Sheesh!

I'm not even going to try to write about the last 6 months! It's been busy, it's been fun, it's been a whirlwind!!! Here's some pictures for a quick recap..it may possibly be the longest slide show ever!!!

Man, I love this little girl. She is so much fun. I don't know why people don't like 2 year olds. I love them. They have so much personality and spunk. I laugh all day because of my sweet, sassy 2 year old. I think everyone should have one!

Another One Bites The Dust!

We're droppin like flies out here. So sad, we lost Anglea! She's on to bigger and better things in sin city, but we had to have one last trip to Mcnasty's with the kids! We will all miss her. :( Costco,the mall, Target, Mcdonalds and girls nights just won't be the same with out her!

Last weekend we found another little hidden treasure out here - Turkey Point. It was ABSOULTELY beautiful!!! I have been told about this from the all the locals for qutie some time, but just have never gone. Man, I'm glad we did. The Chesepeake Bay is georgous. You can't tell, but just behind us is a huge drop off. There are just these huge cliffs right behind us. (This is when you consider using leashes on your kids!) The pictures just don't do it justice.

Catching Up

I"m still really amazed at how some people (I won't mention any names!) can keep up with everything. How do people find time to blog, facebook, have kids, make dinner, clean the house, etc... I'm going to blame my lack of keeping up with computer stuff on my poor typing skills! We have had some pretty busy, but really fun weekends recently. Easter was awesome. Holidays are so much fun with kids. Rani loved the all the Easter egg hunts and festivities. By Easter morning she was really getting used to it all. We had recently went to the church for a special Easter playgroup/egg hunt, well, come Easter morning we are getting her loaded in the car and she just kept saying "I yuv Eeser time". She would say it in this dreamy little voice like she was just so happy and content, and life could just not get any better. Man, she cracks us up. She was a little disappointed to find out there was no Easter egg hunt at the church that day, though.


A few weeks ago we went out to Lancaster co. It is so beautiful out there. I love going out there and escaping the craziness of Newark. The Amish are so neat. I'm really going to miss all the fun new things we've been able to do out here. And who knew the Amish did BBQ?! (And just in case any of you are thinking I'm totally tacky for taking a picture of the Amish, don't worry I did it really discreetly!) We also discovered a new park that we absolutely love! There is a dog park there too, so it's great for Rani. She so needs a dog!


UD had there annual "Ag Day". We took Rani mostly because there were going to be animals there and it was free. It was flippin hot that day, though! I'm pretty sure Rani got heat stroke, but that's a small price to pay for a pony ride, right? The only part Rani didn't love was meeting the mascot. Apparently giant blue chickens aren't her thing.

Yay!

I'm sitting here at the computer, totally defeated. My child just won. After a long morning at the gym and a trip to Target and Old Navy I thought Rani would be good and tired - nope. I just tried to put her down for a nap, a process of which that took 35 minutes! Forget that it's already almost 3:00 and the whole time I'm telling myself this is not worth the fight, she's is so not going to go to bed tonight if I let her sleep. Still, I'm determined, (As determined as possible for Stacee.) and I will win this little battle. They say pick your battles, so why I chose this one is a mystery to me. We both knew who was going to win from the start. Finally after 35 minutes of crying and whining,(Rani, not me!) I relent and go in and get her. Stinker. As soon as I get her out of the crib she looks at me with her most pleased Rani face and says "Yay, I did it"! We all know who runs the house. It's going to be interesting when she's a teenager!!! Last Sunday at church Rani was really struggling. We hadn't even gotten through the first speaker and she was all over the place. The minute the speaker finishes and everyone says amen Rani goes "Yay, we're done"! She continued to do this after the Choir sang, and again after every speaker. I'm glad those around us thought it was funny, I was totally embarrassed!!! Oh, my funny, stubborn, smart, way more determined than me child. I just love her. :)

Partay!

Saturday the group went out to dinner to celebrate Joe finishing up and getting his PhD. We went to Don Pablo's - one of the very few decent Mexican restaurants out here - and had a lot of fun. They hand out pieces of dough for the kids to play with and Rani kept asking me to make her an elephant?! My elephant wasn't Worth taking a picture of, but Anne's on the other hand...kicked my elephants trash. Surprisingly, Rani did pretty good at dinner. We've really been trying to work with her to sit still and stay at the table. I know it doesn't sound like a lot, but for Rani it's like asking her to be in a straight jacket! The kid LOVES ice cream, so we bribed her. She also loved seeing Joe in the "big,funny hat", apparently they don't have a song they sing for getting your PhD (weird) so they brought out the sombrero and sang Happy Birthday instead. We're so happy for Joe he is going to be sorely missed!


Then we headed on over to the Isom's for a "Pie (as in 3.14) Day Party. They crack me up! We had pie and played Guitar Hero. The kids ran around in their jammies and had tons of fun too. The little boys were so serious about playing the game it was so cute. All we needed was the microphone and we would have been complete. I'm not quite the rock star on the guitar I'd like to be, but someone get me a mic and I'll show you some mad skills!