The Masons

Our new puppy

2008-10-06T07:51:00.005-05:00

Introducing....Raleigh, our new golden retriever! We named her Raleigh after the capital of North Carolina, since she was born here in NC! The boys love her to death! Aidan has been taking good care of her. They have been inseperable since we brought her home yesterday. She is very well-behaved and is really good around the boys. She lets Connor pull her whiskers and Aidan carry her around. We chose a Golden for their reputation of being very good with children. So far, so good!

Soccer practice

2008-10-06T07:36:00.002-05:00

Aidan has been playing soccer at the Wilmington YMCA every Saturday morning. His team is called the Wolverines, and they just play for fun...no competing yet. They practice kicking the ball back and forth to each other, jumping over cones and then kicking the ball into the goal, and having little scrimage games. Aidan loves it, and the kids all have alot of fun. So far we've only had one meltdown from Aidan, because they used his "green" soccer ball for a scrimage and he got very possessive over HIS ball. He kept trying to pick it up and run off with it while they were scrimaging. Other than that, everything has been pretty smooth. It's so funny watching the kids get distracted and run off to pick grass or chase bugs flying around. Such a cute age.....

Soccer and Monkey Joe's

2008-09-13T16:04:00.004-05:00

It was a GOOD day :) We had Aidan's first soccer practice at the YMCA at 8:45 am. It was the cutest thing ever! The kids actually got the hang of things pretty fast. Their coach had them run around and then "freeze" when he blew his whistle, jump over little orange cones, and kick their soccer balls into the goal. They don't actually compete yet, they just learn the basics. It's nice because it's all about having fun right now without the competition. Unfortunately I didn't get any pics yet, but they should be getting their jerseys in this week, so I will make sure to remember the camera next Saturday.

After lunch, we took Aidan to play at a place called Monkey Joe's. SO much fun! They had about 8 or 9 of those huge inflated bouncing things with the slides. In fact, I don't know who had more fun, Aidan, or Larry and I, lol! At first, Aidan was really hesitant to get into any of the bounce gyms, but after (much) coaxing from Larry and I, he loosened up. (Including me acting like an idiot bouncing up and down and laughing hysterically because I was actually having a BLAST!) By the end we couldn't get him off the things! I didn't bring my camera to Monkey Joe's either, but here is their web address if anyone is interested in seeing what it was all about.

www.monkeyjoes.com

You can't turn your back for a second!

2008-09-12T10:23:00.002-05:00

It's so hard to baby proof when you have a 3 year old constantly leaving stuff around. Connor got a hold of Aidan's goldfish crackers and was going to town! When he saw me coming for him he started cramming as many Goldfish into his mouth as possible, lol. No worries though, one finger sweep got them all out (I think I got them all anyways!)

Wrightsville Beach--two days after TS Hanna

2008-09-12T09:58:00.002-05:00

Tropical Storm Hanna hit Wilmington last week (late Friday, early A.M. Saturday), and we had some really strong winds, but nothing too crazy. Being from Florida, we are pretty used to these storms. Larry of course hit the beach Saturday to surf what he said were "some of the best waves he's ever surfed." The boys and I stayed home Saturday, but Sunday we all went out to Wrightsville Beach to see how it weathered Hanna. There were lots of shells washed up, and a drop off in the sand just where the shore break is. The water was too rough for swimming, but Aidan and Connor had a blast splashing around in the tide. Larry went back out again that evening for another surf session with our neighbor, who happens to surf too.

Random from Wilmington

2008-09-06T20:06:00.004-05:00

On the Riverwalk, in front of the Battleship North Carolina

Cape Fear Bridge

Connor and Larry

Aidan's first day of preschool

Aidan and Connor in their wagon

Larry and the boys watching the Gator game. Go Gators!

For Grandma Pulido

2008-08-31T22:39:00.002-05:00

My mom is the biggest Beatles fan EVER. So naturally both the boys have to sport their Beatles tees every once in a while :)

In other news, we are still trying to get settled into the new house and enjoy a little family time together exploring our new city before Larry starts rotations again on Tuesday. I will eventually get around to actively posting again! Larry is done with board exams and begins applying for residencies on Tuesday. Aidan starts preschool and soccer this week. He will go to preschool on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9am-12pm, and soccer is Saturday mornings at 8:45am (eek!). We love Wilmington so much, and can't help but feel that this is where we are supposed to be. It is such a friendly, family-oriented town. We would LOVE to stay here through residency. We shall see I guess! Happy Labor Day weekend!

