Cheese!

Davis lost his first front tooth today at Track Out Camp.  He was so excited, he called me at work from Vince's cell phone.  Hanna is totally in amazement at the gap.  She keeps asking to look at it, I think she is caught between curious and confused!

Beach Photos 2011- Take 2

Beach Photos 2011

Staycation mixed with a Vacation

Today is Friday.  The last day off "technically" before going back to work.  We have been down at my parent's condo at the beach since Wednesday.  Monday and Tuesday we stayed at home and enjoyed time together as a family.  Davis has been tracked out the past few weeks and we have enjoyed taking it easy.  Monday we completed many long overdue tasks that have been lingering on our to do list.  The biggest one was going to the Wake County Clerk of Court to complete the paperwork to request a re-adoption of Hanna.  That is a re-adoption for NC.  This is about a year late since her gotcha day was July 26th.  This is an important last step to make our process official.  This step allows us to obtain a birth certificate for her, which she will need for school.  After that, we had a date with Davis.  We realized he doesn't go to many nice restaurants when he asked us why they brought bread to the table.  I guess it's time to expose my son to some new experiences. He is getting to be a young man and is maturing so fast.

Tuesday we spent the morning canning vegetables from our garden.  We don't have a huge garden, but too much is bearing and the thought of it going bad was driving me crazy.  So what do you do with lots of tomatoes and cucumbers? Make salsa and pickles of course.  Here is a picture from our morning work. 

I often think I was meant for earlier times.  I love to do things that my grandmothers did.  They of course did it out of necessity, I do it out of fun.  I have learned a few skills from them, including sewing and crocheting.  I don't have the time to practice either skill to get close enough to perfect them, but I like to know I can do the basics.  

In the afternoon we took Davis roller skating.  What a blast!  Seeing Vince in a pair of skates- now that is just funny.  Even though it wasn't his best sport, Davis certainly gave thanks to his Dad for trying.  I know it meant the world to him to have us both there.

Hanna was in school on Monday and Tuesday, so we were able to spend some quality one on one time with Davis.  We made it a point to pick Hanna up early every day though.  

Easter Pictures (yes, very late)

Easter Morning

Easter Egg Hunt at Oma's...let the fun begin!

The Newest Walker

Please welcome Seis Walker!  He has been with us about 6 weeks and he is a cutie!  Adding a puppy in the mix is crazy and he is everything you think a puppy would be- a lot of work, but a lot of fun.  He and Hanna are two peas in a pod despite the fact he was a gift for Davis' 6th birthday.  He chose the name- Seis (spanish for six) since he got him on his sixth birthday and his birthday is May 6th.  We love him to pieces...He was just over 6 weeks when he got him.  The first few pictures are of him a few days after he was home.

Seis at 12 weeks old- what a difference 6 weeks make.  He is literally twice his original size.

Mother's Day Gift- Photo Shoot and I couldn't be happier!

We had some photos taken by Carrie Richardson Fry who goes to our church and we were more than happy with the results.  Check out her website when you get some time!  We had fun, and am so happy to get some shots of the pair together!  They don't cooperate for me and Hanna still gave her a run for her money.  Her cute smirks are quick!  Davis is willing to do any pose, he is our ham.  Thanks, Carrie for a fun event and great photos.

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The Garden- all complete

The three weekend project is finally complete.  Let me just tell you- hauling those blocks from the bed of the truck located in the front to the backyard is not my idea of fun.  I felt that was my contribution given that Vince was building the wall.  It started out crooked, so we let it sit for a weekend so we didn't get frustrated.  We tackled it again this past weekend and I have to admit, it looks good.  Vince is a weekend warrior and always impresses me.  We planted roma and german johnson tomatoes (great for tomato sandwiches, but not pretty), zucchini, squash, ichiban eggplants, okra and cucumbers.  We have pots of basil, green onions, lemon grass and thyme (I think?).  The only thing missing is cilantro.  I'll pick up some shortly...too much fresh salsa in our future not to have cilantro growing too.   Fingers crossed we can get it to produce something this summer.

Hanna was released this morning at 7:30 AM

She is now at home resting, doing well, and back to normal self.  Amazing little girl!

Waiting for Hospital Release

Hanna slept well through the night. She did not like being woke up for the medicine dosing but for that matter none of us did.  However all is well and we are waiting to see Dr Gage to be relased shortly.