Philly Zoo Photos
We went to the Philly zoo Friday when Margot was in class. We had such an amazing time and both kids were so well behaved!
A Tale of Two Mamas
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Vegas again?
So my friends from the iVillage IVF and Parenting boards are setting up our next get together in … VEGAS!
To say the least…I’m pretty Vegas’d out. But it might be a nice weekend trip and I’d love to check out the great restaurants this time around!
Las Vegas travel can be done inexpensive (as we’ve proven in the past!). However, with the cost of airline tickets and gas we better start saving now.
Let’s go on a vacation!
We’ve been tossing ideas around for our upcoming family vacation.
In the past we’ve wasted vacation on bedrest trying to get pregnant and traveling around the world to do experimental infertility treatments!
This year we have our dream family and we’re looking at luxury vacations!
The other night Margot mentioned going to Disney but I’m not sure that Grammy is old enough to ride the rides. Plus, I figure that we’d have to take turns with Emmy. Not to mention, when Emmy gets older we will just have to go again!
I’m totally up for a nice trip to St. Thomas or Cancun. Maybe we can recruit the grandparents to provide us with a little non-kid time! *hint*hint*
Fun in the sun!
We’re having a great time here.
Yesterday we went to the beach, ate snacks, and enjoyed the waves. You should have seen the minivan - it was packed up and with the children, food, adults, and blow up toys you could barely see out the back.
After we overdid it at the beach we came home and cleaned up. Then we went for a late lunch. The kids did great other than being tired. When we got home they took a short nap.
Then we decided to venture out for dinner. We went into town which is just a few short miles. The little town here is so cool - but the tourists have obviously taken over. The little pizza shop that we had planned to go to had a wait of over an hour long.
So we decided to skip to the main drag on one of the routes and go to Ruby Tuesdays. It was good initially, however, we then got our food and it was cold, not well prepared, and didn’t have much flavor.
We were going to go out for icevcream but Emmy had different plans. She was on the boob for most of the afternoon and wouldn’t let off for a minute. When she was taken off she wailed. Which meant that all car rides were pretty miserable and I just couldn’t take her screaming to the top of her lungs as we looked for a parking spot!
Today was much more relaxed and better planned. We decided to go to the pool early. We got a great spot and the kids, Margot, and I went swimming. The water was perfect and again we had some great snacks!
Now we’re just waiting for everyone to wake up and I think we might hit the Popeye’s for dinner. It’s easy, cheap, and we figure there aren’t going to be a lot of out-of-towners hitting the fried chicken!
We’ve taken tons of pictures during the past few weeks and when we get home we’ll post all of June and some recent teaser photos.
Graem is giant and growing like a weed this summer. I look at her and can’t believe that she’s such a big kid. She’s filled out a bit and seems to be a little meatier.
Emmy is doing the same! Her cheeks have fattened right up and she’s LONG! Of course, she has my build. Long torso and short legs. She also has my other admirable features - big nose, and elephant ears.
Sorry, Emmy!
Fattenin’ up.
This trip has been all about getting fat. It started with us stepping off the plane and going for Mexican food. Since then we’ve had delicious Thai, Indian, Vietnamese, and more Mexican.
We’re so fat and figure once we get back home and back from vacation #2 (next week) we’re going to go on a diet.
Tuesday we are leaving for Rehoboth Beach with J&L. It should be fun to have the kids reunited not to mention we need a little beach time!
Now, for the most exciting update of all — Emmy is gaining weight! We’re fattenin’ her right up too! Last Tuesday we went in for a weigh in and she was up to 7lbs 4oz. The lactation consultant was happy with the gain and we were too.
Today we took PDB back to the Texas Children’s Medical Center for another weigh in and she was a hefty 7lbs 8oz!
To say the least I filled her to the brim before she weighed in and I kept praying that she wouldn’t have a blowout before she was put on the scale.
We’re so excited with the weight gain and she’s getting so big in front of our eyes. I can’t believe on Tuesday she’ll be 4 weeks old!! I really don’t want this time to go by so quickly.
I tried to post some pictures the other day but my dad’s settings on his computer won’t let me post. So I’ll work on it Saturday or Sunday when we get home.
Tomorrow our flight leaves at 6:30am. So that should be fun getting everyone out of the house by 4:30am and to the airport!
We’ve had a great trip in Houston but I’m really ready to head home. I feel like I have the nursing thing down now and I’m ready to just sit back and enjoy the summer. Not to mention, I miss our bed and pillows!