I heart Wilmington

2008-08-08T19:17:00.003-05:00

I am so behind on my posts...I still have to put up pictures from Aidan's 3rd birthday party, poor kid! Anywho, I just wanted to give a quick update and say we signed a lease on a house in Wilmington today! We love, love, love Wilmington! We drive back to Jax tomorrow to pack up, because we move in Tuesday! The boys have been such troopers and and have basically sat in their car seats all day long for the past 3 days while we house hunted. I'll be back eventually to post on Aidan's party and other recent happenings, but for now here is a picture of our new house....

It's awesome....2200 sq. feet, 3 bedrooms plus a bonus room, huge fenced in backyard with a deck. I can already smell the barbeque's! Yay! Such a nice change after apartment living :)

Tar Heel State....here we come!

2008-07-25T20:28:00.002-05:00

I didn't want to share the news until we were certain, but it's nearly a done deal now...we are moving to Wilmington, North Carolina! Larry is working on an affiliation between New Hanover Regional Medical Center and St. Matthews, and it looks like he will be finishing up his 4th year electives there! We are really excited about living in Wilmington. It's only about 6 1/2 hours north of Jacksonville, 10 minutes from the beach, and a few hours from the Smoky Mountains! Yay!!

YMCA

2008-07-18T09:21:00.003-05:00

Titusville has a really nice YMCA, with a great pool area for kids. We decided to apply for a scholarship to the Y, since we are BROKE until our next loan installment comes in. We got approved and we've been spending lots of time at the pool there! It's a nice break for Larry from his studies too. Aidan has met lots of other kids to play with, girls in particular, he he ;) Yesterday there was a girls' summer camp there and Aidan had about 5 cute little girls taking turns holding, hugging, and kissing him! Aidan, of course, was in heaven! These are from our first visit though...

Grandma and Grandpa Mason's

2008-07-11T16:21:00.002-05:00

We're down in Titusville at Larry's parents' house for the next month. Here's a little of what we've been up to down here:

Aidan makes cupcakes with Grandma Mason...

Connor is ready to start crawling any day now...

Aidan got into the cupcakes....

Aidan, Larry, and Grandpa Mason fishing at the lake in their neighborhood...

Also, Larry is hitting the books pretty hard in preparation for his Step 2 exams. He'll be taking those within the next few weeks. I'll be so happy when those are behind him and he can enjoy the rest of the year....and squeeze in some quality time with us before residency starts :)

The pool that fell from the sky

2008-07-11T15:58:00.004-05:00

A few days before we left for Titusville, I was talking to my mom about buying Aidan a little kiddie pool for his Grandma and Grandpa Mason's house. I was even looking online at Target, Wal-Mart, etc. After our conversation about buying Aidan the kiddie pool ended, I left to go run some errands. Aidan stayed home with my mom so I could pick up some of my belongings from my parents' beach condo. In typical Florida style, an afternoon storm was moving in, with some pretty strong gusts of wind coming through just before the storm started. My mom and Aidan were sitting in front of the window watching the wind blow when an actual kiddie pool FELL OUT OF THE SKY and landed in our driveway! NO JOKE!! Isn't that crazy??!! My mom made a few calls to some of their neighbors with kids, however the pool didn't belong to anyone in their neighborhood. So we kept it!

I brought the pool with us to Titusville, and after a thorough cleaning we filled it up with water and it was ready to go! Aidan loves the pool, and he loves telling the story about how the pool fell out of the sky, just for him! I guess that book, The Secret, really does have some truth to it!

Charleston trip

2008-06-25T15:12:00.002-05:00

In my last post I mentioned that the boys and I have been super busy. Well one of the reasons for that was a trip to Charleston, South Carolina for a week. We actually stayed in Folly Beach, in a beautiful oceanfront beach house. Larry drove down from New York and stayed with us which was great! We drove into downtown Charleston almost everyday for some yummy seafood and sightseeing.

