One Hot Summer

It's been a summer of record heat in DC, with lots of 100+ degree days, and humid.  But, it's good to be back in America and we finally feel almost settled.  We hired a nanny and she just finished her first week--so far we love her!  David will hopefully be back to work very soon.  No big vacations since Christy can't take time off French, but we've had fun in the area.  While I was downloading and organizing photos for these blogs, Claire figured out a new trick--pulling up.  to standing.  by herself....mommy's in trouble now!  She also has 4 teeth now so the nights have been a little rough.  We enjoyed a visit from GG and Grumpa and made an impromptu trip back to OH. 

Now that we're almost settled (the bed that we ordered  President's Day weekend might get delivered next week), Christy will start the bidding process all over again next week, although we won't know our next post until the fall.

 visiting the Patton's on the Eastern shore of MD

 swim lessons!

 the Mazur's were in town (FS friends from Trinidad)

 Air and Space Museum

 GG and Grumpa's visit!

 Mt. Carmel festival in OH

 Grandma and PapPap's pool

Cell Phone highlights

highlights from the time the camera was broken:

 4th of July--we BBQ'd in the backyard with the Hetrick's, no fire works this year...

 6 months!  And wearing a dress that was Christy's as a baby

 7 months!  Another dress of Christy's...

 so we had a huge storm called a duracho and the electricity was out for 3 days, during 100 degree weather.  David had plans already to see the Indians play in Baltimore, so we went along, and visited the aquarium (which does not allow strollers, hence the bjorn-backpack combo)

 wall art in Claire's nursery, and her Ohio State mobile

 Pool time at Grandma and PapPap's on Memorial Day

 sibling love

 a fun outing sans enfants-- to the Preakness!

 pool side at Upton Hill swimming pool in Fall's Church

 first boat ride (OH)

 Nicholas was ready to drive

 Christy's first car

 s'mores in the bbq pit in the backyard, and you can see our new porch furniture in the background

more sibling love

Mother's Day 2012

Welcome back!  Sorry about the hiatus.  In addition to the business of trying to get settled in a new city with two kids, we might have had a little problem with Nicholas and the camera that took us a while to get fixed....

Here is the last batch of photos from the old camera:

 first solids

 5 months!

 little princess

 Hanging with Sara and Cam

 lovin' the bouncer (and that was before we put on all the attachments!)

 hmmm... found this in one of the storage boxes from before Berlin.... I guess our priorities have changed a bit....

 nursery wall art

 Mother's Day at the sculpture garden.... we had a beautiful warm spring in DC and are now suffering a hot, hot summer....

 last time Nicholas rode the merry-go-round he was about 2 months old