Gone, But Haven't Forgotten

I have been removed from our blog for quite a while...this is the first weekend in about four weeks that we haven't been out of town and had a big event going on. Although we have had an amazing month, we have also experienced a very sad loss.

Our crazy family-filled event began with a special day for our baby girl, Adelyn's Baptism. Thank you to everyone for making the journey to St. Patrick's Cathedral to share this special day for Addie. And a big special thank you to her godparents, Aunt Christine and Uncle Drew.

The next weekend was Amanda's Bridal Shower in Boston. It was such a beautiful time with friends and family. Amanda was such a gorgeous bride-to-be. My little Addie would not take a bottle, which prevented me from joining the girls for the Bachelorette Party...but that's okay, because I would do anything for my little ones and I know my little sister still had the time of her life (can't wait to see the pole-dancing video)! Look out Bermuda, we will be there in one month for the big day.

We then headed south to say our goodbyes to Pop Pop. This was such a difficult time for our family, but it was so comforting to all be together and remember so many special memories. Our hearts now have a hole with the loss of our beloved Pop Pop (Daryl's father). Thank you for being such a wonderful grandfather, father, friend, road trip warrior, doctor, scientist, and sports enthusiast! We miss and love you so very much!

Blake, Daddy and Pop Pop holding hands

Sweet Home Alabama...we had just a few extra days left to go look for our future home. The four of us had a whirlwind trip to Birmingham. In two days time we viewed about fifteen homes with a toddler and baby, it was a bit challenging at time, but overall our little ones were troopers. After a VERY long two days and many hours of deliberation, we have finally decided on the last house we viewed. We are SO excited for our upcoming move.

We then headed home with a minor detour up to Connecticut for Laila's (Daryl's niece) First Communion and we also celebrated Mother's Day together. There were five very special mothers there and we were each blessed with having our beautiful families with us. Thank you Daryl for the delicious truffles that were gone in less than three days!

The cousins playing outside the church together

A yummy Mother's Day meal with lots of great mothers

Now on the horizon we have Daryl's graduation from Residency, our big move way down south and Amanda and Tony's wedding...all in the next five weeks. WOW!

Our happy family

I Love You Brother

The picture says it all!!!


Blake is sporting his new haircut, oh so handsome, and Addie is so happy because she rolled over for the first time this weekend.

Blake's Fun Day

Another gorgeous day in the big city and we took full advantage. First we strolled over to Central Park with lots of friends and enjoyed time at the children's zoo. Blake didn't really get too friendly with the animals, but instead climbed all over the fun "toys" at the zoo.
Then we took a break and had a little lunch, and then 4 2-year-olds were off to rock-climb. It was 4 little ones and only 2 mommies (the other mommies had to stay down to watch all 0f the babies in the strollers who can't rock climb yet). Due to the kids outnumbering the big people, we thought it was best to go somewhere a little less scary and stressful. So we headed to the playground nearby with the giant slide and sandbox and they were all just as happy playing there.

Nap time was approaching so home we headed, but on the way, I bought Blake a strawberry popsicle. Although he enjoyed it, his hand couldn't say the same...as he held the popsicle stick in his hand, the popsicle itself was also resting right on his hand. When we were one block from the house, he started really crying...his poor little hand got a tinge of frost bite. Mommy felt AWFUL! It was fire engine red, a little swollen and whitish too. Luckily with some warm water when we came home, it was a little better, but still very red. Today it seems to be getting better. Who knew a popsicle could be so dangerous, yikes! Nap time was a good break, then we took a stroll around the block. I held Addie in the Baby Bjorn facing forward for the first time while Blake rode his bicycle the whole way, all by himself! Unbelievable peddling!

Then the highlight of the day came...Daddy took Blake to his second UNC Tarheel basketball game at Madison Square Garden. Although the outcome was not as we had hoped for, the boys had so much fun together. They had front row seats too.

Bye Bye Hair...

Baby Addie is losing her hair. It happened almost suddenly this past week. She woke up with a lot less hair on the sides along with pinkeye in both eyes about four days ago. What happened to my little beauty, she is changing so quickly!?!? We took her to the doctor and got her pinkeye under control but continue to find lots of little black Addie hairs all over the place. Now we get to sit and wonder what color her hair will come back as.

Back from France

Daryl returned from his trip to France last week and had a wonderful time. He spent about 10 days working with a doctor in Annecy, France. He missed us terribly (as expected) but made the most of his short stay over there.
Annecy is located on a beautiful lake at the bottom of the Alps on the France-Switzerland border and is a gorgeous little town.

A Beautiful Day

The sun was shining and everyone in NYC was out enjoying the beautiful day in the park. Auntie Amanda came to visit us while Daddy was in France this past weekend and we had such an enjoyable time with her on a most picturesque day.
We did not have a digital camera, so to capture our fun we had to settle for disposable cameras, hence the poor picture quality. Despite this very minor setback, we were still able to snap a few cute photos of our fun day.

Potty News

Guess who went pee pee on the potty for the first time EVER and all by himself!!! I was taking a shower this morning when Blake asked me to take off his diaper because he had to go potty. So I took it off, he sat down on his potty and voila, he did it!!! We had hardly even been talking about this either. My little man is growing up so fast! I was sooooo proud of him! A little Starburst topped off this good deed!

Addie Cooing

Enjoy the many sounds and coos of baby Addie. She does this all day long, but as soon as I put the camera up to her, it dwindles. This is a pretty good take though. You can really see her wiggling around too. She is also very close to rolling over for the first time.

Two Thumbsuckers

Looks like baby sister is following in her big brother's footsteps...she too, is an adorable thumbsucker.
Now that winter appears to be behind us, we are getting out and about more often. Here is Addie catching a few zzz's while Blake burned lots of energy at the park.

FL & NC

We just got back from visiting family in Florida and friends in North Carolina. We went to Florida in search of warmth, but it turns out that it was just as chilly as NYC almost the whole time. Still a wonderful getaway seeing Auntie, Grammie, and Monie and Addie meeting Pop Pop and Grampie for the first time. Our baby girl went on her first plane ride and as expected, did a great job.

While in NC, we saw lots of old friends and Daryl had an interview that went well. It will be fun to see where we finally end up after fellowship when we're in the "real world."

Here are a few of my favorite pictures from our trip.

Addie's first plane ride

Too cute for words!

Mommy and her little man having fun on the beach

So handsome!