Sunday, May 23, 2010
Charlottesville on a Saturday
Baby Benjamin West Heatherly
Jacob cooks dinner - by the way he killed that bee behind him too!
Daddy gets attacked by the bee
Jacob collects items neccessary for cooking
Hannah's in the doghouse
Pretending to be a monkey
David and Greg maneuver a large Eco-friendly puzzle together
Attack of the killer bee!!!
Jacob learns all about composting and recycling
Hannah in the creative arts room
Everyone on the butterflyOn Saturday we traveled about 1 hour away to Charlottesville, VA to meet our friends the Cercones! They currently live in NJ but happened to be down here visiting family for the week. We saw them about a year ago when they came to visit us in Louisville. The kids seemed to remember each other at that time and hit it off really well. This time they had no clue who each other was! So funny how so much can change in a year....
Nathan and Hannah were the best of friends in NY where we met and fell in love with the Cercone family. This scenario worked out nicely for Rene and I - we loved to just "let the kids play" while we sat around the living room in our comfy little sweatsuits, sipping hot tea balanced so perfectly on our pregnant little bellies. Yes, we had our boys about 3 months apart from one another so we got to share all those pregnancy joys and woes. Unfortunately we moved to GA when Jacob was only 2 weeks old so we never got to let the boys grow up together and become best buds like Hannah and Nate.
We were thrilled to find out they would be in the area and wanted to see us. Charlottesville turned out to be the perfect little spot to meet up. We walked the trendy downtown mall area for a couple of hours, popping in and out of the boutique and specialty shops. We got pizza by the slice and talked all about our current job and our future one. We took the kids to a wonderful discovery museum until late in the afternoon. It started to rain so we headed to the car and found a local McDonalds to get ice cream and coffee. (Did you know McD's sells their McFlurrys in a snack size with Reese's Pnut butter cup now?!?! Oh perfect sublime heaven!)
After saying good-bye (probably for the last time for 3 years or so), I headed over the UVA to visit my good friend Anna and her newborn baby Benjamin. He was born about 3 weeks ago with a very rare heart condition requiring multiple surgeries. He has had the first surgery and is now in the recovery period. He's done extremely well so far, yet has such a long road ahead. Please PR for him if you think of it.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Zumba is not my friend
I decided tonight that I was not made to Zumba. It's a little too over-the-top for me, and a little too much twisting for me knee. About 9 months ago I discovered that my knee was really hurting and cracking after any amount of exercise. I went to the doctor and they told me I had weak hips (go figure!) In order to fix this problem, I have to strengthen my hips and tape my knee in place so that it tracks correctly. I look real cute and people ask me what I did to it. Nothing, I say, I just have weak hips...in conclusion, I do not like Zumba.
Other than failing in the exercise department, all else is going well. We are healthy :) although we are growing weary. The days are long and seem to never end. We have a long list of things "to do" that requires us to take turns with the children even once school is over. Our family time is limited and our couple time is even more limited. But we know this is a picture of what our life may be like once we move to East Asia. We'll have language, school, homework, shopping for neccessities, family time, neighbor time, couple time, sleep time, etc, etc, etc. And we all have 24 hours! We must make it work, and somehow we will.
Hannah is doing very well in school, although today she came home and told me they speak Spanish in Turkey...Jacob is also doing well, although his teachers are worried about him because he holds his pee all day long and then cries when it finally does come out....hum, maybe I need to potty train him?
Today is David's 32nd birthday. We didn't get to do anything particularly special but the crazy thing is I don't think he cares! He just too practical to want gifts or cards or anything that might cost money or require us driving 30 min off campus to do. Gotta love the simplicity of this guy.
Well, that's about it. Hopefully the next few days will hold more exciting news. I have pictures to upload, but our computer has not been cooperating. On that note - we're considering getting a Mac...!
Other than failing in the exercise department, all else is going well. We are healthy :) although we are growing weary. The days are long and seem to never end. We have a long list of things "to do" that requires us to take turns with the children even once school is over. Our family time is limited and our couple time is even more limited. But we know this is a picture of what our life may be like once we move to East Asia. We'll have language, school, homework, shopping for neccessities, family time, neighbor time, couple time, sleep time, etc, etc, etc. And we all have 24 hours! We must make it work, and somehow we will.
Hannah is doing very well in school, although today she came home and told me they speak Spanish in Turkey...Jacob is also doing well, although his teachers are worried about him because he holds his pee all day long and then cries when it finally does come out....hum, maybe I need to potty train him?
Today is David's 32nd birthday. We didn't get to do anything particularly special but the crazy thing is I don't think he cares! He just too practical to want gifts or cards or anything that might cost money or require us driving 30 min off campus to do. Gotta love the simplicity of this guy.
Well, that's about it. Hopefully the next few days will hold more exciting news. I have pictures to upload, but our computer has not been cooperating. On that note - we're considering getting a Mac...!
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