A great day with family!

Auntie & Bruce arrived. Soon followed by Mom & Hank.

We had a good dinner and Gwen and Bruce had to head off to the Kennedy Center. Grandy and Connor made a craft project (a candy tree) and Connor opened his Birthday presents from my parents, a Little Mermaid video and 3 Curious George videos - we sat down and watched the Little Mermaid one - Connor was entranced!

Tomorrow brunch with Rita's family.

I had a funny memory today - since tomorrow is the Super Bowl. We had a combo Connor's 1st Birthday party and Super Bowl party when Connor turned one. It feels like it was just yesterday.

Sara's Birthday party at McDonald's was a lot of fun. Looking forward to forging new friendships with the kid's friends parents.

Auntie Gwen & Uncle Bruce - Coming for a visit!

My Auntie Gwen and Uncle Bruce are coming down from NJ for the weekend. My cousin Jesse recently got married to a lovely woman named Rita. Rita - a professional dancer, is dancing tonight at the Kennedy Center.

Tomorrow - Rita's parents, who are semi-local, are having a brunch to introduce Jesse to their friends.

Should be a great time - Connor is really excited. Sara, one of Connor's girlfriends at school is having her Birthday party this am, and then everyone arrives. Grandy and Grandpot (my parents) are also coming tonight for dinner.

A fun filled weekend.

This in my Aunt (in white) and my mom - two totally awesome ladies!

Mr. Mouthy

Ok - this is not a post about any of my children - ha ha.

My friend Rachel told me about a 50% off sale at Old Navy, I found this on their website. I CLEARLY need to re-invent myself professionally - I really need to be in a position where I can design and more importantly NAME children's toys. If I made a toy called Mr. Mouthy, I would think that I was so totally funny and clever that I would just hand out Mr. Mouthy dolls to everyone I knew - and possibly total strangers.

"Wow total stranger at the next table in the restaurant, you certainly ARE talking really loudly on your cell phone. Here - have a Mr. Mouthy doll."

Potty Training Bad...Spiderman Good

aaahhhhh...the ups and downs of toddlers!

We were almost at the potty training finish line, or at least very close to it, but since Connor's tummy troubles of last week, he has lost ALL interest, and there is a lot of foot stomping.

On a brighter note -Connor got a light up Spiderman hoodie for his Birthday and LOVES it. He went around school yesterday showing it to everyone. There was GREAT devastation in the Primo household this am when he discovered that it was dirty and he could not wear it.

Jessicatopia Moves Closer to Becoming a Reality

Olivia made it all day yesterday and was just fine, but she got sick in her bed in the middle of the night.

I have begun preparations for the move to the basement - all the cooties are not good.

Olivia is now at school and wore a pretty shirt to make herself feel better.

Connor is wearing his new Spiderman jacket - so I feel like we are set for school success.

Leap of Faith

Ok - my friend Carolyn has been reading my blog for a little bit now, but I was too afraid to alert the massive throngs to it's existence. 

I figured that it stank, and figured if it did, she'd tell me. She assures me that it does not, so I have officially taken a leap of faith and have told someone else about it.

aaggghhhh. Hopefully she is correct about the non-stinky nature of it :)

This is Olivia. Mike reports a happy and yack free day back at the ranch.

Olivia's (2nd) Field Trip to the Hospital

This is a photo of Olivia in a teeny tiny hospital gown.

Why you ask is Olivia in a hospital gown? Well...as I was walking out of the house to take Connor his Birthday cake, the school called. Olivia was throwing up again. I explained that I was on my way already, and would be there shortly.

While I was entertaining three year olds - the teachers kept coming over to give me status updates - and by the end of cake time, it was official, she was sick.

We drove to the pediatrician's, who had the NERVE to be closed due to the snow. By this point, she had thrown up in the car, so I headed off to the hospital where she was seen last week. They take sick kids seriously, and we were seen very promptly. The got her some more meds to stop the throwing up and ran a bunch of tests and got her fluids.

They brought me dinner and gave her a stuffed ladybug, and this super fancy gown. (My friends Jon and Sarah and Declan would be pleased to know that she arrived in the fancy Ravens sweatshirt that they gave her - but she threw up on it, so we ended up in the gown.)

Ok - they didn't really offer up the gown, but I pointed out that she was naked, and that I planned on stealing it.

They think that she is still suffering from the flu, but may also have an infection, so they started her on antibiotics, and we should have the results on Thursday to see if se does indeed have an infection.

I will be contacting the mail carrier tomorrow to see about forwarding my mail to the top secret island in the basement.

Mike is better, Connor is in LOVE with his Birthday card, yet Olivia remains sick - we have only one more piece of the Primo Puzzle to fit back into place.

Get well soon my little lady bug.