Happy Memorial Day!

Exactly one year ago today, I found out I was pregnant!

It's hard to believe that Brennan is now 3.5 months old!


It's even harder to believe how quickly he is developing. He might be turning into a rolling machine. I saw him roll over today (I missed it last time) and then he did it again on video! He's getting so big!

Brennan's First "Vacation"

I use the word "vacation" very loosely here. To me vacation means laying by the ocean or a pool relaxing. There was not a lot of relaxing during our trip to DC. We arrived on Sunday and left on Friday. We spent some time (anywhere from 1-4 hours) on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday at the hospital for Kyle's LASIK pre-op, surgery, and follow-ups. We also sat in a lot of traffic; which often ended with Brennan screaming because it was time for him to eat.

However, Kyle can see now and his eyes are healing great. We stayed in a great area at a great resort. And we did manage to squeeze some fun into our week.

On Monday, after Kyle's pre-op, we went to the National Zoo. It was Brennan's first visit to a zoo and the National Zoo is free, so that's pretty cool. We also went and visited some old friends from the boat. It was great to see Staci and her boys and to meet her baby girl Natalie.

Brennan was excited for the zoo!






The best part (because there were no giraffes) was the baby gorilla. He was so cute!




On Tuesday, after Kyle's surgery, he needed to rest, so I took Brennan to the pool. We ended up at the indoor pool because I left his hat in the room and didn't want to go back up to get it. He seemed to have a good time. No pictures though because we were there by ourselves.

Wednesday was Kyle's follow-up. Afterwards we came back to the room and I went to the pool to lay out, so I did get to relax a little. That night we walked around National Harbor and ate dinner at a really nice seafood restaurant.

On Thursday, we checked out of our hotel, headed to the Metro station, and went into downtown DC. Here are some pics from our day. It was VERY hot, so we did a quick tour.





Thursday afternoon we checked into a new hotel in Bethesda so we were closer to the hospital. Friday morning, Brennan and I slept in while Kyle went to his final follow-up. We checked out and headed home. We made a stop at Six Flags in New Jersey to do the Wild Safari. We loved driving through and seeing all the animals roaming around. The giraffes were by far the coolest! (And I'm not biased at all!)












Hope you enjoyed a peek at our week. (Ha! That rhymes!)

Friday's Fab Five

We just got back from a trip to the Washington, DC area. Kyle had successful LASIK surgery at Bethesda Naval Hospital. I'll post some more about the trip soon, but here are 5 fabulous things I missed about home!

1. My own bed!

2. More importantly than my bed is my pillow. Hotel pillows aren't good.

3. Our shower pressure! It's pretty much perfect!

4. Our shower itself because the shower at the hotel was a free-standing shower and it is too hard to shave my legs without any ledge to prop my leg up on. A man must've designed those!

5. My own schedule. The hospital gave large time estimates for how long Kyle's appointments would take. He was told that his surgery on Tuesday could take 2-4 hours. It's not fun waiting in a hospital with a baby when you don't know if you'll be there 2 or 4 hours. Neither are long enough to go off-base and get back into the crazy traffic. I am glad to be back to my normal routine!

Short and sweet! Almost time for bed! It's been a long week!

Friday's Fab Five

No lack of fabulousness happening here!

1. Saturday was a big day. We went to Adah's first birthday party and had a lot of fun. When we left there, we headed to Strawberry Park RV Resort in Preston, CT. Bill, Sherri, Beth, and Luke were spending the weekend there and we thought it would be nice to get together with them since they were so close. The campsite was only 14 miles from our house! I felt like we were in the movie Dirty Dancing because there were all these families staying there and 30 activities a day to choose from. Everyone seemed to know everyone or at least they were all friendly to each other. I kept wanting to say, "I carried a watermelon" all evening! We roasted hotdogs over a fire and the girls went and watched karaoke that night. It was a good time!

