Friday, July 23, 2010
Jake's Internship
This summer, Jake has an internship with the American Bar Association. One of his assignments was to write an article for and edit their newsletter. Click on the link to check it out. It's so fun to see his name in print!
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Why Northern Virginia is Green
The other day we had a massive rainstorm. In a matter of minutes it went from not even sprinkling, to pouring sheets of rain.
The video doesn't really do it justice, but a massive amount of water was coming down.
The video doesn't really do it justice, but a massive amount of water was coming down.
Twilgiht: Eclipse
The third Twilight movie came out this past week and Christen, Eve and I went and saw the midnight showing. The great part about it was that we got to leave our babies at home and have a fun night out. We got to the theater early and were first in line. We camped out playing cards and eating junk food while we waited:
The theater offered a free t-shirt to someone willing to pose for a picture with that t-shirt. That someone was Christen:
After a nice wait we got into the theater (ok, maybe we ran to the theater with the rest of the crowd) and saw the movie.
On the way home from the theater (at 2:30am), since there were no babies in the car, we opened all the windows, blasted the music and had a nice ride home. It was an awesome movie and an awesome night!
The theater offered a free t-shirt to someone willing to pose for a picture with that t-shirt. That someone was Christen:
After a nice wait we got into the theater (ok, maybe we ran to the theater with the rest of the crowd) and saw the movie.
On the way home from the theater (at 2:30am), since there were no babies in the car, we opened all the windows, blasted the music and had a nice ride home. It was an awesome movie and an awesome night!
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!
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!
Thursday, June 17, 2010
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!
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!
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!
Thursday, May 20, 2010
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!)
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