New Views

Anya has finally graduated to a front-facing car seat. She loves her new view. When we do short errands, I end up pulling a crying child from the car who is yelling, "my car seat, my car seat". So we thought we'd take advantage of this new desire to sit in the car seat and go on a little road trip. The destination: Smoky Mountain National Park. We enjoyed some new views: the mountains, the waterfalls and the aquarium (and also my own view when I look down is changing--a big belly instead of feet! That prego picture is for all of you who have requested to see what I look like pregnant).

More Gross

That was funny... this may be gross to some...

Gross

Apparently, Anya doesn't always like my cooking . . . but at least she finds it amusing.

Anya's Independence Day Trip

Here is a glimpse of how Anya spent her Independence Day weekend in Washington DC . . .

Meeting a new friend for a picnic, who happens to be one day older than her.


Visiting Great Falls National Park and posing with a swelling/pregnant mom.

Visiting the "free" zoo (parking was 15 dollars) with a very serious father.


Racing in a parade with one of her newest friends, but certainly one of her favorites already.

Having her mom AND dad all to her self (little does she know what is about to arrive in a month . . .).

Reuniting with an old friend, this one happens to be one week younger and can do somersaults.



And learning to be patriotic and appreciate her American citizenship from her Canadian green-card-holding father :) who is actually starting to pronounce flag like an American!

Mount Vernon

A couple of people have asked why we went to Washington, D.C. this last week. Some of the reasons include: one last trip before the second child is born, we found a great price on airfare, what better place to be to celebrate the Fourth of July and we wanted to scope out some prospective futures for us.

But the main reason, which trumped all others, was that Lindy has a membership pass to Mount Vernon. When she came back last year and told me she bought a yearly pass to Mount Vernon, I was somewhat surprised since we live in Atlanta. It was almost like owning some prescription glasses when you are blind. You just can't use them that often.


So, being raised to not let anything go to waste we simply had to go back at least once to make the membership a good deal. (Yes, we spent a lot more just to get there but at least we got our moneys worth for the membership...) :)


We took a picture of Anya in front of George Washington's mansion in a similar pose from a year ago when Lindy visited Mount Vernon without me. According to plan, we waited until the end of the day when Anya was hot, hungry and tired...

Anya at Mount Vernon in August 2007

Anya at Mount Vernon in July 2008
Looks like she was a little more upset this year....