Spring Break 2011

ha!  Not the "typical" spring break these days, but hey time off of work, is time off of work! :)  I'll take it anyway I can get it!

Reags and I flew up to PA on Monday morning.  We had a great flight, thank goodness!  Reagan is just a regular traveler these days.  I am pretty sure this was her 6th trip on an airplane.  It's a beautiful thing that she is still free...once that 2nd birthday arrives, her flying days will be done for awhile!

Anyway, we hit Chic Fil A when we landed and by the time we got home it was time for little miss to take a nap.  She slept great and so did Mommy!  I was exhausted :)  That night Heath came over to have dinner with us and play with Reagan.  She hadn't seen her in awhile, so it was fun for them to get to play!  We had so much fun together, as always!

My mom's cute Easter Bunny cupcakes...I won't even tell you how many of those cupcakes I ate!

Reaggie eatting her cupcake

Heath and I

On Tuesday we were going to go to the Baltimore Aquarium, but get this, NO strollers allowed!  WHAT??  That made our decision of whether or not to go a lot easier.  We did contemplate strapping Reagan onto Jamie's lap, but then thought better of it. :)  Colleen, our next door neighbor growing up, came over to visit with her twin boys!  They are precious and I can not believe I didn't get a picture of them!!  Reagan was so excited to see the babies, but didn't understand why they would fuss when she held them.  It was so great to see all of them!  We had dinner with my dad on Tuesday night and Reagan got to enjoy plenty of "pin-ano" playing time.

Relaxing in her rocking chair reading some books :)  Life is hard at Mum-Mum and Pop-Pop's

Changing her baby's diaper...she is getting in lots of practice!

26 Week Belly Shot!  Rapidly expanding :)

Playing the piano with Grandpa

On Wednesday Gran and Gramps came up for the day and it was so great to see them, as always.  Reaggie loves her Gigi and Gamps and was excited to see them.  We hung out, played with Reags, ate, played outside, and watched "Life As We Know It" which was so cute! 

All of the girls!

A little post nap snack

Thursday was the day to leave, but we were able to go visit my Grandpa for a little bit in the morning.  We stopped at Walgreens to get him a little chocolate bunny for Easter and Reagan insisted on getting him a little bunch of Tootsie Pops too.  It was cute and they both gobbled one down while we were visiting.  We went back to Mom and John's in time to eat lunch and play for a little bit and then it was out the door on our way to the airport!

This is the best we could do! :)

Keith picked us up and we met the Mill's at our local Mexican restaurant for dinner.  We were celebrating/mourning Darin's last day of work.  He will start a new job in Virginia in a week and by the end of June/beginning of July our sweet neighbors, yes this is "Mo-Mo's" family, will be leaving us!  We are so sad, but it is a wonderful opportunity for them.

That was our week in a nut shell.  Now we are ready for the Easter weekend festivities to begin...a low key weekend of just the 3 of us, well 4 ;)  Reags is very excited for the "bunny" to come see her! 

Busy Weekend

Another weekend has come and gone, but the beautiful thing is that this upcoming week is my spring break, SOOO no school tomorrow, or for the rest of the week!  Reags and I are hitting the friendly skies tomorrow though and heading to PA to visit with family for a couple days...one of these days we will all stay put for several weeks in a row, actually coming up very soon we will be staying put for a long time! :)

Friday night Reaggie and I met Keith at the mall to run a couple errands, see the Easter Bunny, and grab Chic-Fil-A for dinner.  It was such a fun little night.  Reagan loved riding on the "choo choo" and eating an ice cream cone..."me hold it mommy, me hold it."  Love it right?  Keith was able to use a little massage that I had gotten him last year, I think for his birthday, so he felt nice and refreshed after that, I said to him, must be nice :)

Riding the "choo choo"

How niiiice... ;)

Checking out that Easter Bunny...

"Hi Bunny!  Hop, hop, hop"

A picture of our picture with the Easter Bunny...not quite comfortable enough to do it herself!

Ice cream time!

"Me carry it Mommy!"  Heaven help us!

