Mimi comes to visit!

My mom is here for a couple of days and we are loving it! Madeline is attached to her and has probably said "Mimi" 800 times in 24 hours!

Mimi and her granddaughters

We took the kids to the Museum of Natural Science downtown. We had never been but Jack is OBSESSED with dinosaurs so I thought while my mom is here and can help me, we would give it a try. It is a fabulous museum and one that the kids will enjoy for many years to come.

Jack and Mad and the T-Rex head

Jack and his favorite dinosaur

Downtown is definitely lacking on places to eat lunch with kids and we are always searching for new ones after our Marbles visit. Today we tried the Cherry Bomb Grill and it was great! A good place for kids and good food!

Weekend fun

We had a wonderful weekend and felt very accomplished doing all we did with three kids! It was our first attempt at doing "normal" weekend things with all three kids like shopping, parties and visiting friends. Clay and I were excited to get out as a family and loved it!

My goddaughter Sarah turned ONE and we celebrated with her on Saturday. She was not afraid to dig right into the cupcake! (Banner courtesy of yours truly!)

Fistful of cupcake!
The Edgars- Will, Sarah and Cary- Love these friends!!

Last week we received our first issue of Garden and Gun, a subscription from my mom for Christmas and we love this magazine. It is like Southern Living with an edge. Check it out! Anyway, they profiled a restaurant in Durham called Scratch. We decided to go over and check it out after the party.

Clay and his girl, Mad

Scratch is known for their pies- this is the lemon one and it was delish!

Jack thoroughly enjoyed his donut muffin. Who wouldn't enjoy a donut muffin?

Playing outside

We also did a little shopping and found these beauties for $3! Every girl needs a pair of gold hitops!

We had a great weekend and felt reassured that our little tribe might actually be manageable in public :) We'll keep you updated!

Baby doll obsession

I spend my days trying to divert Madeline's attention from Virginia Ann. She has a newfound obsessions with her baby dolls and that helps me alot!

Pushing her doll and bear in the stroller

Feeding baby doll in her new highchair from Jay and Jen
Sitting on the bottom bunk (wishing I would let her sleep there!)

My mom, Shannon and Maeve went to NYC last weekend and visited the American Girl Doll store. Mimi got Madeline her first AGD- a Bitty Baby and it came in the mail today. Madeline is so excited to have a new baby. We fed and swaddled her immediately. When I asked her what we should name the baby she said "Ginia" which is what she calls Virginia Ann. We are going to work on the name...

Two months!

WARNING: There is alot of cuteness in this post!!

Our sweet Virginia Ann is two months today and the time is flying! I have not been good about taking pictures or blogging but really people, I don't have much free time or free hands. VA rarely gets put down b/c of of her well-intentioned but overzealous sister who would like no more than to carry her around like her own baby doll. Needless to say, I play defense all day long :) Virginia Ann continues to be a sweet, sweet baby. She is so chill, loves to sleep about 4 hours at a time, eats and then sleeps some more. When she is awake she is very happy and just watches all the craziness around her. We are getting lots of smiles lately and it melts me. Her cheeks are filling out and she is very long. She is such a snuggly baby!

An example of how chill she is-while waiting to be put down for her nap- I got a phone call, then Madeline needed a drink and Jack needed a snack- I look down and she has fallen asleep sitting in the crook of my elbow. Chaos all around and she decides to check out. I love this girl!!!