I'm not sick Mommy!

In a last ditch effort to convince me that he wasn't sick afterall...Alden gave me this!

Can't blame the guy for tryin...

Unfortunately, the booger on his right nostril gave him away!

At the Beach

More pictures of everyone at the beach!

Monterey 2009

So every year Tom's parents treat us kids to a wonderful trip to Monterey where we stay very close to the beach. This year we stayed at a place we've never been before, it was called The Lighthouse Lodge. Michelle and Greg reserved the suite of all suites for us all...it included a large living room with large kitchen, two master suites with attached bathrooms and fireplaces, a private backyard, and a private rooftop area where we could go and look out at the ocean. It was like a heavenly escape where the kids could go crazy and there was enough room for all of us. You should have seen our car once it was packed though, you would have thought we were moving out of state. It's impossible to travel light these days with a toddler and an infant, but it was well worth it, we had everything we needed.

While we were there, Michelle offered to watch Alden for an afternoon so that we could take Madi to a much anticipated trip to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. She had so much fun looking at all the FISHIES and touching the starfish and other sea creatures. The new Splash zone there was really amazing for little kids to just run around and kind of go nuts, but in an organized fashion. Overall, very fun and can't wait to go again, only with the little man next time, I missed him!

WAAAY over-due christmas re-cap

Madi's Letter to Santa

Christmas this year was really fun. Madi is two and a half now and really gets the whole Santa thing, and Alden...well he's just stinkin cute. We spent Christmas Eve at my Grandparents house, this is something we traditionally do every year, and then we spent Christmas morning at our home with Tom's mom Michelle and his dad Greg as well as his sister katie and her husband Casey. Thank you all for really making this Christmas a memorable one.

Side note: lately it's been really hard to take pictures of Madi because she doesn't ever sit still long enough...she's always on the go!