A smile

it's hard to get Wes to smile these days when we ask him to, he is usually trying to hard to eat or play or get in trouble, but here is a good one. Today he said he wanted to go home, it was sad, i think moving has thrown him off a little bit and he is taking a while to adjust. I think he likes living in apartments though with all the elevators and stairs, he usually asks to go to the elevators within minutes of waking up everyday. Although, maybe that is because he is sick of our apartment.

Fountains

We have lots of fountains around our place, which will have to do until the pool opens.

Squares

We went to find a park yesterday for the kids to play at so we used the gps system which kept taking us to business parks. We finally found this nice park and the kids had fun on the slides and swings. Wes loved chasing the "squares" all around the park. I don't think he has ever seen squirrels before and he thought they were so funny.

DC!

We made it! John drove out with the car and all our things and I flew with the kids a few days later. John had a pretty long and miserable trip but we are glad to finally be back together. The plane trip was pretty good. I did doze off once on the plane and woke up to find Wes coloring on Mae's face. Our apartment is perfect and we are working on getting unpacked. It is so green and beautiful here, I love it already. The people here seem slightly more serious and seem to always dress in black and khaki, but maybe that is because we basically live right at the Vienna Metro and everyone is either going to or from work. Everyone seems to notice our kids and always want to talk to them. Wes found the table in the leasing office where they always put out cookies and he likes to run away and steal them. The man in the office called him a cookie monster in a kind of joking kind of annoyed way. We are excited to all the great history that is here in DC and for John to work his tale off and learn a ton!

Here is a picture of Wes while I was packing up back home. He fell asleep while watching a movie. His lips are Huge!

Birthdays!

We had such a fun weekend with family here, listening to conference, and watching movies. Friday we had a birthday party for Wes and Lauren. Wes' favorite food is "Chockit" so he got a devils food cake and we had fun playing and eating. Saturday we were able to celebrate John's Grandmother's birthday and watch conference as well. The rest of this week has been full of shopping, packing, organizing, cleaning and watching great movies with family and friends. We are getting ready and excited for our upcoming adventures in DC, can't wait!










Also, if you look closely at the picture of Wes blowing out his candles you can see the large amount of drool that also came with it.

Two Years!

Happy Birthday Wes! We love you! I can't believe it has been two years already, I have loved every minute of it, I love being a mom.


Do I really have that many wrinkles?

Working on it

In the process of making a yummy cake, fun decorations, cleaning the house and getting ready for family, fun, partying and great inspiring conference talks. Can't wait!