The Nudie Pool

Noah had his first skinny diping experience today. Here are some "carefully arranged" photos and video.

The GRT

Here's what we did with our Sunday morning. Church? No. We've gotten bad about church out here. It just isn't anywhere near what we are looking for. I digress...

Jeremy carried Noah down to the river today and out onto the rocks that go almost out into the middle. We were adventuresome. We also got poured on while jogging on the trail. Noah didn't even mind a little rain. He dozed off in the stroller.

My mom, dad, brother, and niece are set to arrive on Wednesday and I am excited! We bought a bed today that will be Noah's in the future but can be used by guests in the meantime. Lots of pictures to come!

Mystery Solved!

No way, Stacie!! You were right, I think I have a Dog Vomit Fungus (really did someone actually name it that??) growing in my garden. For being so unbelievably clever, I am going to mail a fresh batch to you in to see if it can survive the summer in Tulsa. Enjoy reading up on my dog vomit slime.

Well, I Can Brag a Little...

Tomorrow the high is 73 and the low is 49. Sure beats the 100s my dear ones in Texas are already dealing with! Although, I will admit it has been in the low to mid 80s the last several days...I'll take it. I'm pretty sure the weather and lack of traffic jams and smog are the only things I feel like bragging about West Va. anymore. And I was telling someone yesterday that the beauty here would not stop me from returning quickly to the less than attractive Dallas area!

We had a great weekend. Jeremy's parents got us a new grill for our anniversary and we tested it out by serving burgers to some friends Saturday night. I tried some new recipes this weekend that I need to get posted! I made blueberry muffins from scratch (my first), the hamburger and turkey burgers, and Mexican Ice Cream. Sunday, we ate breakfast and hit the Greenbrier River trail with Noah. We even saw two snakes! Here I am out on the rock:



The week before last, Noah was sick and having ear infections. I'm still not convinced he has gotten rid of them, but we have an appointment with his doctor Wednesday to see where things stand. Then, last week, my allergies (or maybe Noah's cold bug) attacked me and my ears got infected. They still haven't opened back up. I can definitely sympathize with the little ones. Being awake all night with that pain ain't easy! So, I am more than excited for my family to get here in a week and a half! Jeremy and I plan on a night to ourselves at the Homestead on our way back from Williamsburg.

Sorry about the blurriness but these are too funny. I posed him in the recliner Brian & Stacie got him for his birthday.

The progress in my garden. Something ate half the broccoli crop but my squash and zucchini are flowering out. I planted my surviving jalapeno and bell pepper seedlings today. It will be a surprise when they sprout as to which is which.

Here is the mystery I discovered today in the garden. Does anyone know what this is?? It looks fungal and has a sort of gooshy scrambled egg consistency inside. No odor.

Gonna be a long week so I will be looking for lots of stuff to keep Noah and I busy. His babysitter is vacationing in Nags Head this week and I think I might be jealous! Have a great week...

A Fun Weekend...

...whether he's sick or not!

A cheap plastic pool provides some easy entertainment.

Bite that ball!

Nice teeth shot here.

It's a little cooler than my bath!

Saggy bottoms!

A good belly laugh in the ball pit.

We finally converted the old exersaucer into the walker toy. Good for a one-way trip anyway!

Just a little pool time.

Washington DC

We visited Washington, DC on May 22, 2010. What a cool city! We found a reasonably priced, massive suite to stay in in Arlington, VA for the weekend. This was about a 4 hour drive for us. Seeing all the monuments and memorials and general historical stuff made me feel both proud and respectful. Not necessarily proud of what the country is today, but proud of what got us here anyway. :)


Noah did pretty well with the traveling and all the sightseeing, only getting impatient with us when he was really tired. It's funny how adaptable he is in terms of visiting new places and enjoying the changes but how totally unadaptable (is that a word?) he is about sleeping well enough in any place unfamiliar. But I guess he has been that way all along.

Let the walking begin! And strolling. Lots of walking and strolling.

Watch me climb this, Mom.

Run, Forrest, Run! (Sorry, couldn't help myself.)

Glad to cross DC off my list of places to see!

We have some walking taking place now! A few nights ago Jeremy observed him take 3 or 4 steps all on his own and he has repeated this remarkable feat a few times since then. He is standing for longer periods of time too. We also gave up the morning nap last week, which was helpful while touring DC. Well, sort of. He refused to take the nap one morning, so I gave up after all my rearranging of the schedule to try to hold on to it. Lately, the morning nap seemed to be the cause of disturbing all his other sleep, so I thought I'd try dropping it. But since being sick, he has picked it back up again. Hopefully we'll get him all sorted out after he feels better and he'll start getting closer to a "normal" amount of zzz's each day.

I took him to the FNP on Tuesday suespecting that the ear infection had returned and it had. Same old left ear. The FNP also thinks his molars are making their way in too. Wow! He doesn't even have all of his front teeth yet. So the poor guy has had some serious teething, ear infection, fever, coughing, and another great snotty nose to deal with. What a champ. We are on technically our 5th round of antibiotics (3rd kind) after 2 trips to the doctor to this week!

So Happy Memorial Day weekend and Welcome Summer! Thank you to all those who served and died making our lives today possible.

Have a Ball!

We finally got the new ball pit set up. It only needs about 300 more balls or so, but you get the idea! The first time we put Noah in, he was scared and cried. Now he is getting used to the idea. :) Thanks, Pop, for the fun birthday present!

Have a great weekend everyone; it's off to Washington, DC for the Barclays!