A Mini-Vacation

This post is definitely a little late, as recovery from our long weekend away has been pretty tough.  It seems that the kids needed some extra time to get back on schedule, as all three of them were up multiple times all night for the rest of the week, which was just no fun for the moms.  

Last weekend we took a 5 day weekend to take a trip to visit family in both Albany and Syracuse, New York.  We started out on Thursday with a stop in to see my grandparents in Albany, with all the kids being in the best moods for the visit.  We took some great pictures with great granny and her great-grandbabies!  We headed to Syracuse after a brief visit, for a fun filled weekend with my aunts and cousins.  Below are a few of the 375 photos that I took of the weekend (yes, the camera was just snapping away!!), and a few others from before we left.... 

Brookie and Papa Gordon

Great granny and little Austin

Cassie playing at great granny's

and Great Granny still knows how to keep the little ones entertained!

Great Granny cuddling with Brookie

Cousin Lucas hanging with the twins

Lucas and Cassie rock climbing at the MOST Museum in Syracuse, NY

Ever wonder what happens to mommy's training partners???

Cousin Kelly uses her magical touches on the twins, and has them both asleep within in 10 minutes of meeting them both - very impressive!!!

Cassie and her cousin Riley

The Moulton/Webber great grandchildren - Riley, Cassie, Lucas, Brookly, and Austin

Brookie enjoys her first pickle! (she was pretty angry when I tried to take it away!)

Little Brookie helping herself to a snack

  

Uh oh...... no problem, I'll just eat them off the floor!

our super-smiler!

Click here to see the latest album:  April 2009

Monumental Milestones!

I thought that I would post the major milestones that have happened in our house in the last couple of days....

Austin cut his first tooth, a bottom one, on Friday - horray!

Brooklyn got up on all fours for longer than a second, and actually started rocking back and fourth on Friday as well, looks like we need to be aware of her being mobile soon!

And little Miss Cassie had her 3rd gymnastics class on Friday and got to help the instructor demonstrate on of the circuits, she was soooo excited!  

It has been a wonderful weekend here, and we are gearing up for cousin Jake's 2nd birthday tomorrow, and maybe even a week of some great weather to play outside!  Horray!

Big hugs from big sister Cassie to Austin on Friday who, despite this smile, was quite the crank all day with a new tooth finally appearing

Look out world - here I come!!! (I guess I should get some clothes on, huh?)

 

Climbing on top of the horse in gymnastics, and very nicely listening to directions from the instructor

 

Great dismount!!  Hanging from the lower bar and working on kicking a ball.

 

Working on bar skills

 

And of course, our favorite part of the day - the trampoline!!!  Playing the "freeze" game that is followed by lots of music and - JUMPING!

Did I mention jumping? This kid was a rabbit in her previous life!

Hanging on the rings at the end of class

Sporting our new bibs that were sent from Gee-Gee, the mom of Mommy's best friend in junior high (Jennifer Sanders) who we have been so excited to finally be back in touch with

Resting after a long hard day....with my best friend - Binky!  (I know, we really need to work on this)

Click here for the new photos I added to the album: March 2009

Gearing up for St. Patty's day

Oh my, has it really been this long since I have posted?  Yikes!  My only excuse is that we are our usual tired selves, and by the time I sit down at night to attempt at a post, I am just to tired!  

We have all finally started to clear up from the persistent colds that have attacked this house, and the beautiful spring weather this past weekend really helped to get the windows open and the fresh air flowing!  Cassie has been busy with gymnastics and attending reading time at Barnes and Noble.  The twins are continuing to do their usual exciting fun things, although as you will see, little Brookie is getting closer and closer to figuring out how to crawl, and yes, Austin continues to enjoy just hanging out.

I have decided to finally make the commitment to getting back into racing, and have decided to prepare for a half Ironman race in June.  Although I am very worried about having enough training time with the demands of these little ones (or frankly just getting enough sleep!), I've been doing a lot of base training for the last 6 weeks to see if it is doable, and I think that it is.  With the beautiful weather this weekend, I had an amazing 10 mile run, which was really the deciding factor for me in racing, so I will keep you posted on the details as it gets closer.

Here is the usual photo update!

You know how much I love the comparison photos!

Cassie March 2007                                     Austin and Brooklyn March 2009

My big sister loves me SOOOO much! (please don't squeeze so tight!)

Sporting the bows from my Build-A-Bear

Yet another snow storm last week, dropping over a foot of snow on us, and yes, per usual, Cassie was BEGGING to go outside and play in it at 6:30 in the morning (and it was about 19 degrees out!)... the cold does not seem to bother her, I think that she was in need of her snow snack!

Cuddle time with the babies!

Our two big Sox fans!!!

Austin sporting his new Boston Red Sox hat!

Trying on some magnetic earrings to see if we are ready to get them pierced...soo cute!

Click here to see the new album:  March 2009