Mother's Day 2010

We went to my parents' house for Mother's Day this year. It was a gorgeous spring afternoon.



The kids had a real treat: the ice cream truck came by. We heard it from a distance and I couldn't believe what I hearing. That truck must have been 50 years old playing the same song I remember as a kid. I never thought Adele or Jack would see an ice cream truck, but I was wrong! The older cousins were nearly hysterical with excitement and the tension was building; would the truck come up our street? Here we all are waiting.
Here comes the truck!

WooHoo, Success!

Here's Jack with his cousin and his grandpa

April 2010

Here we are in April. Jack and Adele started playing together in April.

Easter 2010

Easter with Adele and Jack was a lot of fun this year. Adele colored Easter eggs for the first time this year. It didn't take her long to get into the swing of things.
Here's Jack with his Chocolate Easter Bunny. Don't worry, we didn't actually let him eat it.

We hosted an Easter Dinner later in the day that was a lot of fun. Here's Adele eating olives with her Aunt Diana and a couple of group shots.

March 2010

Here's March! Jack loves to laugh.

And he loves his daddy too



Here's Adele with her new fairy wings, antenna, and wand.

February 2010

Here are Jack and Adele in February.

January 2010

Here are our pictures from January including our first outing in our new-to-us double stroller and Jack's first attempt at solid foods. Maybe it isn't obvious from these pictures, but Jack is a very big boy. It's no surprise that he took to "real" food like seasoned eater.

Adele is helping me push. You can see the video too!

Christmas Part II

Christmas Eve was at my brother and sister-in-law's house where they pulled out all the stops. The food was fantastic and the tree was amazing. Remember that tree?

You can see it in the background of this photo. These are all the cousins of Adele and Jack's generation....well except Jack. He was already asleep at that point!

After dinner, there was a very competitive game of musical chairs. My cousin, Candi (in the white shirt) took no prisoners as she established herself the Grand Champion of Musical Chairs, 2009.

Here she is bumping poor Alec out of a chair with no regard to the fact that he's her nephew!


She is a true champion. No wonder she's such a great volleyball coach!

Adele and her cousins in their beautiful party dresses.