Suddenly standing

The other day while folding laundry I looked over and saw Sophie standing beside me. I was not quick enough to get my camera that day, but today she stood up on the exasaucer long enough for me to snap a picture.

Even restaurants on vacation have corners!

This last weekend the girls and Marcus visited the sites in Washington, D.C. while I spent my time inside studying. The trip went well and despite being stuck in a car for 4 hours each way, which of course took over 5 because of potty stops, the girls did very well. A few dvds to watch, crayons, and blocks and the kids were occupied. We spent the first night in Georgetown walking around checking out the sites. Dinner was fun and Brie as you can see below got to stand in the corner.





She decided that her food was more fun to throw rather then eat when she was full. Funny at first, but not very good manners.



Sophie enjoyed eating her meal at Mr Smiths on the outdoor patio, that was not really outdoors. Good thing though because it was very warm out and humid.




On Friday, Aunt Shelley and Uncle Brian joined us for the trip and off everyone, except me, went to the natural history museum. Brie enjoyed the dinosaurs where she said over and over "I know that one" and had a great time.


Sophie slept through most of the museum.




On Saturday it was off to the Zoo for the crew. Brie had a good time watching the animals and although it was very crowded managed to get pretty close to the exhibits.




Sophie of course slept through most of the zoo.





Brie slept on the Metro back to the hotel.




That night I skipped some lectures and met everyone for a boat ride on the river. We ate our dinner and Brie got to use her first potty on a boat. She loved the ride and has been asking to go on a boat again ever since we got off.






On Sunday after packing up the car the girls were off to the White house ...

and the aquarium. Sophie and Brie both had a great time. Sophie loved watching the fish and was actually attacking the glass trying to get them.

It was a great trip, exhausting, but fun for the girls. Hopefully the review will help me pass my boards. If not at least we got a vacation out of the deal!

Something new!

If you look really close at this picture you can see it!

Sophie got her first tooth.

Those pearly whites

Yesterday Brie had her first trip to the dentist. She did a wonderful job. She was a little nervous when she saw the big chair and the noisy toothbrush, but she sat in mommies lap and put her head in the dentist's lap and opened wide. She only cried a little bit at the very end. She even got to ride on the shuttle bus which at first was a bit scary, but after we were back in our car she wanted to ride "one more time."

A day at Knoebles

Brie had a ball playing in the ball pit.

c Brie and Christian on the cars

Brie on the purple cow all by herself

Sophie hanging out in the stroller

Another busy weekend

Sophie and Brie enjoyed a Sunday at home in the kiddie pool.

Brie had a great time playing with pop in the pool at his house. She wanted to "climb in" over and over again.

and here is miss Sophie wearing Brie's swimming suit, hanging out with PopPop. She didn't care too much for the pool. It is still a little cold for her liking.

Here we are "climbing in"

To camp or not to camp

So for weeks we planned a camping trip. Then the weather man said rain so nothing was ready for the trip. But as of 10 am on Wednesday it was beautiful out so off we went. With 2 hours to pack and get ready we were off to the wilderness!

After an hour of Brie fussing about getting to "throw rocks" the tent was set up and the fire built.

Sophie was content playing with her toys and watching mommy and daddy work.

We were off to throw rocks into the pond and ride the paddle boat.

Brie had a great time playing in the tent.

She even fell asleep in her sleeping bag after a small amount of whining. She slept the entire night even with the rain.

Of course camping had a back up plan. We were sleeping in Marcus's mom's yard.