Visit from Grammy and Aunties Lisa & Becky

We were blessed with a quick visit from my Mom and my aunts last weekend. Thanks for coming, girls! Thanks for the company, the food, the clothes, toys and all the little things that helped me out.

Robin's aunties spoiled him with lots of attention. Here he is with Auntie Lisa in the sink.blowing bubbles with Auntie Becky


At first I thought Robin looked like Joe here, then I thought to myself, "wait, is that MY angry face?"




Here they are and that's my mom holding Robin.

He LOVES his little pool and everything that has to do with water.
It was so nice to have my family here, even if it was only for a day and a half.

Our trip to Florida

Robin got accustomed to napping in the stroller.

Dziadziu, Robin & Uncle Nick

Robin & his uncle

First time in the ocean...it was a little chilly. He didn't take to the water so much
but he did love the buckets of sand & water

yum, green apples
trying to break into Dziadziu's safe

more pics to come

Hi Joe

Joe is away for a few weeks and we are heading to Florida on Wednesday. So, this will be my last blog for a little bit. Because of our trip, I've been fiddling with the ipod I got for Christmas. Robin likes it too. He holds the earphones to his ears to hear the Wiggles music. But even cuter and made me tear up was when he was scrolling through the photos (how I don't know) and he saw a pic of him & Joe. He said, "Dada", kissed the ipod and then held it to his chest. Joe, we miss you and love you and here are a bunch of pics if you need a pick-me-up...

Big Papa's visit

Couldn't resist posting this picture
R is kicking a ball with the best of 'em. Even though he seems so big sometimes, he looks so tiny next to Joe...and Joe's not huge either.
It's a little known fact that my son likes to eat lemons...

We tried to go to the zoo this day. I was bummed when the line was way too long. So we detoured to the "old school" playground next door...note the metal slide. On this day Robinson also got on Big Papa's good side when he looked straight at him, pointed, and said clear as a bell, "Papa!"
Big Papa trying to surf the net while Robin kept turning the computer on and off.

Robin & Big Papa were old pals by the time he left...and Robin did cry when Papa was leaving.Thanks for coming to visit, Big Papa. We had so much fun. Thanks, too, for the Red Sox gear and toys!

Easter & a boat ride

Rewind to last year's attempt to celebrate Easter...

pathetic, right?

So this year things were much better even though he's still quite young. The rundown? He understood that he had to look for eggs and put them in a basket. I colored the eggs by myself (well he did drop them into the dye "crack"). There are a million plastic eggs in the house now and many toys. He had a little chocolate and half of a "peep". "Peeps" were my favorite Easter candy. So, when my Mom included them in Robin's Easter package, I knew it would be me to eat the rest of them. But wait, did they change the marshmallow recipe? I don't know what happened, but they just didn't taste the same, not sweet enough I guess. Here's a glimpse of this past week or so...

Crafting his own "basket" to get ready for the egg hunt at Birdie's play area.
Hunting for eggs on the mini golf course.
Robin & Leo snacking after all that hard work. He grabbed a banana and then dropped it when he saw the goldfish. Oh well.
Eleisha, Paul & Leo invited us out on their boat Saturday...fun fun!
Robin & Joe driving the boat.

Another Easter package. Thanks, Grammy!"Cheese"
How to share a smoothie so Robin doesn't hog it all? Two straws!
Getting ready to go to Trey & Griffin's house for the hunt and brunch.
Robin & Joe with Trey leading the charge.