The Twilight Saga

2008-06-19T10:48:00.007-05:00

I've been MIA from my blog, but I've been busy! I've had quite a few distractions over the past few weeks, and this saga by Stephenie Meyer is one of them! I've been obsessed with these books...Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse. The fourth in the saga, Breaking Dawn, comes out August 2nd, and I am literally counting down the days! If you haven't read these books yet, go immediately to your nearest Barnes and Noble and pick up all 3 at the same time. Be careful though, you may find yourself daydreaming about a certain vampire character in the book ;)

Swim Lessons

2008-05-11T14:25:00.002-05:00

Aidan started swim lessons last Tuesday. His lessons are given by a private instructor through ISR, or Infant Swim Resource. (www.infantswim.com) His instructor, Amy, is just wonderful, and I can't believe the progress he has made in just one week's worth of lessons. The first few lessons he screamed his head off, but by the 5th lesson he was doing awesome! The lessons are 10 minutes a day for 4-6 weeks. They are only 10 minutes because ISR believes that they become too exhausted after 10 minutes, and the lesson is no longer beneficial. I would highly recommend ISR to any parent looking to put their child in swim lessons!!

Happy Mother's Day....

2008-05-11T14:13:00.001-05:00

to me!

I am so blessed to be the mommy to these two little boys :) I am one lucky gal!!

Go Connor Go!!

2008-05-11T13:59:00.002-05:00

This babe is ready to start scootin' soon! He can roll over to his side from his back now also. The side is now his preferred sleeping position too. Aidan slept on his side and tummy from a week old....Connor was a back sleeper until about a week ago :)

"Tooter Scooter"

2008-05-11T13:36:00.003-05:00

My mom bought Aidan this scooter when we got back to Jacksonville. He kept calling it his "tooter scooter" and I had no idea where he got it from until I realized that's what Wubzy (Wow Wow Wubzy) calls his scooter! Too funny! He loves his red helmet too. Anyways, I took these to get some practice with my new Canon Rebel :)

What happens at Grandma's house....

2008-04-25T14:51:00.004-05:00

stays at Grandma's house :)

Larry told my mom to fatten Aidan up while he was living here. She is trying her best to do just that! This kid has been living off ice cream and juice boxes since he got here. He's even been getting ice cream for breakfast!

Here he is with Publix cupcake icing all over his face and a cookie in his hand earlier today, lol...

Fun in the Pool

2008-04-25T14:44:00.002-05:00

Aidan's been getting into my parents' pool just about everyday. He mainly hangs out on the first step and splashes around like he's doing in the second pic. He was such a little water baby in Cayman, but it's been about a year since he's been swimming because we didn't spend much time around water in New York. He starts swim lessons on May 5! I'm so excited!

My beautiful boy

2008-04-25T14:39:00.000-05:00

Just had to share these of Connor. He is such a little sweetie :)

Dad's 52nd Birthday

2008-04-25T14:29:00.002-05:00

My dad's 52nd birthday was April 21. We had a little cookout for him with some cake last Sunday. Here are a few pics from the evening. Aidan was so happy that he got to blow out the candles :)

Connor's first rice cereal

2008-04-20T14:42:00.003-05:00

Connor had his first try with rice cereal today. We started him a little earlier than we normally would have due to his Acid Reflux. The rice cereal supposedly helps with it. He did quite well considering he still has that tongue-thrust reflex thing going on. I mixed about a tablespoon worth of cereal, and he ate about half. He really seemed to like it. These pictures were also taken with the Canon 30D.

P.S. We are back in Jacksonville!

Digital SLR pics

2008-04-20T14:29:00.004-05:00

I've been bitten by the digital SLR camera bug! I took these with my dad's Canon EOS 30D and i'm hooked! What a difference between an SLR and a point and shoot :)

I took these just messing around...I don't know how to use this camera properly yet. I've ordered the Canon Rebel XTi and it should be coming in the mail in the next week or so. I can't wait! This summer I am making it my goal to learn how to take decent pictures!

"What do you do with a scurvy pirate?"

2008-04-14T18:48:00.003-05:00

Make him walk the plank!

