Our busy week..

It's been a busy week in our little house.
North got a new tattoo. Temporary of course. He had great pride in it and showed everyone he could. Until it wore off. But here it is, captured in megapixels so that it can live on.

Jimmie came and stayed for a few days last weekend which was great fun. We went to Udvar-Hazy and took some photos from the air control tower.

Here's North posing with the "North" sign.

Mike and his girlfriend Lena drove over from Pennsylvania for the day and we played Settlers of Catan--a fun and addictive board game.

That night we went to a local hot pot restaurant. It was delicious. and fun.
Sunday we went to Baltimore to drop Jimmie off and also visit the American Visionary Art Museum. There were no photos allowed inside but we did snap a couple out front and a few in the restaurant.
Then on Monday Alan had massive oral surgery. Big time bummer. He's still recovering.
Tuesday North was crazy sick. He's better now.
Wednesday I gave North an unfortunate haircut and realized that I made him look like a baby Spock. So of course I made him pose for photos with some fake paper Spock ears I made. He really tried to do the "live long and prosper" hands but they just didn't work out. and yes, he does have green popsicle mustache to complete the look.

Don't worry, I trimmed the sides up after these photos. He no longer looks like Spock.
Here's hoping for a calm Friday...

Spring has sprung...

The weather is warm here and so this weekend we enjoyed the spring temperatures by visiting Great Falls of the Potomac. North LOVES climbing around on the big rocks. It was a lovely day--below are some of the pictures we snapped during our visit.

While there we even ran into a friendly little millipede.
With the warm weather, North has also been able to spend more time playing outside. While grandma was in town for Easter, he got some good bike riding time in.

He also recently got to attend his good pal Zoe's 3rd birthday party (complete with bounce house!)
Recently I had a business trip to Chicago--I missed North and Alan like mad but of course brought back souvenirs--North loved the 3-dimensional model of the Sear's tower that his daddy helped him put together.

We've also enjoyed a recent trip to Baltimore to check out the Aquarium and the Maryland Science Center.
And a recent visit from Nana and Grandad!

Spring is off to a great start!

Tee is overrated...

Other videos I discovered that we'd taken recently(ish) of our little songbird...

Two little monkeys jumping on the bed...

A week ago Jeremy and Carrie and Mila came for a visit. Great fun was had by all--I snapped a few pictures of the fun with my phone...which unfortunately was run over by a car before I downloaded any to our computer...

My poor phone.
Anyways though, Alan also captured a cute video of Mila and North jumping around on the guest bed during their visit so we have some small bit of documentation from their trip here...


Mila and North get along beautifully--it was so nice to see them. We had a lovely low key weekend hanging out. Of course, we miss them already!