Saturday morning we were up and at em for our first week of Reagan's swim lessons.  She is in the same class she did last year and really loved it!  It really is just a "getting familiar with the water class," but they sing songs and practice lots of kicking.  It's cute!  She did great and loved being in the pool.  Everytime we drive by the club she always says "pool" or "go swim."  She is going to be a total water bug this summer I think! :)

Ready for swimming lessons!

She is currently obsessed with her "fip fops" :)

I had to jet out of swim lessons a few minutes early to head to Greensboro for Erin's wedding.  It was SO nice and great to see so many people that I don't get to see nearly often enough.  Thankfully it was all indoors because the weather outside was NOT lovely at all.  (In fact Raleigh got hit with some VERY nasty tornadoes.  Just a couple miles down the road from us houses were leveled and people lost everything...so scary!  We lost power for about 5 hours, but that was fine in comparison.)  Erin and Bradd both looked so happy and beautiful!  It was a great afternoon!

Nanc, Christie, and Ms. Evans

Sandy, Jason, and Kelly

Pam and Bill, me, and Swies

"The blonds" and "The brunettes"  Love these girls!!

The beautiful bride and I!

Today has been a day of laundry and packing, playing outside, running to Walmart and Gymboree (it was the last day to use my Gymbucks!), and making dinner.  Not super eventful, but busy!

Hope you had a great weekend and have a wonderful week! :)

25 Weeks!

I can't believe I posted this picture, but this is real life and this is what is worn after school :)  (This picture was taken in the office, which will be the new nursery...I think the bedding will look great with it and we're going to do red accents...I can't wait to get started!)  Today I am 25 weeks pregnant, that means 15ish left to go...HOLY!!  We are so excited for the little man, but really haven't done a THING to prepare!!  We will get on that SOON!

He is such an active little man...I love it!  He is moving around all the time and constantly telling me hello with a kick here, a jab there, and hiccups.  I thought I would always remember what it felt like to have a baby in my belly, but once Reagan was out, I forgot...I just LOVE this feeling!

I am feeling great!  Really no complaints other than getting a HUGE belly!  Seriously, this belly is growing like a weed and there is still a LOT of growing left that the little boy has to do!  It's okay though...as long as I can still find a spot for Reaggie to snuggle on my lap, we're all good!

July is going to be here before we know it!  Reagan keeps talking about what all she is going to do to help with the baby...she is really practicing the diaper changing thing hard!  ha :)  I know she is going to be such a great Mommy's (and Daddy's) helper!

Reunion Weekend

This past weekend we had our 4th annual Danieley L 103 Reunion in Myrtle Beach, SC.  We had a great time, the weather wasn't the warmest, but it was still so fun! 

Doing a little shopping on Friday afternoon! :)  Keep in mind Elle and I already had done quite a bit of damage at the Smithfield outlets on the way!

There were 8 of us that lived together our sophmore year at Elon and it was an unforgettable year...we had a GREAT time...sometimes a little too much fun! :)  LOTS and LOTS of wonderful college memories come from that year living with 7 other wonderful friends!

Klein masked Bush's wedding gift by putting it in a baby boy bag...Bush knew about my shower and I knew about Bush's, but we didn't know about our own!!  What sweet girls!

Bush with her cute towels Elle made

Looking lovely, but celebrating the sweet little man!

Such a sweet outfit from Aunt Klein...there are matching overalls too!

Five of us were able to make it this year and we were able to use Emily's (Storms) parents condo at the beach, which was great!  We shopped, cooked a yummy dinner, hung out, watched a movie, went out to dinner, chatted, ate a lot, celebrated a wedding and the little man on the way, and just had a great time!  It is so fun to have this yearly get together...even though we don't always talk on the phone or see each other more than once a year, we pick up right where we left off...it's wonderful!

Elle and I in our precious, if I do say so myself, new matching jackets!

Group shot on the beach...VERY windy, but had to step foot on the beach while we were there!

Reagan Lately...

Reagan just cracks us up all the time...well most of the time anyway! :)  Tonight we had breakfast for dinner, no eggs for her though!, and she was talking away about going to "see Mickey Mouse."  Where on earth did that come from?  We were at the grocery store this afternoon and she saw Mickey Mouse on the back of the cheese that we bought, but I had NO idea where the rest came from.  So from there we talked at dinner about going to see Mickey when she gets to be a little bigger.  Too cute and I can't WAIT to take her to see Mickey and all the princesses!

