Gracie and Declan

It has been months since I've posted, I've just been too lazy to upload photos to the computer. That, and as many of you know, we discovered in April that we are expecting our 2nd child in late December! So I spent the majority of April and May feeling perpetually nauseous and not in the mood to blog.

We've had a great few months and I'll recap them tonight. First, one of Don's best friends from high school, Charles and his wife Liz came to visit us on their way to Florida. Their daughter Gracie is a year older than Declan and they hit it off instantly. I think she was Declan's first overnight visitor and he just thought she was the bomb!

Disney Cruise

We went on a 3 night Disney cruise last weekend and had a ball. It was one of the best trips we've ever taken and definitely the best trip since we've had Declan. We drove and Declan did awesome in the car, he stayed up late and went to dinner with us 2 of 3 nights, enjoyed all the shows and loved meeting the characters. It was a little chilly for the beach and pool but he still had a great time. The staff was just awesome with kids and Don and I got a couple of moments to relax as well. I highly recommend this and we would go again in a heartbeat, except for longer - Disney does it right!!!

Big Boy Bed

Snow Day!!!

Crockpots and Thanksgiving

I love cooking soups and crockpot meals in the winter. A friend and I went to the cheapie theater to see Julie/Julia today and I came home all inspired to make Beef Bourguignon next weekend. In my search online for a recipe, I came across this website: http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/

Much in the spirit of the movie, a woman decided to use the crockpot every day for a year. There are a lot of interesting and easy recipes so I thought I would recommend checking it out.

Also, a bit delayed, but here are some pics from Thanksgiving.

Remodel

For those of you who don't know, Don and I have been working with a builder on a pretty major remodel of our main living spaces. We have an older ranch home and it had a traditional layout of a large front living room, dining room, small kitchen and small den. All of these spaces were divided by walls so the home always felt very small and claustrophic. Except for a huge front living room that we never used! We decided to bite the bullet and tear down the walls, get a beam put in above the ceiling for support and basically to create one big open room with a larger kitchen. We're still decorating and settling in, but we are very happy with the results.

Party Time

We had some friends over to watch an outdoor movie last weekend and Declan and his friends started an impromptu dance party.