Aidan had an eye doctor appointment today and the Dr. decided she wanted to try patching. His vision in his right eye with his glasses ON is 20/30. It should be 20/20 with the glasses on so she wants him the wear a patch for one hour each day until he follows up with his new Pediatric Opthamologist in Jacksonville, in about a month. So Larry and I made a big deal about how cool he looks as a "pirate" to convince him to leave his eye patch on. Let's hope the patching works and we are not headed for surgery :-(

The baby gym and tummy time

2008-04-12T10:02:00.002-05:00

Larry was on call yesterday from 9am-9pm so I spent the day trying to get some good pictures of Connor. I have been slacking in the picture department with him. By the time Aidan was this age we had probably 10,000 pictures of him. Connor loves to lay in his baby gym and play with the toys. Here are a few of him from yesterday playing and having his tummy time.

"big boy" underwear

2008-04-11T09:02:00.004-05:00

We are working on the potty-training. I have a feeling it's going to be a long process. We are trying the "cold-turkey" route and skipping pull-ups altogether. Hopefully this won't get too messy ;-)

Car ride in Connecticut

2008-04-11T08:33:00.002-05:00

Last Saturday we decided to do a little sightseeing around Connecticut since we are moving soon. It started off as just a drive around Greenwich, then we decided to drive along the coast. We wanted to make it to Providence, Rhode Island, but Aidan woke up in a bad mood from his car seat nap so we decided we should head back home. Greenwich is exactly as I imagined it...beautiful colonial style homes. The whole town looks like something out of a movie or storybook.

Here is Aidan already asleep before we are even out of NYC. We were driving through the Bronx on I-95.

Thomas the Train and the boys

2008-04-09T08:32:00.002-05:00

Just a few from yesterday of Aidan, Connor, and Larry playing with the train set. They moved it to the floor and Connor was able to be right in the middle of everything...just where he likes to be! Connor is sitting so well in his Bumbo seat now. He is also laughing, cooing, and smiling like crazy! I love this age!

Boredom = random blogging

2008-04-01T09:40:00.001-05:00

This is great....

P.S. You will have to pause the background blog music at the bottom of the page to hear the video.

Engagement pictures 2004

2008-03-31T20:24:00.007-05:00

Larry found a bunch of old CD's with tons of our engagement, wedding, and honeymoon pictures on them so I thought I would post a few. These are nearly four years old. It's amazing how much our lives have changed since then! We have accomplished so much since then. We've lived in two foreign countries, had two beautiful boys, and (Larry) has almost completed an M.D. I'll try to get some more up tomorrow..for now here are a few of our engagement pictures we had taken at Atlantic Beach.

It's Official!

2008-03-27T09:26:00.003-05:00

The boys and I will be back in Florida on May 24. Larry has to come back to NY for one more rotation, an Emergency Medicine elective ending in early July, and then he will be back in Florida also. He has the rest of the month of July and some of August off to study and sit for USMLE Step 2. He is applying for the rest of his electives in Florida, specifically Cleveland Clinic in Weston, FL and Orlando Regional in Orlando. We are finally almost in the home stretch of this journey!

Easter

2008-03-26T12:11:00.003-05:00

We had a fun Easter this year. Aidan got an Easter basket with Thomas the Train pajamas, Thomas undies (in an effort to get him excited about potty training), matchbox cars, sippy cups, and candy. Connor's basket had two rattle toys and a plush bunny. Later that day we went to Mitch and Megan's for dinner and an egg hunt. It was a good Easter, minus the sitting in traffic for 2 hours on the way home....but we know that's part of living in New York. One thing we definitely won't miss when we move back!

Some more from AMNH and Central Park

2008-03-25T09:31:00.001-05:00

American Museum of Natural History

2008-03-24T13:04:00.004-05:00

Saturday we went into the City to visit the Museum of Natural History. Larry had never been and he wanted to go at least once before we moved away from New York. It was also Connor's first trip into Manhattan. After the museum we went for a little walk in Central Park before heading home.

The Bumbo Seat

2008-03-20T19:22:00.004-05:00

Connor is holding his head up on his own now. I am excited that I was able to get him a Bumbo seat. Aidan never had one because these came out when we were living in the Dominican Republic and we couldn't get one over there.

