Block Party!

My neighborhood is the best ever! I will be so sad one day when we have to move, because there are so many fun families and there's always something fun going on. Last week a few of our friends pulled out their big blow up water slides and we had a huge block party. It seemed like half the moms and kids of the neighborhood showed up. Someone made hotdogs for everyone else brough side dishes. We just hung out and ate and talked while the kids had an awesome time.
Thanks for letting me steal some of your pictures, Jullian.

Graduation!

I can't believe it, Ethan graduated from preschool today! He had such a fun year and loved his teacher and the kids in his class. For his graduation, the kids sang a few songs and then there was a slide show and they got their diplomas. Ethan had a big group there to watch him: his mom, dad, Austin, Grandma Sue, Papa Dave, and Grandma Karon.

It's a...

GIRL!!



I'm 16 weeks, so my official ultrasound at the doctor's office isn't for 3 more weeks. But Adam has been begging me to go to "Fetal Studios" at the mall to find out earlier. My thought was, well of course I want to know, but we can wait 3 weeks right?? But Adam insisted, so I finally gave in. We never thought we'd get a girl since we already have 2 boys and Adam comes from a family of 4 boys, but we are so excited to get to experience a little girl.

Aunt Kristin and the boys

When my sister was over the other night, I took some cute pictures of her playing with my boys in the front yard. Ethan and Austin WORSHIP Kristin. They talk about her all the time and when she shows up at our house, they could care less about me or anyone else. She plays with them nonstop the entire time she's at my house, every time she's at my house. No wonder they love her so much.

The boys wanted to try on her sunglasses, they both looked so funny and cute in them

Itty Bitty Baseball

Ethan played Itty Bitty Baseball at the rec center this past month. He's done soccer and football there over the past year, but baseball was by far his favorite. Sadly, this is the last of the "Itty Bitty" sports he will get to play because he'll turn 5 when the next one comes around. I guess it'll be time for Junior Jazz and t-ball!

DC

Adam took a trip with his brother, Jason, last weekend to our nation's capital, Washington DC. They did SO MUCH in the few short days they were there. Here's a list of just SOME of the things they did: Pentagon tour, White House tour, US Capital tour, National Archives, Supreme Court tour, Orioles baseball game, Mount Vernon tour, several Smithsonian museums, and more.
Here are a few of the many pictures he took...



Supreme Court


Orioles Game




Adam on the front steps of the White House




Mount Vernon (George Washington's home)

First Fieldtrip

I got to go with Ethan's preschool class on a fieldtrip to a local museum. Since the museum was down the street from his school, we walked there. When we were done there, we walked to a local park and had popsicles. Then we went back to the class for singing time, which was hilarious to watch.

Getting a close-up look at the bugs


Visiting the "jail" in the Wild West


Popsicles!

NYC

I took a girls trip to NYC this past weekend. I went with my sister and my mom and we met up with my sister's roommate, Krista and her mom,some of her aunts, and cousins.
We were there for 4 days and had so much fun. We did a little of everything: Times Square, shopping on Canal Street, China Town, Battery Park and Statue of Liberty, Rockefeller Center, Central Park, Museum of Natural History, saw Wicked, and of course lots of eating. We walked SO much and were exhausted and sore by the end of each day. Unfortunately, it rained a lot, but we still were able to see a lot. And of course, I need to give a big thank you to Adam for taking some time off work to stay home with Ethan and Austin while I was off in New York, and a big thank you to Adam's parents for taking the kids for a couple days.

Me & Kristin in Times Square


Dinner at Bubba Gump's in Times Square; me, Kristin, Krista


Kristin taking pictures in Central Park. I'm sure her and I looked a bit ridiculous on the trip, always pulling out our huge cameras to take pictures while still trying to hold onto our umbrellas


My mom and I with the beautiful spring tulips in Central Park


A beautiful view of the city in Central Park


I LOVE spring time in New York


Me, Kristin, and Krista at Rockefeller Center


My mom and Kristin in front of NBC studios


We saw Wicked! It was awesome! And if my stomach looks a little big in these pictures, for those of you who don't know, I'm pregnant (15 weeks!)!


On our last day it rained a lot. We took the subway down to Battery Park in hopes that maybe the rain would clear up and we'd be able to see the Statue of Liberty. But as you can tell from this picture, you can BARELY see it (it's to the right of me in the picture)