Back to the grind...

Why is blogging so dang hard for me these days??? Last week I FINALLY made a book from my blog using the website www.blurb.com. It is supposed to come in the mail next week and I am so excited to see it. It is Andrew's first year of life:) As I was making it I realized two things: 1) I need to keep blogging because it motivates me to take pictures and makes it all the more easy to keep making these books! 2) I have been horrible with taking pics of Abby! Oh I feel so bad. There are oodles and oodles of pictures of Andrew and not very many (in comparison) of Abby. So I took my camera to the park today and tried to get some pics of her and start my quest of blogging again. Life has been busy lately. Two weeks ago I was supposed to be leaving to go on a trip alone to Arizona to spend some time with some of my bffs from college. About two hours before my flight I had to go to the hospital and next thing I knew I was in surgery to get my appendix removed! It was kind of crazy. But the surgery wasn't too bad and luckily I felt I had a pretty speedy recovery. So things are back to normal now. I even ran today, which was liberating. I am running a my first half marathon April 16th...and I do not feel ready at all, seeing as how I basically took two weeks off of training because of my appendix. Oh well, I am really counting on a big addrenaline rush for the race:) Zach has been in school full time this semester which has been craziness, but I am SO PROUD of him because in about two weeks he will only have one semester left and then he will finally graduate! He has done the best in school I think he has ever done in his life this semester and I couldn't be more proud of him! He is working full-time while being in school full-time as well. Like I said...craziness. We leave for the summer again April 26th and will be in Washington D.C. this summer. This will be the third year we have been there and I am super excited to be back there again. It is definitely my favorite place we have ever gone.

Abby and Andrew have become pretty good friends lately. Abby is talking up a storm. These are the words/phrases she loves to say: Mommy, Dada, Drew Drew, Andrew, Jake, Jenna, Goldie, Bibby, Poppa, Nana, Poppy, Rachel, Love you, I did it!, Hooray!, Wait!, Baby, Elmo, Bear, Doggie. I think there are more but I can't remember! Anyways, I love hearing her babble and put phrases together. Today I received a package in the mail of some summer clothes from Old Navy that I had ordered for Abby. I said "Abby look! Your new clothes came!" She no joke came running and sat beside me while I opened the box. I pulled out the clothes and she kept saying "ooooo!" So then I asked her if she wanted to try them on and she said yes. We put on about three different outfits. Everytime I would put one on she would run to the other end of the room and smile super big like she seriously knew she had a cute new outfit on. It was hilarious. She is such a girl. I think she like to do artwork too. I have noticed that every time I go to pick up her and Andrew from the gym daycare she is always sitting in the art section coloring with a crayon. So cute.

Andrew has been playing with his friends in the neighborhood a lot lately. He begs everyday to have Brendan or Easton to come over and play. His imagination seems to be in full gear these days as he loves to pretend monsters are coming, or he is hiding from something, or he is a super hero. He told me the other day that he would like me to make him a cape. HA! Better get on that...

I think Goldie (their cousin) looks so sassy in this picture it cracks me up!

Little buddies playing!

Nothing makes Andrew happier than playing outside and riding his bike!

I forgot to mention that Abby is OBSESSED with dogs. She just starts giggling and saying "doggie! doggie! doggie!" over and over again when she sees one. This is our neighbor's dog Chuck. Abby loves Chuck:) And don't worry she is wearing Andrew's coat because she has outgrown her's and I refuse to buy her a coat with spring around the corner.

Love my booger face Abby!!!!!!!