driven 3.5 hours JUST to go to Tortillas and come home. We love that place.

Luckily the kids were in a great mood the entire drive! Matt and I balanced out their good moods with our grouchiness ;) Haa haa! My FB status on the way to Boston said, If we can make it through this car ride, we can make it through anything! And we made it!

Pit stop to let Acadia go potty and nurse Emma. She was such a ham!

Once we got to Tortilla's, this was in order!

Her newest trick - she bites onto her spoon and finds it hysterical!


Our other little ham playing it up for the camera

Walking!

Yup - our little girl is walking! It's about the cutest thing I've ever seen - EVER! I love it. She gets so excited and is so proud of herself. I'll post a video soon :)

First snowshoe trip

We brought the kids snowshoeing a couple weeks ago on an amazingly warm day. It was pretty icy so we didn't stay long and went to the park after snowshoeing. I can't wait until next winter to go again!

I'm back!! Yay!

So many updates, so I thought I would just start at the beginning of March :)

Recently a friend of mine mentioned that she had been a bit down lately. In this day in age, phone calls and e-mails are a great way to stay in touch. In fact, I would say that e-mails and FB are the two most used forms of communication for most busy moms I know right now. It's so hard to even talk on the phone with toddlers and babies in the back ground.

But isn't it nice to get something in the mail? A nice little surprise to know that someone is thinking of you? And doesn't everyone like Lake Champlain Chocolate? So I explained to Acadia that we were sending a card and package to a very special friend who wasn't having a great day. She was so sweet about it and wanted to know where it was going, who the chocolate was for, and asked to put stickers on the package before we mailed it. So I brought some heart stickers with us and Acadia (on her own!) gave it a kiss before we handed it over to the postal woman. So sweet :)

Brown Grandma

Today was a special day for Acadia because Brown Grandma came over! She loves, loves, loves Brown Grandma. They have such a special relationship and I love it that every visit from Grandma ends with a walk around our neighborhood. They go looking for treasures and always come back with some beautiful leaves, pine cones and accorns that we put in our nature bowl. It doesn't bother Grandma a bit to come back head to toe in pitch from carrying all of Acadia's treasures - she's such a good sport :) After saying good bye to Grandma, Acadia already started talking about her next visit!

Best friends

Boston. Laughter. Friends. Babies. Monkeys. Coffee. Aquarium. Dinner. Walking. Thai. Buddies. Laughter. Tantrums. Rain. Breakfast. Laughter. Laughter. Laughter.

So many pics. So many stories. Can't wait to find time to update the blog with pics from Boston.

It all boils down to - Laughter. Friends. We love you, Green Team...

The stomach bug hits our house

Emma woke up yesterday at 8:30 which is unusual - she normally wakes up around 6ish to nurse. After doing a party dance because I was able to sleep in, I slowly realized that every. single. time. Acadia is sick, she sleeps in late. Shit. So I went into her room to check on her and found throw up everywhere in her crib. Poor thing! Yesterday was a rough day - she was sick the entire day and when she wasn't getting sick or taking a bath, she was sleeping.

She woke up in a pretty good mood this morning, around 7:30, and I nursed her, then fed her breakfast. I went to the sink to wash her bowl out and turned around and saw this:

She's been asleep for an hour and a half, which is unheard of. Poor thing - I hope she's feeling better soon!