Annapolis Weekend

For the first time since our honeymoon we took a mini weekend vacation to Annapolis, MD...and had a fabulous time!!! With the possibility of moving later this year we have decided to plan a few weekend trips around the area to see the sights and Annapolis was first on our list. We were a little unsure of what it was going to be like to travel with the little dude, but DB was a great sport!

We drove up Friday and made the most of the afternoon by touring the Naval Academy campus, riding around downtown Annapolis, watching the parade on the parade field and eating some yummy crab at Jimmy Cantler's on the back deck. Saturday morning we were blessed with more great weather so we headed out for breakfast...more crab...enjoyed a beautiful morning sunrise in downtown, saw more of the USNA campus and headed over to the baseball field to watch Navy play some ball. After watching about 30 minutes of the game we headed back to the hotel to get in a quick nap. That evening we enjoyed an early dinner and dessert and headed home happy and full! Sunday morning we were able to visit the church that Dean attended while in school and visit with the Pastor and his wife there before hitting the road. All-in-all it was a GREAT weekend and I'm so glad we made it happen!

I thought I would include this CUTE picture taken in our yard on our 4 year wedding anniversary!

Dean & DB in front of our future house @ the Naval Academy! ;) HA - maybe one day!

Waiting for the parade to start...I know I accidentally cut off Dean's head, but it was too cute of DB not to post!

Not sure what we are looking at....????

Family pic

Parade

Downtown

Bancroft Hall

An example of what Dean's room looked like back in the day!

Famous Herndon

A sleepy baby @ his 1st baseball game!

Silly Hat, birthday cake and the crawl

DB's stylish hat...he loves being in the kitchen with us while we cook

Dean made me a yummy key lime cake for my birthday...it is so good! Thank you sweetie!

We offically have a crawler on our hands. Hopefully the video will work so you can see him in action.

A weekend in review

Our weekend received a great review by the Farmer household. Dean was able to come home early on Friday afternoon (which is a rarity) to start it off right! We are trying our best to keep up with movies at our house so we finally watched the movie The Blind Side Friday night…loved it! More stories like this should be made into movies to promote that kind of sincere compassion. We finished the movie around 11pm and headed up to bed. DB decided that it would be fun to wake us up every 2 to 3 hours because he couldn’t get to his pacifier. Around 5:30am (this has been DB’s waking time since we got back to Norfolk in March) I brought DB in bed with us and he fell back asleep!!!! What a sweet surprise it was because he has NEVER done this before! Sunday morning he woke up at 5:30am and we brought him into our bed again and he slept with us until 8am! How sweet it is to sleep with a little baby. Hopefully we have kicked the 5:30 wake up call to the curb because it was exhausting! And do you know what was waking him up so early….the birds! Go figure it was the all the noisy tweets outside his window!!

Saturday morning we headed out to the OSC garage sale fundraiser at the CO’s house. We visited for a little while and then headed home in time to get DB down for his first nap (which is crucial). That afternoon we visited the zoo for DB’s first zoo experience. I got a zoo membership as an early birthday present so we decided to check it out since the weather was perfect! Most of the animals were out where we could see them in their exhibit since the weather was beautiful! Dean went fishing Saturday afternoon and caught an eel...nasty thing...and brought it home to show us. That evening we built a fire, made hamburgers and relaxed.

We drew straws (not really) Sunday morning and Dean went to church to represent the Farmer family since it interfered with DB's nap schedule. The weekend ended with an AWESOME homemade Italian dinner at the Haselbauer's house....yumo! Enjoy the pictures:

Looking a little mexican? Just ate a little black bean soup!

At the zoo

Dean, DB & the green ring

Spa treatment???

Elephants!!

Roll Tide!!

Worn out...but I still have my green ring!

The only animal on DB's stroller level...and the goose wasn't even part of the zoo

My first backyard fire

Close up

Everyone is interested in eating a cracker

Dean's eel that he caught...gross

Cutie pie

So fun!!

Busy Busy Bumble Bee

This week has been a blast with all the warm (hot) weather. We have spent a lot of time outside enjoying the blue skies, green grass and yellow layer of dust that covers everything! DB is working very hard to figure out how to crawl and even though he hasn't quite mastered the entire technique he can definitely get around. He is extremely interested in pulling himself up on furniture, but it appears that all our furniture is a little out of his reach, so for the meantime we will escape some additional baby-proofing. As far as food goes, DB ate a real strawberry this week for the first time...loved it. This week I have been planning his meals ahead of time so he is eating less and less jarred baby food and more table food. He'll literally try anything you put in his mouth and he has no fear when it comes to grabbing food off your plate. Better watch out if you come to eat at our house! Enjoy the pictures

Checking out bubbles for the first time

This hammer goes everywhere with us these days and brings a big smile to his face

Friends

'Is this how you crawl??'

Easter Weekend

DB's first Easter was a special time for our family. We enjoyed some unusually warm weather, decorated for Easter, ate, met local family here for the first time, worshiped at church, cooked dinner with friends, went to the park, ate some more and relaxed. ;) Here is a picture summary below!

Dying Easter eggs

Dad showing me the eggs

Swinging on the new park equipment @ the park near our house

Easter morning holding an egg and watching the chick dance on my highchair

Dean & Bonnie after church

DB with his Easter basket

'I guess they want me to eat the grass b/c there is no candy in the egg'

Cool car

I love emptying all the grass out of the basket

Below: I have to admit....I'm a little obsessed with egg holders. A few years ago I went to a garden club meeting with my sister and it was there where I learned of egg holders. I have a lot now because I buy every egg holder that I see. ;) Dean loves them too! HA! So, here are some of the decorations from this year!