A night in Tuscany...

One of Jim's co-workers invited us to attend a dinner party at a local resturant, downtown Madison. Ronne is Italian so the theme was A night in Tuscany. He invited a group of about 16 and we all had to make up Italian names and speak with an accent. Jim was "Francesco" and I was "Dolce." We had a lot a fun and the food was amazing! It was four courses of Italian recipes that came from Ronne's(aka Don Dino) grandmother. Once again I missed out on taking pictures because my camera is broken! I am looking to buy a new camera, does anyone have any suggestions for a good camera that won't cost me a fortune?

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Last week...and more

It's been over a week since I'ved posted anything! We've been busy all week with playdates, lunchdates, and a baby shower. On thursday I took my mother in law around town to go shopping and then she babysat Chloe so Jim and I could go out to dinner. We went to Peebles and the dollar store. Trish (my mother in law) is the only person I know that can spend over $50 at the dollar store. Just about everything is a dollar! She bought Chloe new sippy cups and a princess rug to put in her playhouse. If you don't know Chloe she is a lot like me. She is very girly. She loves to play dress up and she loves her purses and jewelry. So Trish also bought her some sticker earrings and barbie princess rings. Here are some pics of her trying on her new rings.

Here are some more pictures from our visit in Texas...

The first day we got to my mom's house... All the kids enjoying push pops!

Chloe riding Scotty's horse. Noi has had this horse since Madison, so it's about 7 years old. And now it's in Scotty's cowboy themed bedroom.

This picture is my favorite...it's a princess with a power tool

Here is Madison and Morgan. They were such a big help with Chloe. Madison especially. She always held Chloe's hand and made sure she didn't get hurt or fall into the pond when we went to the park. Too bad they don't live in GA anymore I would have Madison over all the time!

Chloe

Here are some pictures Hillary took while we were in Texas. We went to this park that had flowers everywhere. Such a pretty setting. Thank you, Hill your so talented!

Home sweet home...

Chloe and I got home on Saturday. We had a lot fun in Texas but we're glad to be home. When we got into the Atlanta airport we headed down to the baggage claim to meet Jim. As soon as he spotted us he came over and took Chloe out of her stroller. She didn't say a word she just gave him a 10min. long hug. I could tell she really missed her daddy. All she wanted was to have him hold her.
We got to do a lot in Houston. Hillary took us shopping at Sam Moon, we walked around downtown and we even had the men (Hillary's husband and cousin Jake) babysit all the kids (there were 4 kids) while we went to Hillary's friends house to play Bunco. It was the 1st time I ever played and it was a lot of fun! I would start a Bunco night if I knew enough women.
I didn't get to take any pics while I was in Houston because my camera broke! But Hillary does photography and she took lots of pictures of Chloe. She hasn't finished editing all of them but, she has a few up on her blog. It's... hillaryhowlandphotography.blogspot.com

Our last night

Chloe has been having so much fun with her cousins. While the girls are at school she gets to play with Scotty. They like to run around and get into mischief together and Scotty lets her play with all his toys. I think she'll really miss them. Hopefully we come back to visit soon.

I've been giving them a bath together every night and, last night Scotty was teaching her how to swim like a fish.

pictures

Here are some pictures from my sister's camera that we took on easter. This is after church in Noi's front yard..

Here they are hunting for easter eggs in the backyard.Here is Scotty shaking the tree trying to get the egg out of the tree.He got it!