Baby George's Christening

We attended Baby George's Christening this weekend and had a great time! Baby George (or as Addy and her friends refer to him "Baby Geez"), invited 200 of his closest friends over to his house  after the Church Christening-- it was quite a party! Addy had a blast playing with everyone, jumping in the bounce house, and enjoying the delicious food. It is a Greek tradition to not cut a baby's hair until after they have been Christened, so he has this adorable shabby blonde surfer hair-- it is so cute! Baby George is Nick's younger brother, one of Addy's little boyfriends.

Addy and Grace

I love this picture because Addy is jumping so much her dress keeps flying up!

Miss Chris

Miss Chris is the lady who runs Kingsmill Kids Kamp & watches Addy every morning for about an hour while I workout at the gym, play tennis, or run. She is the best! Addy loves her and asks to see her everyday. If you ask Addy to name all her friends, she always throws Miss Chris in the list (too cute!) All of us moms wanted to throw Miss Chris a birthday party since she is so great with our kids. I made cupcakes, we bought balloons, and gave her a nice gift certificate to the spa. The kids were thrilled with the cupcakes this morning-- surprise surprise!! Here they are posing for a picture, Addy insisted on being right with Miss Chris. 

Baby Shower

I hosted a baby shower this weekend for my friend, Elizabeth. She is having her first baby, a boy, and we decided to do a nautical/whale theme since that is how she'll be decorating the nursery. Two other friends helped me and it was a huge success. We had very delicious food, a perfect number of people, a variety of fun gifts, and a great time! Here are a few pictures:

Me with mom to be and the 2 other hostesses

Our yummy spread (minus a few dishes that weren't quite ready when I took the picture)

Punch bowl (I love this centerpiece!)

Yummy cake!!

Favor Bags

Myrtle's Birthday

Addy and I were invited to my dear old lady friend's 90th birthday party!! She is a wonderful woman full of personality and a big heart. She does water aerobics everyday and takes my classes. Addy and I were very excited to attend the lunch! She is always wearing  very bright clothing so asked that we all wear something fun and bright. We had a great time! Addy's favorite activity is attending birthday parties. Just yesterday I peeked in on her alone in the playroom having a "birthday party" for her teddy bear. She put a hat on his head, sang the birthday song, asked him if he wanted his cake, and then told him to blow out the candle (after she already blew it out for him!) Too cute!!

The birthday girl

The delicious coconut cream cake!

Birthday girl's twin sister!

Water Country

One of our favorite places to go this summer has been Water Country USA. It's right by our house and owned by Busch Gardens so we have a season pass to both parks. The rides are awesome and Addy is able to go on almost everything in the park. She loves the big kid waterslides. One of the funniest things is that she is "scared" to ride down the little tiny critter slides in the baby park, but loves to ride on the tallest waterslide that is very fast and dark the entire way down. We went this morning with a few friends and I finally brought my camera to capture a few pictures! 

Addy and Nick holding hands

Addy with Paige and Michael in front of Big Daddy Falls, one of the best rides

The whale slide that she told me was scary

High Maintenance

And I am not referring to my adorable Addy. This cute little dog has been driving us crazy! We are dog sitting for our neighbor who is out of the country for 15 days. She has stayed with us in our house the entire time and I am ready to pull my hair out. I will never again refer to MacGregor as high maintenance. This dog is about 1/15th the size of MacGregor, but about 15 times the work! She won't go to the bathroom unless I walk her for a LONG time, so she consumes a lot of time. She also often wakes up in the middle of the night yapping away-- we've had a few sleepless nights. One of her other favorite things to do is to yap for 10 minutes every time we come through the door (which is often several times a day). She is very sweet, but we'll be happy when her owner returns on Friday-- only 2 more days!! Addy really likes her so that has been a positive thing. She and MacGregor are quite the spectacle walking down the street!