Pictures

I love this picture of me and Arianna. We are so happy together.

Christian and his big brain!!!

Camden, my nephew.

First time swimming,

Keeping the kids entertained, Christian with his DS and Arianna with her Baby Einstein

Waiting to board the plane

Getting comfortable for the plane ride

Just starting to crawl

Her first pigtails

Easter 2010

Update in the Days of Our Lives

It has been awhile since I last posted but I have a good excuse. My computer has been on the blinks lately and finally died on me. When I went for a visit to Syracuse I brought back Steve's laptop and have been using it ever since. It took me awhile to finally figure it out the multi card reader that it has. But, Voila!! I did it. I got the pictures loaded onto the computer and able to share it with my family and friends. a

Let's see now, what is going on in our lives. First off, we have our house on the market now since we are moving to Syracuse, New York where Steve has gotten a job as a inhouse patent attorney. Since we were moving up there, I decided it was about time that I see my new home town, So, the kids and I flew there to visit Steve and Syracuse. It was a good trip. We stayed with Steve in his studio apartment. That was something else. Imagine the four of us in a one room apartment. It was quite a squeeze to fit in but we made do and had a good time. We visited downtown Syracuse and toured the MOST (Museum of Science and Technology) Museum and Christian really enjoyed and wants to go back, which is a good sign. During out time there I drove with the kids down to Danville, PA where Jason and Sunshine were visiting and doing a house search since they are moving there. I stayed there overnight and drove back to Syracuse the next evening. While there, my friend Denise and her daughter, Julie, drove up from Harrisburg and we visited. We took the kids bowling, then to Friendly's for lunch and then to the pool for a quick swim. They all had a good time and I got to see one of my best friends. My drive back to Syracuse was a very long and difficult one. For some reason, one hour into my drive it started SNOWING! What the heck. I drove into a blizzard. Pretty soon, everything turned completely white and I was slipping and sliding on the interstate. I was going 15 MPH for about 2 hours until I got out of the Poconos area and got into New York. What a drive. It got so bad and I was hunched over with both wheels tightly gripped to the steering wheel and Christian sensed that something was wrong that he prayed that we would make it safely back to Syracuse.

By the time we got back to Knoxville, it was Easter weekend. This year was a weird Easter for us. It was just Christian, Arianna and me. We couldn't go to Memphis to visit family because we had just gotten back from Syracuse. So, we stayed home and celebrated Easter by ourselves. I had a small egg hunt for Christian and I got Arianna a large stuffed lamb. It was a very boring Easter for us. Our Easter dinner consisted of Ramen Noodles and Chicken Nuggets.

Arianna is now 8 months old and doing so much now. She has been sitting up, rolling around and now she is starting to crawl around. Time is going by so fast I feel like I am falling behind. She has already got 8 teeth and I think she is still teething. She is still drooling like crazy. She really loves to bite into her baby biscuits. They are a bit messy but it makes her happy. She is a very good baby. I love it when she looks at me and gives me her biggest smile and then reaches for me. No matter what I do or how I look or how bad I smell, she loves me unconditionally.

Christian celebrated his 10th birthday this year. For his birthday he chose to take two of his friends and visit the indoor waterpark in Pigeon Forge. So, I got a friend to take Arianna for the weekend and I spent the weekend with 3 boys at the waterpark. It was nice. I think the boys had a great time. When we got there they got to go to the waterpark that was open until 10pm, then we got back to our room and ordered pizza. Needless to say we didn't get much sleep that night. The next morning we got up and spend the whole day at the waterpark. They had a very good time and I think Christian will always remember his 10th birthday.