Birthday Party!

Dora the Explorer has officially invaded our house. We had a great time at Blair's birthday party although we had a rough few days in our house. Blair got sick so we had to push her party off from Saturday to Sunday and then I got her cold. I have since given it to my mom, so we are just sharing in the love here! We were able to borrow a bounce house from one of Nick's coworkers and I have to say that I was amazed at what showed up in my backyard! I made really cool cupcakes if I must say thanks to Whitney's idea about dying the batter. I used pink, orange and yellow batter to make rainbow cupcakes. Someday I will figure out how much you fill the cupcake cup up with batter so my first dozen was very full and overflowing as they cooked, the second dozen was just right and the third dozen didn't have enough batter! Hunter decided that the cupcakes looked so yummy that he helped himself to a dozen, wrappers and all, while we were out running errands. Needless to say, I made another batch the night before the party. Blair decided that she would be prissy and ate her cupcake with a spoon after she sang herself "Happy Birthday"! I cannot believe that Blair is 2 already!!!! The time has flown by, especially this last year since I have been busy working. I can't wait to see what we plan for Blair's 3rd birthday party!

Strawberry picking for Mothers day!

We are so lucky to have such wonderful farms in our area. We are really getting into picking our own stuff. We went to our new favorite farm, Brookdale, to pick strawberries. We had gone there in October to pick our own pumpkin. The field is very nice and there are lots of rows of strawberry plants. The berries were awesome and Blair ate her way through the field! I think that this may turn into a great Mother's day tradition!

Yay Fun Forest!

Sears has just finished a great contest! They are going to do a make over on Fun Forest in Chesapeake that was set on fire several months ago. I can't wait to see what they do to fix and improve the play ground! Blair loves to go there with Nick's parents and Nick and I have taken her there a few times too. Yay Fun Forest!!!!!

HEY! I'm updating the blog!

So I have been so busy with work lately that I haven't had any free time to post anything. Blair is napping right now so hopefully I can get a few pictures posted from the last few months worth of pictures.

So here is what happens when Daddy and Blair have fun in the bath! Talk about too many bubbles!!!!!


We took another trip to the VA Aquarium. The first time we went the new parts weren't open yet so we were very excited that they finally were open this time. We met Karl and his two girls there and had a very fun time.


So I donated to 2 charities last year and now I get tons of return address labels. I mean a ton! I have more than I will ever use now! I gave some to Blair to play with and she decided that putting them on was fun!



For Easter, we went over to Kelly and Karl's house for an Easter egg hunt. We went over there last year but Blair didn't get to participate since she was still pretty little. Blair had a blast this year! Nick showed her what to do and then she filled her basket up with eggs! She had so many eggs that her basket was overflowing with eggs! I'm so glad that we are starting lots of traditions with Blair that we will be able to continue for many years to come!!!