Monday, July 30, 2012

THREE (festivities begin)

Berkley turns three tomorrow (31st).  It is amazing that my baby is becoming a little boy.  Berkley is about as unique as they come.  Days he is fiercely independent and others he wants to be "mama's baby."  I guess that is what three is all about...

He wants to know  - "where is the mama?"  He sees a squirrel.  Questions - "Where is the mama?  Is that the mama?  Where is the baby?"  He sees a bird flying.  "The bird is going to find his mama."  I love his understanding of the world.... and that he thinks the mama and the baby are always together.  I hope he never changes.

Berkley is learning to make up stories.  He came home from preschool camp with an elaborate story of something naughty he did and that he had to go to timeout, etc...  The next day I went to meet with the teacher.  No such thing happened.  He is beginning to create these make believe scenarios in his head and it is hard to understand if they are actually real or fictional.  Sometimes I still have trouble distinguishing the two.

So many kids have a favorite sport or activity, but Berks is really interested in most stuff.  He likes all sports with his favorites being golf, tennis, basketball, soccer, and baseball.  He likes to build with blocks or legos.  He loves to cook in his kitchen and play anything outside.  Berkley will dig in his sandbox for what seems like an eternity.

He is dramatic and energetic.  He is a total nut.  We love you, Patrick Berkley.  We hope you never change.

A few pics from this past weekend in the valley.  B was gone so the kiddos and I trekked home for some early celebrating.  Everyone was sick, but as you can see, we made the most of it!

















Tuesday, July 24, 2012

54 and so much more!



Happy birthday to my Mama!  
Wishing you a wonderful year.  
May it be full of life and adventure.  
I love you.

Friday, July 20, 2012

4500 Leonard Parkway

I have been bad about blogging the past week or so..... a lot has happened.  Berkley had a bit of a fall down our steps (face forward) and knocked his top two teeth back into his mouth so that they are not aligned with the rest of his top teeth.  Luckily, we have a great dentist to call in emergency situations - Laura Hanna Byrne - and she came over to the rescue (twice).  Berkley is no longer swollen and is doing better.  There is no permanent damage and xrays showed that his adult teeth were not injured.  Also, we have confirmed that we are moving in September into a new house in Richmond.  It is across the river, but still in the city.  Leonard Pkway has been an incredible house for us.... we brought home our babies here and started our marriage here.  Alas, we have grown out of this cottage and are moving into something a tad bigger.  We are sad to leave, but excited for this new chapter ahead.  A sweet young couple will be moving into our house and we are happy to pass it along to people who will love it as much as we did.








Sunday, July 8, 2012

Bavon Beauty

We spent the last week at Bavon Beach in Matthews County, Virginia.  A great week and the most relaxed I've been in ages.  Brandon and I had some quality play time with our babies and that always makes us happy!  Took close to 2000 pictures.  Below are a few of the good ones.  xo