Our Party of Five: March Madness!

Hello, yep it HAS been AWHILE huh? Well, guess that is what happens around here in the craziness of life! But I will say it is most definitely a CRAZY BEAUTIFUL life ;) Since my last post we have been working hard and trying our best to remember to play hard too... The snow quickly melted and our winter wonderland became a distant memory thanks to fantastic 70 degree weather the following weekend. It was beautiful but a little too much too quickly, I will gladly settle for milder temps in March and April. Give me some 6o degree days and I am a happy camper! We made to most of the beautiful weather and headed outside for playtime as much as we could. Lucas absolutely loves to go exploring and has mastered all kinds of terrain including our driveway which is quite a feet ;) He loves running through the leaves in the woods and finding all kinds of treasures- AKA: rocks and sticks ;) I really think he is going to LOVE growing up out here and playing with all of his little friends!
Along with outside playtime we have stayed busy with work and the usually during the week. You all know the drill- work/school, dinner, playtime, bath time, bedtime, sleep....Repeat... But we have made the most of our time together and the weekends by spending quality time with each other and with great friends!
I got to have a fun afternoon of girl time while Todd and Lucas hung out at home :) About 25 of the Richmond area DZ's got together for an afternoon of girl time-gabbing, sunshine, good drinks, and good friends ;) I had a great time! We also got to catch up with good friends- The Edmonds and the Fulops. We spent an evening with the Edmonds family, which is always fun when we get the three kids all together! Lucas adores Preston and mimics his every move. I think they are so much alike in so many ways it is almost scary :)Maybe it is just boys but I think there are even more similarities...with the exception that Preston is 3 1/2 and Lucas is 1 1/2 of course...;) They both had some humorous (in that quick turn your head so they don't see you laughing) dinner escapades that landed them both in trouble. Then they had fun playing in the bathtub- you gotta make the most of your time with friends and little ones!

The following week Todd headed off for a great golf trip to NC with a good friend and Lucas and I stayed behind to have our mommy/son weekend. I was nervous going into it since it was Thur.-Sun. and Todd is such a BIG help all-around with Lucas, and the house. I didn't think I could manage it all on my own without forgetting to feed someone or make it anywhere on time. Well, all in all we did good :) I did find that I need about 15 minutes extra on the weekdays to get somewhere without Todd! Bailey and Nala came out of it OK too- potty breaks and chow times unscathed...whew! We missed daddy lots but made the most of our time and the rainy weekend. We enjoyed celebrating Hunter Fulop's 1st birthday with his family and friends. Lucas REALLY enjoyed himself- running all over the house, eating pizza, cheese balls, and cake, playing with Hunter's grandpas, and attempting to open lots of his gifts! I couldn't stop him so he pretty much became Rachael's little present helper. It was funny to watch Hunter and his "whatever" attitude toward the presents, the paper was much more exciting :). I remember Lucas was exactly like that at his birthday. Now things are definitely different, wow, 6 months makes a big difference!

Making the most of our rainy weekend:

(is it just me or is my baby growing up too fast?)

going, going, going......

Gone! This is a favorite pastime for Lucas, he does like to stack them back up though ;)

Hunter's birthday party fun :

This past weekend we spent lots of time outside again enjoying the sunshine that spring has welcomed. Todd has kept up his golf lessons and seems to be enjoying himself. I am plugging away at my cake decorating classes :) having a good time and sharing the yummy benefits with everyone! We also had a fun date night with good friends enjoying the great food and atmosphere of The Cheesecake Factory. It was so much fun to go out and enjoy ourselves with such great company! Lucas had fun at home with Ms. Karen again and welcomed us home with pure excitement from his adventures :) All in all another great weekend!

Hope you enjoyed catching up with us ;) Happy Monday to you all! ;)