First Haircut and hot days

Mommy and I took a fieldtrip today to a hair salon JUST FOR KIDS. There were toys and the chairs were all cool cars. (here I am in the barbie car waiting for my haircut)

There are tv's at every station and mommy brought an elmo DVD for me.
The haircut took all of 4 minutes maybe - but I didn't even realize what was going on cause I was playing with the radio in the car and watching Elmo. The only time I got a little bit upset was when the lady put the scissors on my forehead to cut my bangs... I kinda gave her a warning look to let her know I was on to her and not to hurt me... and then it was all over!

I got a balloon which I didn't really care for, so I left it there and a pony tail and we were off to come home again.Mommy said she was very proud of me... but I still don't get the big deal cause I was just playing in the car.

Mommy also went out and bought me a little pool for the backyard cause it has been so hot here and the first day I got to play in it Mimi and PSS were here. So, when we went back to it the next day... I was calling for them but they didn't come - so I guess they won't always be there when I play in that pool.

Today mommy says she has to start packing for our trip to Maine because she is going to babysit Momo and B on Saturday night and daddy is taking me to their house on Sunday. I hope it's warm in Maine so I can go outside this time!

Mommy got a new camera

This is the beginning of a ridiculous amount of photos being taken all OVER!

I have gone back and forth for months about getting a DSLR and after trying and researching TONS of point and shoots to replace my awesome Canon whose motor stopped working (boo)- I decided to finally take the plunge. I've had it since yesterday and have already taken close t 200 pictures. I have to test out all the settings and know how to use it and am already looking into pricing for speedlights. (which are those nifty attachment flash bulbs that you put on top of your camera for great indoor pics)

All of these photos were edited right on the camera which is AWESOME cause you don't have to get to a computer to make your pictures fabulous. I will be posting TONS of pictures over the next few weeks as it's going to be busy for us. Morganne's 3rd birthday weekend extravaganza which will lead into a vacation trip to Maine/CT/wherever we have to stop to make the drive not so long.

We were going to go to Silly Cape May down in new Jersey but then decided we'd MUCH rather visit our Aunt Judy and Cousin Kathy up in Maine. (and maybe get to see some more family which is ALWAYS great!!!!) Plus there are all the beaches up there, and grammie and grampies back yard and parks and lobster for Dave.

Katie is becoming a pro at saying Maine, Mammie and Pee Pee, so we figured we'd put it to good use. Hopefully there will be better weather than the last time we were there and we can get a family morning at the beach with the munchkin!

Happy Weekend everyone.

Morning at the Park

Katie and I went out to a local park that has a little zoo and an awesome playground. She was a little wary of the animals... especially when the Geese all started making noise... she decided she didn't want to go near them. Then we looked at some cows and she didn't know what to do cause they were close up and BIG!

We saw some monkeys too - and she seemed to like that but it's a small zoo and they were hard to see - so she wasn't as interested as I think she will be at a larger zoo where she can really look at them.

We went over to the playground and she had a great time playing on the little gym set until she got sand on her hands... then she started freaking out and holding her hands out for me to clean them. This happened every time she touched sand... so I kept trying to teach her how to dust them off herself but she totally preferred when I wiped them down with a wipe for her.

Happy Friday everyone!

Grammie and Grampie

XOXOXOXO

Sesame Place Take 2

It was supposed to be 74 degrees and sunny out so we decided to venture back to Sesame Place since it's only 1.5 hours from us and we have season passes. Thank goodness I packed a sweatshirt for myself and Kaitlyn just in case because it felt more like 65 degrees. It was wonderful - the park was totally uncrowded which meant we got to see ALL the characters that came out for pictures and didn't have to wait too long. It also meant Dave and Kaitlyn had almost the entire Ernie Pool to themselves. (about 15 minutes after they were in there, other kids came over... but for awhile it was them and 2 other kids)

Here are my favorite people happily playing in the cold water

Here I am sensibly standing on dry land in my sweatshirt and pants
I did however, risk my life to walk across the freezing pool to get Kaitlyn to get some water because I am a mom and had to put her first over my poor feet!

Katie walked up to every character as soon as she saw them. In fact... we had to keep her from cutting the lines because as soon as she saw them she made a bee line.

She walked over to Elmo and gave him a big hug!

It doesn't look like it here... but she REALLY loves Big Bird and was SUPER excited that he came out instead of Abbey Cadabby!!

Here she is working in Hoopers Store.

