Sweet Caroline!

Dear Red Sox Nation:

This is for you...

(Turn up your speakers!!)

Bristol Weekend

Here, in no particular order, are some of the pictures from our great weekend in Bristol! Although it got off to a teetering (literally) start, Mimi and Pa managed to get themselves out of the ditch and to the house to spend some quality time with Tommy.

Playing with the kitties, Ginger and Hidey.

Giving the kitties some love.
Enjoying a bath and a mohawk.

Side view of the mohawk.

Shaving with Pa :) (Tommy used a spoon.)

Taking a little time to stop and smell the flowers with Mimi :)

Catching worms after the rainy weather with Pa. (It had finally stopped raining at this point.)

Look Mom! A worm! Good thing Pa was with him, I never would have encouraged him to pick up that worm! EW!

And practicing the violin with Gatty. I'm sorry we didn't sneak any pictures of Uncle R., but I'm sure he's happy we didn't :)

Great weekend!!!

Virginia Weekend

Here are some pictures from our quick trip to VA last weekend. Tommy had a great time seeing everyone and has been talking about it all week! Here he is with Uncle Matt, Dee Dee, Gramma and Uncle Jer-Jer. Hopefully tonight I'll be posting pictures of Tommy with Gatty's kitties, and then our trip to Carl Sandburg to visit the goats from this morning. The weather is so beautiful, we've been trying to take advantage of it and get out as much as possible. Tommy likes to go down to the park to watch the "bats and balls" of the H'ville girls softball practice. Or maybe he just likes to watch the girls...he's too young for that, right?!?!?!

Video "CHEESE!"

Say "CHEESE!"

We're back from a great couple of days spent visiting family in Virginia! Tommy had a wonderful time and keeps telling Will and I, "I saw Jer-Jer, I saw Dee-Dee! I said bye!" Yes, he's talking more and more, and the key part of that is that we can actually understand what he's saying! Hooray for first sentences!

One of my favorite words that Tommy says is "cheese" not only to ask for a piece of actual cheese, but also to pose for pictures. Although I have a zillion cute pictures from the weekend, I just had to post these first: the many faces of Tommy saying "CHEESE!" I think you'll enjoy them as much as we do. The last picture is technically not a "cheese" picture, but it's my favorite of the bunch. He's the spitting image of his dada!

*Special thanks to Aunt Ki-Ki and Jeff for the Broncos and Winter Park shirts, and to GG and GB for the blue zoo shirt!

Snowball Fight

SNOW! Finally!

Hooray for snow! So what if it's March, and I was already looking forward to spring? :) This is the most snow I've seen in our little corner of WNC since we moved here in Oct. 2006. Tommy LOVES the snow and cried after having to come in from it yesterday and this morning. Here are some photos of our adventures in the white stuff. The first three are from the beginning of the storm yesterday, and the last three from the end this morning. We'll be heading out later this afternoon to make sure Tommy gets enough time to play since this probably won't happen again for awhile. And seriously, now I'm ready for spring (it's supposed to be 63 on Saturday, so I might be getting my wish!).