The first weekend in May we went to the Singers house in Columbia, Maryland for a cookout. We saw our Maryland peeps: the Singers, the Morgans, the Nelsons and the Badowskis. We last saw them all during Christmas time and swore we'd do a better job of getting together in '09. Um, that didn't work so well as it took us 5 months. Oh well. We had a nice time anyhow. It was exciting as the Singers have a new house and the Nelsons are due with their first baby in September and got to see Anita's adorable little baby belly. Unfortunately, we didn't take any pictures from this visit. Darn it all.
The second weekend in May brought us a trip to the zoo and my first Mother's Day. Chad's cousin Theresa, her husband Liam and son Graham came down from New York to visit with us and her sister Jodie. We decided to take the boys for their first visit to the National Zoo. First of all, the day could not of been more beautiful. It was sunny, in the 80's--just gorgeous! We didn't stay all that long, but it was nice. We saw a few animals and had lunch. We were lucky enough too to see the orangatans climbing along on the big ropes overhead. Around 2PM it became evident that it was nappytime at the zoo, as almost all we could hear were the cries and screams of tired young ones. So we decided to leave at that point to get Graham and Owen home for naps. We had a great time though!
Owen and Mommy at the zoo--with a lion in the background, if you look hard enough:
Owen and Daddy, being silly:
Happy the Hippo, who the zoo is sending to another zoo someplace to enlarge the elephant habitat (so not happy about that--hippos are cool, I love Happy!):
The three of us, during the zoo's naptime:
On Sunday the 9th I had my first Mother's Day and it was wonderful. I am very happy just being Owen's Mommy, so to get a holiday for it...its kind of weird and surreal all at the same time. I enjoyed my day so much. I recieved some wonderful cards. My favorite was from Owen--it made me cry when I read:
"There's no one like my Mommy....For stopping what she's doing to rock me for a while.
There's no one like my Mommy...for hurrying to hold me when seh hears my little cries."
For gifts Owen gave me a new Willow Tree figurine called "Child of my Heart":
Chad gave me a spa gift certificate, which I promptly took and got a pedicure. And an eyebrow waxing. LOL We had grilled steak for dinner with strawberry shortcake for dessert--so yummy!
The following week, May 13th, brought us Chad's 32nd birthday. He had a nice birthday. Unfortunately he did have to get up super early for work. But when he came home he was welcomed with some cold beer, chicken parmasean for dinner with a homemade chocolate cake for dinner.
Owen and Chad opening up Chad's presents:
That Friday we went to the Cheesecake Factory for a joint birthday lunch. My most favorite!!!!
The 16th I begrudgingly celebrated my 36th birthday. I'm not going to lie. I feel OLD. I'm now on the downslope of my 30's. Yikes! We started the day by going into Washington D.C. to participate in the Police Week 5K. Chad ran it and I pushed Owen, walking. I loved the race route. It took us up Capital Hill, behind the Capital where I saw for the first time the Library of Congress and the Supreme Court building. It was a humid morning and Chad ran the race in 23 minutes and Owen and I finished it in 53 minutes.
Chad and Owen before the race:
Owen(enjoying his Cheerios) and I before the race:
Owen and I crossing the finish line:
We ended my birthday by going up to the Morgan's house for Luke's 10th Anniversary of his 21st Birthday suprise party. How fun to hang out with our Maryland peeps (and also with Parke and Sarah who were visiting from Maine) twice in one week! Talk about making up for lost time. We had a great time and Luke was definately suprised.
We are looking forward to the rest of May, especially in going on vacation the last weekend. Can't wait!
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