Eastern Market

The Eastern Market is one of the longest running markets in the area. It first opened in 1873, and has (basically... in some form) been running every since. It's now a massive farmer's market and has it's own metro stop.

The Eastern Market was one of the first things that my friends and I put on our To See in DC list last August. A few weeks ago we finally made it down there. Unfortunately, we didn't realize that the market booths were only out on weekends and we went on a Friday. So there were no booths set up, but we did see the market building, and we walked around the neighborhood a little. It wasn't what we were expecting, but it was still fun!

Tanaya, Christen and Henry:

Me and Paige, Eve and Alex:


After walking around we went back to Christen's house and had a fabulous lunch (because Christen is an amazing cook) while the babies played.

Henry and Alex playing with a large bucket of blocks:


Paige looking absolutely delighted to see Henry:

Paige and Alex, perhaps in some kind of showdown:


It was a long exciting day, and it wore little Paige out. She curled up and fell asleep in Henry's crib:

And what were our husbands doing during all of this? Working. Poor guys. Thanks for working so hard, boys!

Paige Highlights

I acknowledge that fact that (for some strange reason) not everyone is as obsessed with Paige as I am. So I only put up her highlights on this blog and then put the fabulous baby details on the (private) blog I made for her. If you want access to that blog, please let me know!

A lot has been happening for Paige over the past month or so since I've blogged (yikes, that long?!). Gramma Brison came out to visit:


And bought Paige a fun new "space ship" toy (thanks Gramma and Grampa!):

She found her toes and is delighted to have a toy with her all the time.

She likes hanging (literally) out with her Dad. Here she's helping Jake take out the trash.

She sleeps like a champ!! Each night around bedtime (usually 7:00pm) we do a quick bedtime routine (put on pjs, a new diaper, sometimes read a bedtime story, say a prayer, get a pacifier in her mouth) and then lay her down in bed. She'll look around for a little bit and then go to sleep. She sleeps until around 1:00 when she wakes up (with no crying) to eat. She then goes right back to sleep and sleeps until around 4:00 when she wakes up again (still no crying) to eat. She goes right back to sleep and until it's time to get up between 6:30 and 7:00. In the mornings she greets us with big smiles. It's delightful.

She's found a new way to sleep that she seems to love. She sleeps on her side with her neck stretched out:

She likes to play with anything in front of her... like the remote.

She can flip from her back to her stomach! One day I left her on a blanket on her back and come back to find her up on her belly. It was shocking because she used to hate tummy time.

We've taken her swimming a couple times. She's not entirely sure what to think of it, but I think (and hope) that she'll learn to like it.



She has figured out that toys are really fun. In this video clip she goes wild for the toys hanging from her bouncer:


Basically, Paige is just awesome. We love having her around!

Anniversary Date

To celebrate our anniversary, Jake and I had Tammy babysit Paige and we went out to dinner. It was strange (and wonderful) to be out with each other.

We came home to this fun sight, Paige asleep in Tammy's arms. So sweet!

On our way home we stopped by the store to grab some milk. Jake went in by himself and came out with milk and these amazing roses:



It was a great anniversary date!

Three Years

Jake and I were married three years ago!

As usual, Rascal Flatts says it best:

We made some plans, had some crazy dreams

And now that we reached a few, you would think

That it would get old to you and me

But it still feels good

Happy Anniversary to us!

(Sorry, Jake for the cheesy anniversary post. Couldn't help it!)

Cute Paige

I think Paige is absolutely adorable. That's all.

First Year Finished!!

Jake officially survived his first year of law school!!! Hooray!! I'm so proud of him for surviving. It turns out everyone is right. The first year of law school is absolutely miserable.

As he finished his last finals I made him a cake. Since he finished his first year he's now a:

2L! I didn't frost it, but I was still pretty excited about the cake. Even more excited to be done with that first year.

National Portrait Gallery and Ford's Theater

While Jake was suffering through finals this semester, Paige and I went to the National Portrait Gallery/American Art Museum and Ford's Theater. We went with Michelle and Gabbi Prince and Emily and Abby Hamilton.

The National Portrait Gallery is connected to the American Art Museum and we spent some time wandering through that building. There are some really cool things there. License plates from the 50 states the spell out the preamble to the constitution:

The wanted poster from Lincoln's murder:

Portrait of Joseph Smith:

Portrait of George Washington:

This was a really cool museum to visit. This is about how much Paige was into it:

Abby on the other hand was loving it:

That day we also went to Ford's Theater where President Lincoln was shot. We saw a museum about the assassination, the coat Lincoln was wearing when he died (the man was huge!), and a really well done presentation about the assassination. I was a little disappointed to find out that the theater was a recreated after being gutted and turned into an office building. But that's alright. The recreation was good and it was still neat to be there.

Paige and I, Michelle and Gabbi before the presentation:

The babies did alright during the presentation, even though they did make a little noise (mostly happy noise) which earned us some glares from other people. Abby on the other hand decided she wanted to be outside running up and down stairs rather than be in the theater.

Emily and Abby:

This is Paige and I in front of the box where President Lincoln was shot. The box is decorated like it was that night.

This was definitely a cool sight seeing trip. I love living so close to Washington, DC!