On a side note, Connor had his well-visit yesterday. He had to get his vaccinations, poor little guy. We had to delay them at his 2 month check-up because he had a cold. Connor weighed 14 lbs. 12 oz. Wow!!

Kraken

2008-03-19T12:33:00.002-05:00

Larry's face in this picture cracks me up :-)

Sea World

2008-03-19T10:40:00.004-05:00

Larry and Aidan on a kiddie ride

Grandma Mason with the boys

Aidan after eating a Shamu cookie...he doesn't like his hands to be sticky....

Bubbles and Nemo, of course

Pure Awesomeness

2008-03-19T10:16:00.002-05:00

Check out Joe's helmet....no helmet for Aidan, so I guess he threw a life jacket on him instead??

Second cousins

2008-03-19T09:33:00.005-05:00

My first cousin Kim came over with her two children, Tucker and Brooke, to meet Connor and play with Aidan. They had lots of fun and got along great! Hopefully we will be moving home soon so Aidan can play with them more often! I can just imagine all the mischief these three could get into ;-)

Tucker showing us his super sweet skills...

Brooke giving Aidan her "dreamy eyes"....she wanted a kiss! Hey, we're south of the Mason-Dixon line...anything goes!

Ring around the rosies with cousin Kimmie....

all fall down!!

Florida trip

2008-03-19T08:42:00.011-05:00

Finally, a picture with all four of us, even if no one is looking at the camera...

Larry had a two week break from clinicals so we went home to Florida the first two weeks of March. It was so nice to be out of the apartment and I could actually go outside with Connor because the weather is already warm in Florida. I haven't been able to get out much here in NJ since Connor was born because it's been too cold. We had a great time, although the car ride (16+ hours each way) was pretty much torture. Hopefully we only have to do that drive once more, when we move back! Otherwise we fly from now on!

Connor discovered that he can eat his hand...

Hot Rod? Maybe.....

Aidan and Uncle Nick

Grandma Pulido feeding Connor

There's Daisy!

I just love this little guy so much!

Larry and Connor

St. Patrick's Day 2008

2008-03-18T07:49:00.003-05:00

In honor of my two little Irish-Cuban boys...

Both of my boys have Irish names. Aidan means "fire" in Irish, and Connor means "lover of hounds." I just love their names!

Park Slope and Prospect Park

2008-02-19T21:23:00.002-05:00

Monday was President's Day and Larry had the day off, so we decided to get out of the house and get some fresh air since the temp outside was in the 60's. We had lunch at a little diner in Park Slope (Brooklyn) called Dizzy's and then walked to Prospect Park to let Aidan run around get get some pent up energy out. Poor Aidan was standing in the wrong spot outside the door to Dizzy's and one of the waitresses swung the door open and slammed it into Aidan's head. He got a nice sized goose egg on his head, bu he was a trooper and got over it pretty fast. The poor waitress felt so bad she kept coming over to apologize and check on him. Aidan got a free lunch and a bag of yummy cookies out of it though! I got to really try out my Ergo Baby carrier with Connor and I like it so much better than the Baby Bjorn I had with Aidan. SO much more comfy!!

My little butterball

2008-02-19T21:19:00.001-05:00

Check out the cheeks, belly, and thighs on this guy! He's in the 95% for weight and head circumference!!

Just some recent ones....

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Grandma Mason

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...holding our sweet little Connor!

Some oldies but goodies

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These came off Larry's mom's camera....circa September 2007.

Permanent attachments

2008-02-19T19:25:00.002-05:00

Connor's permanently fixed to this spot on my chest...however I have a new fixture now since Connor has been here-Aidan isn't letting Connor get all the love ;-) My big boy has become my little baby again, he he....

Proud big brother

2008-02-19T19:21:00.001-05:00

Aidan was so excited to hold Connor. Connor on the other hand....not so much! This was early days still though....he's gotten much more used to his big brother now.

Is there anything sweeter....

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than tiny baby feet? I can't resist them ;-)

Connor

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Introducing.....

