Our First Camping Experience

Since Patrick had to go to a conferece in Nashville for a week, the twins and I went up to Dayton on Sunday afternoon to hang out with their Aunt Jamie, Uncle Mark, Jake and Morgan while they were camping. We spent the day at the campgrounds and then spent the night at my parents' house. Jamie met me the next day to take the twins for TWO nights! What a saint. I already miss them, but it's such a help since I'm on my own.

Taste of Cincinnati

The Taste of Cincinnati is a yearly festival downtown featuring local restaurants, breweries, and wineries. It's fun to walk around and try small portions of food from restaurants that we normally don't get a chance to go and experience. This year we sampled Asian, French, BBQ, and Italian. The twins have to wait another year to join in the food fun. Ethan found his own enjoyment though....the Carnival lights!


As we were leaving, Ethan started fussing. So I took him out of the stroller to hold him as we walked back to the car. The minute we walked close to the games and rides he was fine. Patrick snapped these shots from different angles of Ethan in awe. I sure hope he doesn't catch the "Carnie Life" bug!

An Early Introduction to Fricker's

If you ask Patrick where the best wings are, he'll happily answer "FRICKER'S!"! Tonight, we met the twin's Aunt Melissa and Uncle Timmy to join us.









Uncle Timmy took some time away from his wings to show Ethan a thing or two about how to shake it on the dance floor.

Some "QT" Together

Patrick snapped this shot of the kids and me sharing some snuggling time after he got home from work.

Thank Goodness for Little Boys!

Elaine is usually the giggly one, but sometimes Ethan likes to "ham-it-up".

Playtime Has Begun

Today I was fixing dinner and suddenly I heard the sound of plastic clicking. I looked over and there was Ethan shaking the play keys around. He just picked them up himself and started shaking them!

Saturday Adventures

We had a fun-filled Saturday! We started by running some regular weekend errands....Target, Meijer, Sam's Club, etc. Then we shot down to Clifton and tried a local burrito joint. As you can see it met Patrick's approval.

From there we skipped over to the zoo for a few hours. By the time we got back to the car the twins were whipped!

Nonie's Coming!

The twin's sitter, Bev, took a day off. Nonie saved the day and came down to watch them. Elaine was so excited, she just couldn't hide it!

Morning Babies

Even at 7:00 am, the kids are happy. This morning Ethan was ALL smiles.

3 Months old, TODAY!!

Today the kids had their 3 month old birthday. Ethan kicked it off with a visit to the doctor for an ear infection. He was not feeling well and did not appreciate his picture being taken.


















Once we saw the doctor and were told how much Tylenol to give him, he began to calm down.






After a few mouthfuls of antibiotics, he slept most of the day away!



Elaine has had a wonderful time sleeping all day.

Good pic of the kids

Just had to share this picture with everyone.

First Birthday Party

Today was Morgan's 10th birthday party. The theme was Hanna Montana and boy did it rock! Ethan and Elaine loved all of the attention!

It's so hard to be Elaine....

Getting Better!!

The kids love to be involved with everything we do. They are getting a lot better at sitting in the bumbo seats while we are making dinner.

Good Sleeps!!

The kids like to cuddle when they sleep. I guess it reminds them of being in the womb.