2. Sunday I went to my first movie at the theater since Brennan was born. Kyle and I went and saw Iron Man 2. It was entertaining. We left Brennan in good hands at Josh and Amanda's. Amanda's parents and aunt were still in town and Christie was there too, so he got plenty of loving!

3. On Wednesday I got to meet Mike and Lachelle's new baby girl, Abigail. They attend our church and are active with the youth group. We took dinner to their house Wednesday night (they did the same for us after Brennan was born). Abigail was adorable. She was smaller than Brennan was at birth, so she looked super tiny to me. She has a full head of hair. Her momma is a champ. She labored at home for a long time and was only at the hospital 1 hour before delivery. And only pushed for 14 minutes! Pretty awesome!

4. Last night, instead of praise team practice we had a cookout at Sheryl's house. It was nice to get together with everyone and share a meal. We were cooking out in honor of Ryan, our praise team drummer, who is leaving at the beginning of June. :(

5. Today B and I went to Stroller Strides. It went well (although it was incredibly hot for only being 9:15 in the morning). We came home, I fed B, played for a little while, and tried to put him down for a nap. I put him in his crib and hoped he'd go to sleep. Instead he cried. I tried to let him cry it out for a while and took a shower and ate my lunch, but I think he is getting a tooth and though he might be in pain so I went in to get him after about 35 minutes.

This is what I found:


That might not seem like a big deal, but this is how I left him:

(Yes, the 2nd picture was posed after I went and discovered him and then ran to grab the camera!)

My baby rolled over! I was shocked! I knew he was close to doing it because he is super active. I'm not sure if he'll do it again soon because he was crying pretty hard for a while in his crib, so he might've just rolled out of frustration, but it is still pretty cool. It's hard to believe that he can roll over now and that I think he's teething. At only 3 months old! Geez louise this kid is gonna give us a run for our money!

Wishful Wednesday - Bedroom

Head on over to Kelsey's blog, link up, and join the fun!


Today's topic is: 'I wish' .... I could come home to ______ bedroom!

I got really excited when I saw today's topic! When I was in high school, I use to look through magazines and cut out pictures of my dream house room by room! I didn't save those (I guess that goes along with last week's topic), so it was fun to look at pictures again. I'm pretty sure I was driving Kyle crazy last night searching Google Images for "luxury", "amazing", "awesome" bedrooms. So here's what I came up with as my perfect bedroom. (Sorry if the pictures are blurry!)

I LOVE this bedroom. I LOVE the bed. The colors are relaxing. It is clean and organized which is super important to me. It has a lot of natural light and a fire place. But it alone is not perfect.

I want the above bedroom, but with the view below! (That's not asking too much is it?!?) How amazing would it be to have that view in the morning?! Of course I'd have some amazing shades that blocked out the sun until I was ready to wake up. So now the bedroom decor and the view are set; just a little more to go.

I want to be able to walk out onto this balcony to enjoy my view!

So there you have it! My dream bedroom. You can throw one of these bathtubs in the master bath too while you're at it!

Brennan Laughing (a little)

I tried to get a video of Brennan laughing today. He does laugh a little in this one, but I wish I could've gotten him to do more. The other day he was petting Dino and laughed the most we've heard so far.

I know you can't see his face very well in this video. I set the camera on a book so I could use my hands, so it is a profile shot almost the whole time. But he was very happy as you'll hear.

Adah Turns One

Adah turned one on Wednesday. We celebrated her birthday on Saturday with a cookout/party at the Dishmons. It was a lot of fun and the guest of honor seemed to have a great time. Sorry, but there are no pictures of Brennan because he was taking a nap in Adah's crib during the entire party. :)

The birthday girl...so dramatic


Adah and Morgan finally get interested in the presents


She's not so sure about this whole thing


Adah's gift from Brennan...a picture of himself in an XOXO frame


The girls playing


A family shot before the cake fun begins


Right after Amanda tried to put Adah's hat on


"Happy Birthday to Adah"


Mom helped by smashing up the cake some


And a shot with the hat on


Messy girl


Now Brennan's first birthday party has a lot to live up to. I guess I better get planning!