My Hippopotamus

Here is a video of Kaleb at dinner the other night making a silly voice and saying hippopotamus. He is a silly kiddo

Memorial Day Weekend

It was a great Memorial Day weekend, the weather was pretty good and we got a lot of stuff done in the yard. Trip to Boston, Newburyport and various other places along the way.

Memorial Day

Kelley's Wedding and the Secret Driveway

My step-sister Kelley was married a couple of weeks ago and here are some photos

Kelley's Wedding

We also were doing some work around the yard last weekend and found a driveway hidden under our walkway and side yard garden. It was only a few inches below the surface so we decided to uncover it, first the top soil, then the rocks and then the tar. It was time consuming, but in the end the side yard looks about ten times better.

Around The House

Cut Down That Tree

Upon moving into our house back in the summer of 2007 we had considered cutting down this enormous pine tree which sits right next to the driveway. However after having a discussion with the neighbors it seemed best if we just left it up. Fast forward to the nasty ice storm of 2008. Huge limbs of the tree came down and busted up the smaller trees beneath it. All night long we lived in fear of a limb coming right into our bedroom. Once the storm cleared the yard was anything but clear. It was at that point we decided it was time to take the tree down.

Finally today after getting the yard surveyed to verify it was our tree, we had it cut down. Since it was an enormous tree it took four guys over five hours to take it down, but I am happy to say it is down. The yard is now so much brighter, I am really looking forward to a sunny day to see how bright it will really get. My favorite part is how you can actually see our house from the top of the street.

Down with the Pine Tree

Two More Rounds of Photos

Here are two new albus. The first album is from our three days in Charleston, including the trip to Fort Sumter. The second album is from Wrightsville Beach and a little excursion to Wilmington.

April Vacation II

April Vacation III

April Vacation

We have started our trek down to South Carolina. On the way we spent a night in Connecticut and are now in Rocky Mount, NC. Yesterday on our way here we stopped in Washington DC and took these photos

April Vacation I

Kaleb was a trooper and despite being in the car for about 10 hours he handled it relatively well. Part of this was helped along by the new portable DVD player we bought last week. Despite our reservations about Kaleb watching so much television, it seems to be a necessary evil for these long trips.

Today we will be driving the rest of the way to Charleston, which is about four and a half hours away from here. Then we get to settle in for a couple of days.

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First Day at the Theatre

We ponied up a bunch of money and paid for three seats to the Thomas & Friends Live Show at the Citi Performing Arts Center formerly known the Wang Center. It was Kaleb's first time at the theatre and it went very well. He didn't seem to follow everything that went on, but at the same time he didn't once request to go home. We were both very proud of him.

He has been such a big boy lately, from the constant talking to the running around and stubborness. Yesterday we left him at Brendan's house and one of the first things he asked upon getting there was, "Where are the kitties?" This is weird because it had been nearly a year since he was last at his apartment. Sometimes his memory really freaks me out.

Time to watch The Office.

Keeg