The Apple....

doesn't fall from the tree. I swear I gave birth to that baby of mine. Not only does she have my incredibly funny sense of humor, she has my unbelievable ability to clean!! Those who know me, know that I LOVE a clean house. Nothing, including 'you- know- what', makes me happier :) Tonight, while we were watching TV, we look over at Isabella only to find clumps of baby wipes all over the floor (she had emptied the box). And then we see that she is wiping down the walls and furniture!!! I have passed on one of the most important skills in life. YEAH!!!!!!

HOME AGAIN, HOME AGAIN

We arrived back home Sunday night and are quite happy to be back in our own beds. We had a terrific time in Colorado with my brothers, nephew, and sister-in-law. Canada would have been much better if we had had more sunny days-only 1 out of 4 :( Isabella did get a chance to swim in the lake, though. She LOVES the water-fish and all :) She even tried skinny dipping and her favorite thing to eat was sand-dead bugs and all!

We are home until next Thursday when we fly out of State College to Jacksonville to visit Todd's family. In order to get a good price, we have to change planes twice...I think it would have been quicker to drive! On top of getting ready for that trip, I am trying to unpack from the last trip, get the house cleaned, pay the bills, attend the Autistic Conference next week and look after 2 kids-one of which has a fever AGAIN (guess who???)!

Sorry there are no pictures...I forgot all my cords in Syracuse!!

Our Trip to Colorado

We flew from Syracuse to JFK to Denver, CO last Friday. Luckily my mom was traveling with her dog Putter so we got to sit in the first row on Jet Blue. That airline is awesome!! Huge pleather (plastic/leather) seats WITH televisions. Both Shane and Aaron (my brothers) picked us up. We stayed 4 days in a suite at Aaron's apartment complext and the last 3 days with my brother Shane, his wife Jen, and their little boy Liam. We had a terrific time with TONS of shopping, getting Isabella's haircut, swimming, and most importantly - eating out!!

Have you missed me?????

Hello EVERYONE!!! I have been without a computer for an entire week and thought I would go crazy!!!! Here are a few photos of us in Syracuse before the girls and I left for Colorado :)

Nanny Camp

Wonder where Elisabeth is?? She is still at Nanny Camp with her Nanny-my mom. They spent a week in Syracuse, a week in Canada, and now they are back in Syracuse waiting for our arrival. She is a very fortunate little girl to have both a grandmother AND a great grandmother! Luckily, the great grandmother owns a beautiful house on the lake where all of us got to spend our summers. Talk about making memories:)

Movies with a 1 year old are a NO GO....

Todd and I thought it would be a super, duper idea to keep Isabella up all afternoon so she would fall asleep early. We thought that we could then take her to a movie-which she would sleep through. HA HA HA. We arrived at Bruce Willis' new "Die Hard" movie at 9:30 pm with a sleepy baby, a blanket, and a full bottle of milk. Before the movie even started, she had finished the bottle and was ready to play. Twenty minutes later, we were back home :( Todd did go back and finish the movie-well, he tried. He was so tired that he feel asleep the last 20 minutes and woke up to an empty theater!!

While I am typing this, a huge basket of toys and a bookshelf full of books sits alone while Isabella dumps the entire contents of a drawer-pencils, pens, chalk, erasers, glue sticks, and markers-all on the floor. Time for bed :)