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Connor Rhys Mason
January 4, 2008
2:26am
8 lbs. 3 oz.
21 inches

Sorry it's taken me so long to get pictures up! I've been having technical difficulties with Blogger and it's been chaotic around here since Connor arrived :-)

Christmas 2007

2008-01-12T11:17:00.001-05:00

We had a nice quiet Christmas this year with just the three of us in New Jersey. Aidan got a Thomas the Tank Engine train set which he has played with 24/7 since Christmas morning. We ordered a train table for the set, which came in a few days later. Now the train set is on the table instead of the floor. Aidan was so excited when he saw all the presents under the tree Christmas morning that he kept yelling "birthday! birthday!" I think he was a little confused ;-) It was neat to see him get excited this year since he was always too young to understand what was going on the last two Christmas's.

Snow Days

2007-12-16T20:54:00.000-05:00

These are from our first big "snow" a few weekends ago. I was having trouble with Blogger and wasn't able to get these pictures up until now. The "sled" Larry and Aidan are using is actually a storage bin lid. ;-) We've since bought a real sled for Aidan and they used it the other day when we got some more snow. Aidan loves sledding and he isn't scared to go down the hill by himself at all!

P.S. No, I'm not having twins ;-)

Thanksgiving

2007-12-02T13:10:00.000-05:00

Just a few shots of Aidan playing in the leaves on Thanksgiving. We were over at a friend's house and they raked up a huge pile of leaves for Aidan and Sam to jump in. They loved it!!

Coney Island-Astroland

2007-11-13T19:47:00.000-05:00

After we left the NY Aquarium, we decided to take a peek at the famous amusement park Astroland. Astroland was already closed for the season, but we walked along the boardwalk and saw the famous ferris wheel and rollercoaster called "The Cyclone." These are actually historical landmarks now!

New York Aquarium

2007-11-13T19:30:00.000-05:00

We found Nemo!

Since Aidan loves fish, we took him on Sunday to visit the NY Aquarium on Coney Island in Brooklyn. He loved every minute of it and saw many of his favorites, including some of the fish from Finding Nemo. He was so excited to see Nemo and kept saying "Look!! Nemo!!!"

Waves from Hurricane Noel

2007-11-04T12:57:00.000-05:00

Saturday morning Larry got to surf Rockaway Beach in Queens. The waves were up due to Hurricane Noel passing by off the coast. It looks cold out there, right?!! Brrrrrr.........

Halloween

2007-11-04T12:33:00.001-05:00

For Halloween, we took Aidan trick-or-treating with his friend Sam out in their neighborhood in Long Island. At first, Aidan wasn't too happy wearing his monkey costume...but then we figured out that he just didn't want to wear the monkey feet. After those came off, he was ready to go trick-or-treating! It took him a few houses to figure out what to do, but once he got the hang of it he happily ran up to every house saying "Happy Halloween"!! We can't wait for next year when he's a little older and can really get excited about it!

Halloween pics.....

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will be up soon! Sorry for the delay, we've been feeling under the weather here. Darn flu season!!

Manhattan Children's Museum

2007-10-29T10:33:00.000-05:00

We spent the day in the City yesterday. We had lunch in Greenwich Village at a Mexican restaurant called "Panchito's" and then headed uptown to the Manhattan Children's Museum so Aidan could have some fun. We ended the night in Times Square, then headed home to watch the last game of the 2007 World Series. Go Red Sox!!

Times Square

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Apple picking

2007-10-21T18:42:00.001-05:00

Today we drove into New York state to go apple picking. Aidan loved picking apples. I think apples are his favorite food! We picked 10 pounds worth!! When we got home we decided to make our first homemade apple pie with some of the apples we picked. It took Larry and I an hour and a half to make the pie (we made it from scratch) but it turned out delicious!

Brightwater Farms

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We spent the day out in Long Island yesterday for Aidan's friend Sam's birthday. After Sam's party, we went to a local pumpkin farm to let the boys play on the pumpkins. The farm was really cool and they had farm animals to look at, big wooden playhouses for the kids to play on, tons of pumpkins, and hayrides. Unfortunately we arrived too late to take a hayride, but the boys had so much fun doing other things they didn't even seem to care. The weather was chilly and it was a beautiful Fall day. I love this time of year!!

