Apr 28, 2009

Smell the Roses


Time has just been rushing by and I realize I haven't blogged in a while. I can't believe it is almost May! We've been in our house for almost 5 months and we are settling in nicely. We're meeting lots of neighbors and are happy to see that there are several little kids nearby for Mia to play with :)

We've done a bit of yard work and hope to fix up the backyard by summer so we can enjoy some bbqs!

Grandparents McB visited last weekend (during a freak heatwave!) and spent some quality time with Mia. She's always so confused after they leave, and asks for them for a few days after she wakes up. She's also got some sort of a virus and has had several accidents this past week (slips and falls galore). Poor thing.

A few miscellaneous photos below. Check out our baby birds! Hope everyone is well.

Grandma and Mia reading. Note the cheek bruise as a result of one of her numerous falls lately.



Mama and baby mourning dove on our front porch.

Some of my roses! They are blooming in full force! I picked up some rose pruning pointers a few months ago at the Norfolk Botanical Garden and looks like they paid off.

Apr 13, 2009

Our Easter

Hope everyone had a beautiful Easter weekend! We had a nice visit with "Gah-Maw" (Amelia has moved on from "Mah-Maw") in Md., complete with wax Easter eggs, tulips, Easter mass and egg hunts :) It was fun to dress Mia up since she's been stuck in jeans all winter! A few photos below, and lots more on website later!

















Apr 6, 2009

Girl's Weekend


I didn't have a girl's weekend per se (that is coming up--MIAMI, end of May, can't wait!!), but my Mia and Alexis's Maddie spent some wonderful quality time together this past weekend. Team Engel (minus Zach who was enjoying Grandparent time) came down for a brief visit and it couldn't have been more lovely! Mia and Maddie got along famously and were just so adorable holding hands and (mostly) sharing their toys.


The Beautiful Ladies:)

Just Ridiculously Cute


Mia likes swings better when Maddie is around

Being Goofy at Lunch....