Verbal Abuse of Our Servicemen & Women

I apologize for interrupting the normal string of pictures and updates on our family but I wanted to take a minute to speak something important on my mind. I recently received an e-mail that reported several incidents of verbal assault against our servicemen & women here in the Washington DC area. I can't tell you how badly this behavior grieves me and how appalling it is if we as citizens tolerate it. People are entitled to free speech but not to personal attacks on what they see as representatives of an institution. If you hear or see something like this going on please do not tolerate it, report it to local police so it can be addressed. (Servicememebers have been asked to report these issues to police if we witness or are targeted, thus my request for you to report)

Nate's first time at a birthday party...

Nate's first birthday party...well not his birthday, but the first time he went to a party. Happy birthday Greyson! He had lots of fun on the swings! :) This was from last weekend.

Per Lindsay M.'s request...

Sorry it's been so long since I have posted anything. Life has been busy since going back to work full time. I don't have those off days to post pictures. Lindsay M reminded me that it had been a while since I last posted and Nate and I are home today as he was throwing up this morning as we were getting ready for work and daycare. We went to the doctor this morning. He sure looks happy, he just made a mess of my floors when he lost his whole breakfast :)

The first 4 pictures are from today....cute boy in his shorts! The first two pictures he's watching baseball with Dada...he didn't make it too long into the game.. and the next two are him waking up from a nap with Mama in Mama & Daddy's bed. His sheets and mattress pad are in the wash, as he had made a mess of those too!!

The next two pictures are from Mother's Day, which was also the day he was dedicated at church. Doesn't he look dashing in his sweater vest? Cute boy.

Next, Nate LOVES his little toy that he sits or stands at and pushes the buttons to make it sing songs. It was a Christmas present from Nana and Pappy and he is just really getting to where he really likes to play with it.

More pictures with Nana & Pappy

Nate loves his Nana & Pappy. Nana is really funny!

Pappy and Nate are going head-to-head on the issues.

This is a funny picture of mama....but we needed a family picture up here! See my happy boy?
Thanks for the pictures Nana!

Nana & Pappy visit

Unfortunately, we didn't take very many pictures this weekend. But is was SO wonderful to have my parents here for the weekend. I have really been missing them lately. I think I miss them more since having Nate, than before. It was SO relaxing and fun. These pictures are from preparing to leave the house to go to Mount Vernon for the afternoon.

I will get more pictures from Nana and Pappy this week and share them with you when I get them. We got Nate's 6 month pictures taken this weekend, Nana said that they look a lot like baby pictures she has of Pappy and my brother from when they were about that age. She will send them to me and I will post them here to share with you all! We also toured Gettysburg this weekend. We got in lots of sight seeing :) Nate did great traveling along on all of our adventures!

I love and miss you Nana and Pappy!

Fun videos from last week...

Working Mom

So it's officially. I am going back to work "full time"....well 37 hours a week at least...goodbye Wednesdays and Thursdays off :( Goodbye extra hang out time with Nate. Well say a little prayer for our family as well see how this *new* schedule works.