*Here are Lisa, Brian, and Rachel outside of Hometown Girl across from Cafe Hon. *Morgan on her scooter. *Sara looking like a crazed old woman on Morgan’s scooter. *Look who’s crawling now! *And look who knows how to sit up on his knees! *Ike’s bat ears in motion! *Ike and meplaying. *Ike’s such a chewer.

Today I slept pretty late then Sara and Jake came to visit. Sara showed me her new grown up car- a very nice Saturn wagon. We went to get a little something to eat then stopped by my mom’s to check out our youngest sister Morgan’s new electric scooter! So cute! Man, kids these days!…

Today we woke up and checked out of the hotel then met up with Rachel and Brian for lunch at Cafe Zen. We got lost on the way (got lost on the way to most places this weekend), but we finally made it there and it was great. It’s always good to see Rachel and…

We got in at about 4am to Baltimore. Slept for a bit then shopped the Baltimore Ikea. After shopping we met up with Lisa, Rachel, and Brian at Cafe Hon. We went to Lisa’s after dinner for a fabulous dessert and to hang out a bit then back to the hotel to crash. I got…

Tonight after work I’m hitting the road to Baltimore. Jon can’t get off work this weekend like he’d planned, but my friend Jade has graciously agreed to ride along with me. She’s always wanted to go to Ikea and this trip was planned as an Ikea Christmas shopping/ Rachel & Lisa visiting trip a long…

My swap box from Pam arrived today! Let me just say that it is so fabulous it literally almost brought me to tears. Seriously. Pam nailed me. Even with me being so slack about my survey, there isn’t one thing in that box that I don’t adore. Ok, in the box we have (as listed…

That’s my mom holding Ike and my sister holding her baby, my nephew Jake, while they jump on my mom’s trampoline Sunday. All that playing wore Ike out. When we came home it wasn’t too long before I caught Ike and Jon catching a nap.

Blue Man Group was so good. We saw them on our honeymoon in Vegas at the Luxor so when we heard they were coming to town we had to go. Tracy Bonham opened for them, then sang with them and she did an amazing job. We had great seats. You weren’t supposed to bring a…

He peed on me!! The other night we’re all cuddled up on the sofa and Ike’s hanging out up around our necks as usual. He walks over to me and stands on my chest then all the sudden I feel something warm and he peed on me! Ew! We couldn’t believe it! Yesterday we went…

Filled out a survey for our fabulous stateswap. Realized I’ve never done one of those 100 things things. Thought maybe this could be a good substitute. Name: Shannon ******* ******* Birthdate: Aug 3, 1973 Favorite color(s): blues (all of them), periwinkle, purples/plums, silver Least favorite color(s): mustard yellow, mauve, hunter green Favorite kind of music:…