Here is Katie and I proudly standing in the spot we had waited 15 minutes to get to ensure we got a good view of the parade. I say that because the guy next to me had his wife and her friend with them and they totally got in front of us right before the parade started. So, I informed the lady that since we had been waiting there 15 minutes I'd appreciate it if she at least moved her big A%& stroller out from the spot I'm standing in now so that my daughter could see the parade.

She didn't seem to happy - but I don't really care. We had entertained Katie for 15 minutes to stay in one spot and I was not about to have her miss the parade cause some straggler came by and thought she could just stand in front and no one would care. So, there I go, making friends again - but at least Katie got to see the show! And look how happy she is when she realized she would get to see them close up!

Happy Weekend!

Mothers Day Week!!

Katie wouldn't give us the lemon back - we had to take it from her!

My baby sleeping with Ba Ba!

I just had the BEST mothers day week possible!

• I got an AWESOME package in the mail from my in-laws!!! I love mail and I LOVE magazines and this one was BOTH!!!! Thank you thank you!

• I got to go to Boston to visit with one of my oldest friends and stay over night with my hubby and enjoy yummy food and fun sights in Boston on our schedule not Katie's.
  

• I got to watch movies in the car on the way back form Boston

• Then I got to have Indian food with my family on Sunday and we got to share a Happy Days cake to celebrate mine and dave's birthdays and mothers day

• The day after mothers day I got to spend the morning in bed watching all my favorite shows on Demand and I even got breakfast in bed
  

• Then Katie and I got to stay at Mimi's house to hang out with mimi and grumps until Last night - and it was WONDERFUL!!
  

• I also finally found a replacement camera and am LOVING it!!!

So I couldn't have had a better Mothers Day/Birthday week if I had actually planned it. So I am rested and relaxed - which is good as Katie has taken to not sleeping at night anymore... so I guess I needed it.

This weekend we are thinking of goi

Katie meets a lemon

More details on our AWESOME mothers day/birthday weekend later:)

Mimi on the brain

Last week we kept telling Katie that Momo and B were coming to see her so when we would ask her who was coming... she did this:



Now we told her we are going to Visit Mimi this weekend so when you ask her who are we going to see she says this:



PSTHHH is her attempt at saying Grumps

Smart little lady!

She also apparently woke up the other day with Dave and picked up her little blue phone and when he asked her who she was calling she said MIMI. If Dave isn't home and I pick up the cell phone she goes DA DA.

If you ask her to say Grammie she says MEEEEE and Grampie is PEEEEEE (sorry... you got the crappy end of that deal!) I keep trying to get video but she's being difficult.

This weekend Dave and I are going up to Boston for an old friends birthday party - so we decided to make it a little getaway and are looking up restaurants and fun things to see while we are up there for the night. Then we hope to go back to Sesame Place as soon as possible cause it was so much fun!

Happy Tuesday everyone!

Daddy's 30th Birthday Cont'd

Looking Ghetto Fabulous in a swimmy diaper and t-shirt since her idiot mommy didn't pack her bathing suite cause she thought it'd be too cold for the water stuff.

We had the best weekend ever! Our best friends in the world came down to visit us in New Jersey and they brought Dave a birthday cake. We went to the park across the street, they took us all out to dinner and we sang Happy Birthday to Dave and watched him try to blow out the trick candles for about a minute! (Stephanie put the whole package on - so he had about 10 to blow out and eventually Jeremy and I had to take them out individually and dunk them in water so we didn't burn the house down!

Then this morning we woke up and packed Katie up to take her to Sesame Place for the first time. (we are season pass holders now - so we figured let's go as much as we can!) We thought it was going to be rainy and cold out - so we figured we'd take her to see a Elmo's World Live show and the parade and call it a day - but when we got there it was CRAZY HOT AND humid and everyone was going on the water rides.... so we bought a $5 swimmy diaper and a $20 towel and let her go crazy. Dave and I of course had no change of clothes so we were wet all day long and in fact Dave had to ride home with his shirt off part of the way since it was so wet! But Katie had an AWESOME TIME.
She walked right up to the characters and loved the Elmo's World show. She loved all the kiddie pools and on the ride home fell asleep for awhile. All in all, it was an AWESOME weekend and we get to continue celebrating Dave's 30th birthday by going to dinner Tuesday night at a Spanish place (his pick) and then going away for the weekend to Boston (Katie will be at Mimi's) before heading back to CT for Mothers Day on our way back from beantown!
Happy May everyone - it's a GREAT month to be born:)

Daddy's 30th birthday weekend

I will update with writing later - for now - pictures:)