Addie Tay

Our Sweet Addie Tay is growing up way too fast. We took her to get a haircut, and for the first time, her hair really thickened up- No more baby fine hair.:( I couldn't wait until it got thicker, but it made me realize she's not my little baby anymore.:( She has been cracking us up as usual and continues to talk like she's 16- clear as day. We were waiting at a stoplight this week and we had our windows down. We were by a convertible and she yelled out to the man, "Hey- You have no roof." Ha! We all got a good laugh. Any time she sees a paw print from the local high school on a car- one of those magnets- She thinks she has found a clue- and shouts out "Blue's Clues." And I think she's tired of her mama househunting. Before I even say anything, if we pull up to a house, she'll say, "Hey Mommy, It has a lockbox." She has a pair of flip flops that she picked out herself with a fabulous faux diamond and loves to wear them.:) And her new favorite word is "actually"- Can you tell she is our priss pot?

Addie is just as sweet as can be- but she is more and more like her brother. When Chris was growing up, he went through a phase where he had to win at everything. He had to be the first to sit down, stand up, upstairs, etc. Now, Addison is doing the same thing. Chris is such a good sport and let's Addie "win" at everything- but he and I have our inside joke. I'll yell out, "Addie won," and Chris and I wink at each other. As you can tell, he still is the big brother and terrorizes her.:)

Buy me some peanuts and crackerjacks...

T-ball sesaon is in full swing and we're now spending two days a week at the ballfield for games... Chris LOVES it, and Addie has made a friend and looks forward to the games as well!!! Chris plays great... but- so do all of the kids... I think the last game only had one out made during the entire game! Ha!



Addie suckers us into the snack bar every time... but she's a happy girl and cheers for Bubber!:)

Always the comic relief... my son decided to sit on the bat... he pretty much got stuck and entertained the whole crowd with faces.

Daddy is a Coach... and I think he's having just as much fun as Chris- He's in his element.


Chris isn't short on fans... He had a cheering section for his first game... Chuck, Jackie, Butch, Linda, Dean, Alexis, Uncle E, Nona, Papa, Mommy, and Addie were all cheering him on!

Family Visit

Last week, we stayed busy with a visit from Gram. She took care of all of us! Uncle Sean was in town for training, so we were also able to hang out with him a few nights and the kids loved it!!! We frequented the Brambleton Town Center and tried all of the restauraunts! It was nice to take a break and the kids were soooo happy to have another special visit!

Crazy Nona

Our Nona sure is crazy- but we love her anyways.:) Don't tell her she made the slog-She just might kill mommy!

Busy Week!

We've had a super busy week and it seems like with all of the kid's activities, we will be on the go from now until they start college. But secretly, I love it because we're on the go and the kids are loving their hobbies/activities!

Chris traveled to the vet this weekend with his preschool- and out of all the things he saw, he talked about dog blood the most. Nice.

Addison continues to take ballet and loves it- and this week we had to place our Avon order- because don't you know that every little girl needs the exact same color of lip gloss for their recital. I'm not kidding- it was a requirement!

I registered Chris for Kindergarten and I'm still in denial. He has also increased speech to twice a week and is with other kid's at his new school Legacy Elementary. He's still swimming twice a week and from here on out we have t-ball games twice a week! Chris also is starting to write- he picks words and copies them- And don't ya know out of all the words in the newspaper today, he picked "KICKASS" to write. My mom swears it was in the movie section- but why did she tell him that word?

And little Miss Addie Tay gets carted to all of these activities. We now stay in Leesburg while Chris has preschool so we have three hours to fill with playdates and activities! We met with "cousins" this week at the park and she loved it- and of course she's had about three park dates with her D.J. this week. Her new thing is she loves playing in the sand- I look like the crazy lady. We take all of our sand toys to the volleyball court at Douglass Community Center and make ourselves at home. It's our own little beach.:) She cracks me up- I was asking her what kind of cake she was making me and she said, "Mommy, I only make delicious cakes."

Addie also earned the family a trip to Cold Stone Creamery this week- She finally pooped on the potty again this week... and we may have made a breathrough this time. We're on day #3 of big girl undies. Woo Hoo! This week, she's also learned to spell her name!

Trip down South...

Last weekend, Brendan and I decided to take a spurt of the moment trip to Smith Mountain Lake... We showed up unexpectedly at Gram and Pop Pop's door and surprised them and we had a great weekend... Mommy and Daddy even got date night out for Mexican and we traveled to Blacksburg to see the Hokies beat #9 Miami! It was great to be back in Blacksburg... Chris got to meet some players and even Bill Roth who was Daddy's bud. The kids made it through all nine innings and mommy got to enjoy a Cowpoke at Macado's! It couldn't have been a better weekend!

Chris with the Tech baseball players

Ashburn's Finest- Ed Wang in the house...

Player autograph session

Out for a walk

Where it all began- the duck pond- our engagement spot

Having fun reading books


Fishing on the dock with Pop Pop... but no luck

Of course we visited one of our all time favorite parks...



Ice cream on the deck

Easter 2010

We had a wonderful day celebrating Easter with our family all day long!



Oops- Mama forgot the Easter baskets- we used bags.:)

Chris was the big winner of Jackie's Annual Easter Egg Hunt.

Posing for the Slog.


Awww... Happy All-American family.


Sadie Murphy

It was a perfect day... almost.:)

Tired Papa.

Back at the park before we headed to Nanny's and Pappy's!