Ketchup

Let's just wrap up the last couple of months in one post, shall we?  I always regret not taking more pictures, ugh!  We are jumping into the 21st century and getting these new fangled 'smart phones' everyone already has so maybe that will mean more accessible picture taking... let's hope anyway.  (We're really not that fancy and I'm sure I won't have the patience to learn how to fully use it but our cell phone plan is up and Mr. Deal-Finder has done it yet again, they were $.02 with free activation!)

This was sometime in February...

she has since learned the ending although there are still 2 Ks. 

Not too bad for 2 1/2 although I may be partial.  :)

Just your average day with a princess

Adelyn's grumpy face

Kyle and I have gone to Opening Day for the Orioles for the last several years and Adelyn has joined the fun since she was born.  She loves yelling, "Charge", "Let's go O's" and doing the wave.  

This year some yahoo ran onto the field towards the beginning of the game, dressed in a cape and shorts and was finally taken down by the police.  Adelyn was very confused about why he was 'nakey' and is still bringing it up sometimes. 

Try explaining that one to an inquisitive little girl!

She LOVES the foam finger!

Easter morning with her new princess scooter, wearing her cute Easter dress withOUT the cute sweater that completes the outfit... oh well, we tried.

Happy girl with her own pack of gum!

Cheesy smile

The only picture I got of the full outfit... awesome! 

We'll have to try again later.

Maine Moose... a ridiculously overdue post

Instead of going on and on about how I can't believe it has taken 3 months to post about a trip I took in JANUARY, I'll just get to the point.

My friend Stacy and I planned a trip to go visit our friend, Kim in Maine.  Kim is from ME but moved to MD a few years ago for work which is when we became good friends.  She moved back to ME last fall to be closer to family and we missed her!  Plus I had never been to ME so it was a great excuse.

Insert here the agonizing mom guilt of leaving my 2 1/2 year old with her daddy for a long weekend.  And add to that the fact that we had been potty training said 2 1/2 year old for less than one week which would leave Daddy (forever to be known as SuperDad) with the daunting task of keeping up with this potty training.  I had never left both of them overnight (it has only been Kyle and I going away for a weekend leaving Adelyn with her grandparents, or  Kyle going away for a boy's weekend, but never me the one leaving them) although I knew Kyle was more than capable of taking care of Adelyn, I just knew I would miss them so much. 

Kyle talked me into going, reiterating the fact (many times) that they would be fine and told me to have fun!

It took a while for it to sync in that I really didn't have ANY responsibilities for the weekend and to actually relax, and then it was such a great weekend!  They were great girls to spend the weekend with since we all have similar personalities and go with the flow in these types of situations.  I slept in until EIGHT a couple of mornings which was probably the highlight of the trip (ok, not really, but it was pretty great!). 

Let me also mention it is COLD in Maine, like I have never feld cold before.  Let's just say I literally wore legwarmers... yes you heard me, legwarmers!  It was nice to see snow everywhere since we didn't get much in MD (except the weekend we were in ME of course).

Ok, enough yapping and a few fun pictures.

See?  Legwarmers!  And yes we were trying on $9.99 boots at Walgreens...

suprisingly we didn't buy any  :)

The Bean Boot at the BIGGEST LLBean store I've ever seen

me and Stacy

We happened to be there the weekend the Ravens played the Patriots during the Playoffs. 

Of course Kim is a Pats fan being from ME... luckily she was a good sport!

You have to get manicures on a girl's weekend!  We did not all get the same color.

Kim's dog Piper warming up my bed. 

I am NOT a dog person but she is just so HUGE and loveable so I allowed it. 

I'm sure you are dying to know how the potty training went... FABULOUSLY!  It doesn't hurt that Adelyn was ready from the start and that she's got such a great Daddy!  I missed them like crazy but I've convinced myself I shouldn't feel guilty... or selfish (ok, still trying convince myself).