Pumpkin patch in Jacksonville

2007-10-18T18:02:00.000-05:00

We took an impromptu road trip to Jacksonville last week, and while we were there we took Aidan to a local pumpkin patch. Aidan loved every minute of it! He kept calling the pumpkins "unkins." He got his very own "unkin" to take home with us. I wish it had been cooler weather though, because something about shorts and pumpkin patches just doesn't seem right!

Camping at Lake George

2007-10-03T20:11:00.000-05:00

In July we went up to Lake George, New York for a weekend camping trip. Lake George is beautiful and the weather was great! While up there we visited Fort William Henry, which is the Fort from the movie, The Last of the Mohicans.

A child grows in Brooklyn

2007-10-03T19:54:00.000-05:00

Still trying to catch up...these are from last June. We spent the day in Brooklyn, specifically Prospect Park and Park Slope. We walked all around Prospect Park, which is Brooklyn's equivalent to Central Park. Prospect Park was given to Brooklyn by the same man who created Central Park in Manhattan. I was suprised at the elevation there was! There was a neat waterfall in the heart of the park, but unfortunately we didn't get a picture of it. We also went to the Prospect Park Zoo which of course Aidan loved. For lunch, we ate at a neat little restaurant called the Park Slope Ale House in one of the prettiest neighborhoods in Brooklyn. It was yummy! We looked at a few apartments to rent in Park Slope, but we couldn't find anything with enough space for an energetic two year old and a new baby on the way. Disappointing, but we are happy where we are living in Edgewater.

A few random pics from Central Park

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These are from last May when Larry's mom Pamela drove up to NY with us to help us move into our apartment. We showed her around the Big Apple and had some relaxing (as relaxing as NYC can get anyways!) time in Central Park. You can't tell I am pregnant yet! I think I was about 7 weeks along here.

Ultrasound pics 8.14.07-It's a Boy!!

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Ultrasound pics from 6.29.07-12 weeks

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Expecting again...and other tidbits

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So I haven't updated this blog since last January and I am determined to get it up and going again. We have been so busy and we have moved again....this time to New Jersey. We are living just outside NYC in a really nice suburb called Edgewater. Larry is nearly halfway through his 3rd year Core rotations. Right now he is doing Internal Medicine at Wyckoff Heights in Brooklyn. We anticipate another move around the month of May 2008 to complete the 4th and final year of rotations. We've been blessed with another baby since I last blogged. Today I am actually 25 weeks and 3 days preggo!! Below are some belly shots I have taken so far. I am due January 12th. Oh, and it's a BOY!!!

23 weeks and 1 day

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21 weeks and 2 days

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14 weeks and 4 days

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Christmas 2006

2007-01-31T19:32:00.000-05:00

Aidan had a great Christmas! Santa brought him so many toys. His favorite was his Pablo doll from The Backyardigans. Later that day we went to my grandmother's house for a delicious Christmas dinner of Turkey, mashed potatoes, greenbean casserole, cranberry sauce, stuffing, and so much more. As usual, we were stuffed when we left! Aidan had fun playing with his cousins too!

Our Utah Trip

2007-01-31T19:13:00.000-05:00

It's a little late, but I figured better late than never! We went with my family to Eden, Utah for a fun ski trip in December. We stayed just below Powder Mountain in Moosehollow Condominiums, which is in Wolf Creek Resort. We had a great time except for me and Aidan being sick! Larry had a great time snowboarding and relaxing. The last day we took a half day snowmobiling tour which was breathtaking. We snowmobiled in the backwoods of Ogden and saw an old mining village called La Plata. As for Aidan, he didn't know what to think about snow at first. He was so bundled up in his snowsuit he could hardly move! Once he figured out how to walk in it though he had fun!

What's New Right Now

2006-10-30T12:23:00.000-05:00

Today is October 30, 2006 and we only have a little more than a month left here in the Cayman Islands. We are sad to be leaving this beautiful island behind, but excited to move into the next chapter in our lives. We miss the States terribly and we are ready to get back to the conveniences of America. We will be moving to Miami around the end of December or beginning of January. There, Larry will be taking the Kaplan course for six weeks and then upon completion will sit for Step 1 of the USMLE.