Eating an apple...Daddy helped!

Spinning with Daddy in her new "bay-yea" (ballet) dress!

LOVED dressing up in her new dress, just to show it off to us!

Trying hard to get a smile before school

Wearing her cute new shirt from Aunt Ellen today!

And this is what it's like to get a picture of an almost 2 year old!!

She is just a chatty cathy and full of energy!  I need some of her energy these days :)

"Babymoon"

Keith and I escaped on Friday morning en route to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida for our "babymoon!"  We wanted to go on a little getaway before the little man arrives and just wanted somewhere warm, with a nice hotel, and good restaurants near by.  We got all of those things on this trip!  I can't say I really wanted to go to Ft. Lauderdale, but it really was nice and we got a great deal on a very nice hotel!

Our only picture together the whole weekend!  Ooops! :)

Friday morning we arrived in FL by 9:15, so we had the whole day.  We walked around, which didn't last long with this 6 month preggo lady, ate some lunch, and then cooked ourselves at the pool.  It was devine!  We went out to dinner at this great place that was within walking distance of our hotel, Casablanca Cafe.  It was delicious and we were able to sit outside and overlook the ocean, and get lots of good people watching in.  It was so nice!!

Our hotel, The Atlantic

It is turtle egg hatching season, so they put these covers on the lamp posts so the light doesn't shine on the beach to scare the turtles.  How cute is that? :)

Saturday we cooked some more at the pool, but didn't last TOO long in the sun because we had done a little too much the day before.  (I know Gran, don't judge me...we did put on sunscreen too!)  We had another great dinner at a place called Truluck's.

Beautiful sunrise, which was the view from our room!

Sunday we decided we needed a break from the sun and went down to Las Olas Boulevard, which has a lot of cute shops and restaurants.  We shopped around, ate a yummy lunch, got ice cream, and then went back to the hotel.  We sat on our balcony, over looked the ocean, and decided we would just try a local pizza shop for dinner that night.  It was SO good!  There was a reason we had to wait 30 mintues for 3 slices of pizza. :)  After dinner we went to this cute little ice cream shop, yes more ice cream, and it was delicious too!

Looking at the beach and the ocean from our pool.

Love this sunrise, it was so pretty!!

Monday we were able to spend a couple hours at the pool in the morning before it was time to pack up and go.  We were ready though, we missed our Reagan.

We were not exciting at all...we were in bed by 9 every night, except on Sunday I did watch the ACM's until 11!!  ha :)  It was just what we wanted though a nice, relaxing, quiet getaway.  It was wonderful!  It's always nice to just getaway with the husband too without the parenting and hustle and bustle of everyday life.

One little scare came on our flight home...we flew Southwest and over the weekend they had a plane lose a piece of its roof mid-flight, affecting the cabin pressure and an emergency landing to take place.  Needless to say we were worried if we would get OUT of FL.  We did, just fine, until it came to landing in Raleigh.  We were decending and the plane was shaking like crazy, due to the high wind.  As we were approaching the runway the plane was rocking all over the place and we were just about to touch down when the pilot pulled the plane back up into the air right away because we weren't balanced I guess.  SLIGHTLY scary!  I have had this happen once before, but not because of wind, on a flight.  So we circled around again and as we were coming down the second time, it was just as shaky.  SO scary.  Keith's fingers were white from me gripping his hand so tightly and my palms were dripping with sweat.  I just kept saying "please don't go into pre-term labor, please don't go into pre-term labor."  Well we landed, but it wasn't a smooth landing and I swear we were on the left wheels only when we came down.  We quickly did balance out though and the whole plane errupted into applause.  At baggage claim someone that was sitting on the left side of the plane said that when they looked out the window the wing was within inches of touching the runway....let's just say I'm glad we were on the right side!!  ...and thankful to be on the ground and home safe and sound!

We had a great time!  We were home in time to see our Reags and have a wonderful dinner cooked by my mom and John.  I don't know who had more fun this past weekend, Mum-Mum and Pop-Pop or Reagan...probably a tie!  It is so nice to know that Reags is in such good hands while we are gone.  :)  Then just as quickly as our trip sprung up on us, it is over and it was back to work today...yuck!