Between baby showers and childbirth classes and maternity shoots, you would think we’ve had time for little else. But you would be wrong! We recently celebrated the first birthday of one of our favorite little girls. (By the way, that beautiful wooden train in the right photo was hand carved by Leyton’s grandfather, a.k.a. Bucca. [...]
Weeks ago when we started to plan our road trip south, I pictured myself as an uncomfortable pregnant woman — having to stop every hour to pee or to stretch; unable to sleep in strange beds; distressed from the heat and humidity. And while all of these things were true to some degree, I was [...]
Reason #528 why I love my friends: They keep up with me bite-for-bite, even when I’m pregnant. Two weeks ago, we arranged an impromptu trip to Maryland. Just the four of us. We stayed in Baltimore with Mary and spent Saturday afternoon in Annapolis. Lunch reservations were at Pussers where we shared the award-winning crab [...]
Two very sweet little ladies came to visit us two weeks ago. Allow me to introduce them: Miss Kennedy and Miss Leyton. Kennedy loves princess dresses and fairy wands and coloring books. Leyton loves to crawl and eat blueberries and snuggle. Oh, right. Their parents came, too. In fact, we celebrated Dave’s graduation from Penn [...]
Nick mentioned in our week 21 post that we took a quick trip to DC to celebrate the 30th birthday of his BFF. We literally arrived at 9pm on Friday night and were gone by noon on Saturday. But it was worth it. Happy birthday, Mike! On the way home, we stopped in Dover to [...]
After spending Friday in the Boston, we drove west to Leominster to see the bride and groom on their final night before becoming Mr. and Mrs. The ladies drank wine, the boys had beers, and I enjoyed a large slice of apple pie a la mode. Unbelievably, we all slept in on Saturday until well [...]
After just three days back in Pennsylvania following our trip to Michigan, we were on the road again. This time we drove northeast to Massachusetts for the wedding of one of my best girlfriends. We could have traveled by plane, but because we do not live within 100 miles of a decent airport, we figured [...]
We spent last weekend in Michigan, and today we leave for a long weekend in Massachusetts. (Logging lots of miles on the old Subaru!) So what’s the reason for our jaunt to the northeast? The wedding of one of my very best girlfriends! I first met KW (soon to be KL) during our freshman year [...]
Last weekend our friends, Rachael and Casey, taught us how to make sushi at our monthly dinner club — the first interactive one to date. Rachael and Casey have been making sushi for years, but this was the first time both Nick and I gave it a try. Rachael gave the following instructions: Wet your [...]
I love these ladies. And I love when we’re able to spend a weekend together — whether we’re drinking wine on the Finger Lakes, playing tourists in Manhattan, causing trouble in Milwaukee, or returning to our alma mater — we know how to have a good time. Two weeks ago, three of us traveled north [...]