What we've been up to

"I love spending the day with mommy."

Here comes the train

The train is here

"Since I'm such a big boy I get to sit in a seat alone."
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"Ok, enough is enough. I need a nap!"

Mommy with her little sweetheart

While we've been really busy this week, it's been a great week! Now that 'Mommy's got her groove back' I am proud to say that I have been to the gym 6 times in the last 7 day. I FEEL GREAT!! I have so much energy now and man I need it because Zachary is in to EVERYTHING!!!!! His newest thing is....every day when we get home, I lean in to get him out of his carseat and he starts giving me kisses. It is SO sweet...and just melts my heart. He's been telling me he "wuvs me" 4 or 5 times a day this week! Just that is enough to make it a great week. One of the wonderful things about having children is that even when you have a rough day, the minute you see that precious little face, all is good in your world.

So here's a recap of our day. We went to Sunday school and church this morning and then we droves a few blocks to park so we could ride the new train in Charlotte. Ok, I say new but it's been here a few months. It's new to us though because this was our first time riding. So I figured it would probably go kind of slow....but BOY was I wrong! Zachary was so excited! He was standing up in the seat and looking out. He was trying to say something in baby gibberish and even though I don't know what it was, I think it was something like "OH wow mommy!! This train goes fast!!! This is so much fun!!!!" We rode for about an hour. There were lots of people riding their kids on the train today. We met one couple with two children and Zachary really enjoyed flirting with the little girl. ;-)) So the train ride came to an end and we went back to the car and headed home. No surprise, Zachary feel asleep on the way home. I put him in his bed when we got home and he slept for 3 1/2 hours. I guess the train ride really wore him out. So I managed to clean the house while he was sleeping. I also added up all of my coupon savings from the spreadsheet and I saved $94 this month!! YAY me!!! ;-)

It's SO hard to believe that my baby is 21 months old now! It won't be long before I start planning his 2nd birthday party! I'm not sure where we're going to have his party but I'm thinking maybe somewhere like Monkey Joe's. Gotcha day is also coming up on April 19 so I am going to do something special on that day too. I'm not sure what but we'll figure it out. Last year at this time I was already out of PGN but didn't know when I would be travelling. I left on April 2 to go to Guatemala because I just couldn't wait until the Embassy appt. I had been away from my baby boy for long enough. We have so many wonderful memories from our pickup trip. I can't wait until I can share them with Zachary one day.

Work is going great! We are getting really busy again which I'm thrilled about. It makes the day fly by. Zachary is doing great in school. He is talking up a storm and is "Mr. Independent", without a doubt. If I try to do something for him and he wants to do it...he will say "ME, ME, ME." It's so cute!

Enjoy the pictures! Hugs....