Jack starts preschool, Patrick walking like a wild man and my first race in Charlotte

Yes, a lot has happened over the past week!

Jack started preschool this past week. He goes Mon/Wed/Fri half day which includes lunch. He seems to really like it! Each day though it got a little harder to drop him off but his teachers said that is because he knows I'm going to leave. But they were really surprised at how well he is doing for his first time in school/day care. Friday was the roughest time dropping him off but then his teachers said he had the best day! I think he will be fine after another week or so and really get into it.

Jack on his 1st day of preschool!

Patrick is walking all over! He doesn't crawl much at all anymore. He looks like a little old drunken man, it is so cute! He is such a happy, content little boy.

Future Braves player??

He's not walking here but thought it was soo cute! Crazy how kids know exactly what to do with the remote!





Patrick is moving on up! We bought him a new car seat today, a forward facing one. He hasn't ridden it yet, but I know he will love being able to sit right next to Jack and see everything that is going on. I will have to take a picture tomorrow and post it.

Cute photo of the boys taken in the morning. Patrick always has great bed head!!



This morning I ran my first race since moving to Charlotte. It was the Yiasou Greek Festival 5K. It was a nice flat course but really crowded and I didn't feel like I ran my best. But turns out it was my best time so far! 24:03. My plan is to run one race a month. Next month there is a 10K and then actually 2 in October I'd like to run, but we'll see how it goes. I really do enjoy it. I might even try to run with the jogging stroller for a race! I think the boys might like it and that way I can drag Mike out and cheer us on! :)

This coming week is our 4th Anniversary! It honestly seems longer than that! :P No plans that night but Mike's mom and Frank are visiting for the holiday weekend so hopefully we can sneak out for dinner to celebrate.

Trip to Hotlanta

We took a quick overnight trip to Atlanta for the Braves games on Saturday. We were lucky enough to get free tickets from a family friend so we all went down on Saturday for the night. We were going to go the Aquarium but the line was VERY long, so we'll have to go back again and do that. But we did go to lunch and walked around Buckhead and just hung out in the hotel room. The boys had a great time just doing that! The game was fun too. Here are a couple pictures.


The boys at the Braves game






Patrick walking around the hotel room


Jack hanging out in the hotel room drawing

Patrick's 1st Birthday

I know it's a little late, but I'm just now getting things organized and somewhat back to normal :) Here are some pictures from Patrick's 1st Birthday. He had 3 parties! 1 was in the Adirondacks with my family, then his real Birthday and then a big party with Mike's family.

Celebrating Patrick's birthday at Big Moose Lake

Patrick's Real birthday

Patrick crying because I took his cake away to cut it up!

"Eating" his birthday cake

Singing happy birthday at his party

Tweetsie Railroad

This past weekend we took the boys to Tweetsie Railroad. It is a small amusement park centered around Tweetsie the train. It's up in Blowing Rock, which is about 2 hours away towards the Blue Ridge Mountains. It was a perfect day and we had a great time! The boys really had fun riding the train and the chair lift and kiddie rides. I only have a few pictures to share because the battery on my camera died! I have to remember to charge it before we go to places like this. We took some with Mike's phone so will have to figure out how to download those next. But here are a few:

Jack riding the train

Patrick on the train ride

Jack and Daddy at Tweetsie Railroad

Patrick on the merry-go-round

Jack on the merry-go-round

First update in our new house

I have been meaning to update this thing but have been without my computer since we left Richmond! I have been using Mike's work laptop and just not the same. I am HOPING to have my computer back this week. I need to update lots of photos... from our trip to the Adirondacks, Patrick's 1st birthday AND our new house.

But for now just letting you all know that we are settling in and things are going really well. Mike is enjoying his job. MUCH better than residency. And I am loving his hours! The boys and I have been busy. I need to find a moms group soon though. Jack will start his pre preschool program Aug. 24 so I am sure I'll meet some moms then. We took a tour of the place on Friday and I think Jack will have a great time. I am already nervous about the first day though and how he is going to handle it. It'll take some time for him to get adjusted I'm sure.

There is too much to remember to update so I'll have to remember as I go through all the pictures. More soon!