Charlie David Waelty

Charlie has arrived! He was born Friday May 28 at 1:46 am. He is super cute (like his aunt) and he can't wait to meet me. I have to say, his mom is a rockstar. She went through great pains to get him here! Great job Erica. You had a great cheerleader in Nick and your amazing nurse. Welcome to the world Charlie!

Daylight Savings

Ellie's Baptism was a few weeks ago and I feel like such a horrible parent because I didn't take one picture! I might have picked up my camera had I not been up until 2 in the morning (3 with daylight savings time) the night before celebrating Baby Waelty! Erica and Nick were here to support Ellie as her Godparents and so we had a party for them. It was so great to have them here but the weather was really bad so all we really did was eat and drink too much.

Easter

Aiden had so much fun waking up to an egg hunt on Easter morning. His eyes were so big when he saw all his baskets filled with presents. As he collected eggs, he would open each one and either eat the "em m ems" or toss the "beams". His favorite part of the day was probably the baby that was "supposed" to be for sissy. Now it is his and he likes to feed it and put it to sleep and my favorite, talk about where it poops. I'm sure this is just a phase but I can see Matt get a little nervous everytime Aiden picks up that doll. Oh, the joys of parenting!

NYC

Matt and I headed out to New York City for his birthday a few weeks ago. We had both never been so it was hard to catch everything we wanted to see in only a long weekend. It was hard being away from the kids but we had a blast. My favorite was definitely the Statue of Liberty but I learned a lot that I didn't know about the city. I'm intrigued and would love to go back to explore a little more one day.

Florida Part 2

We survived our trip to Florida! We had the best weather the last week and a half and it ended up being a really great trip. Now that Im home I wish we were back, this weather is killing us. Aiden not only loved swimming but just to be able to run FREE outside was so great for him. I feel like he learned so much while we were there. He's like a little sponge, taking everything in. Ellie learned how to sleep through the night while we were down there. This make me sooo HAPPY. Now that we are back in the "real world", Aiden has started school and I am back to work. Life is back to normal. We just hope Mimi still wants to come visit...

Florida Part 1

So we have been in Florida since Christmas Eve. The first 3 weeks were freezing cold. Aiden was able to go swimming one day. Some days we couldn't even go outside. Whose idea was this to go to Florida for 5 weeks with 2 kids and no husband?? Things have gotten much better in the last week. Aiden has been swimming everyday and I must say he is a little fish in the water. He loves it! He also loves the beach which is a big change from our trip down here last year. We have been to the zoo where he fed the Flamingos and "Mimi" is his new best friend. Well, she has always been his best friend but this has gone to a whole new level. I don't know what we are going to do in a week when we are home and Mimi is not there every morning when he gets up. Ellie is doing great. She is chunky as ever and almost sleeping through the night. I can't wait!!

Santa

We made a visit to Santa this evening. Ellie enjoyed sitting with Santa. Aiden, on the other hand, was a different story. He does enjoy saying "Santa" and "Ho, Ho, Ho" but was not happy on Santa's lap. Maybe next year...