Park, Take Two, Times Cousins

When Em and family were in town, we were able to hit the gigantaur park.  A good time was had by all.  Abby was moving too quickly to get any pictures of her!

Nesting

There is a strange phenomenon that hits a woman about this time in her pregnancy - NESTING.  To be fair our little girl is due December 3rd so it is time to start getting things in shape.  Our main issue is we are very close to being out of room here at the Casa de Edwards.  We are turning our guest room into the new baby room.  The man room that became the little man will now be the guest room. Lots of moving of furniture which is always FUN FUN in a house built in the 20s. 

Worst of all a great deal of what needed to be moved were books LOTS and LOTS of books.  I, like my Father, have always had a weakness for them.  Why would you ever check a book out from the library when you could own it?  The downside is that they take a lot of space and the weigh a great deal.

My honey-dos list seems to be growing long everyday but as always we will get it done.     

Reality

We've got some heady stuff going on around here and I'm struggling.  There was a tragedy at our daycare center on Monday and it has shaken us all to the core.

It's just been a pretty crappy week for our family and our universe, and we need a dose of good karma.

Universe?  Got some for us?

(Other than this guy.  He's pretty great.  Wanna read him a book?)

Fall and Family

FALL IS HERE!

Lots to love about the season:

Cooler weather
Leaves changing
FOOTBALL (Even if my Tigers lost to FSU)
Hoodies (Susann's favorite)
Fall Farm festivals
Family visits

We managed to hit almost all of these this weekend.  Aunt Emilie and Uncle Kevin and our nieces Abby and Kate came to town for a visit.  We had a great time.  Lots of play  - we took the Family Kroner over the Clemyjontri Park and the kids loved it but Robbie is still not sold on the merry go round.  The highlight of the visit was the trip out to Montpelier Farms out in Maryland. We had a great time feeding the goats and llamas and the kids played hard on the swings, rodys and the corn pit.  The best time however was reserved for the giant slide.  Robbie and his cousins LOVED it.  The Lad had a smile that almost went to the back of his head. 

It is always great to see the Kroners and we appreciate them coming all the way to DC to visit.  Maybe we will head their way next year.

Cousins Swinging

A sneak peek at the weekend....