May Update

Our trip to California was completely amazing!  It was just what we needed, and as expected, Colin did great at home with Nani and Pop Pop.  We arrived home on Saturday night, and couldn't wait to get our hands on our little munchkin!  Mom and Dave left the next morning to drive back to St. Pete.

We enjoyed the Mother's Day holiday at John and Kimmie's, and Ginna made a delicious brunch for everyone!  We sipped on mimosas as Colin played with the bubbles, and had fun playing corn hole in the backyard (a Mother's Day/Father's Day gift to John and Kimmie from all their kids!).  It was a very lovely Mother's Day for this mama :)

This began a very busy week filled with familiar faces.  Colin and I went to Charlotte Jewish Day School to visit with my former colleagues, students, and their families for the school's annual Grandparent's Day.  The students performed on stage with instruments, song, and dance, and Colin loved every minute of it - he was even dancing in the aisle!  It's been a whole year since our last visit to CJDS, so everyone couldn't get over how big he'd gotten (and of course everyone was obsessed with all that long, blonde, curly hair!).  We also had some visitors to our house this week.  Laramie and Hunter stopped by for a visit on Monday, and it was fun to watch the boys chase each other around the house.  I tutored a regular student on Tuesday while Colin played with her older brother.  I also began tutoring a new student on Friday, who has just moved to Charlotte.  On Wednesday, one of my former students came to visit after school with her mom, and then another good friend brought over some dinner and we had fun catching up while Colin played with her daughter!  Colin is obsessed with older kids right now, and wants to do everything that the big kids do.

But our most special visitor this week was Aunt Rose!  She came to spend a few hours with us on Thursday, and it was absolutely wonderful to see her.  She is in town visiting her son and his family who live nearby, and I'm so thrilled that she could come to visit with us for a little while.  She brought Colin some sweet gifts, and we had fun swinging outside and playing with all of his toys.  We hope to see Aunt Rose for Superbowl this year, along with all of my other "east coast" family, who have yet to meet Colin!  Thank you for coming to visit us, Aunt Rose...WE LOVE YOU!!!

Here are a couple of photos from our trip to CA, and from last week.  Enjoy!