c-ville: part 2

playing in the pack'n'play

he could not resist climbing on the desk or destroying all the tissues

flying the "space rocket"

first real snow of the year -- view from our hotel window

happily stomping through the snow

he insisted on making snow angels -- no clue where he got the idea in the first place

p's first time in the snow -- he loved it!

on the desk again...i took this and pulled him off the millionth time

morning greeting/snuggle/hug

i made the mistake of blowdrying my hair in the other room...

thankfully c-ville has a rec center with "open play" time

a "pirates + princesses" party at chick-fil-a -- it was darling -- totally worth the effort!

aaarrrghhh!

he was obsessed with the cows

because every kid wants to paint on the wall

bouncing around

ball boys

so glad a new trader joe's opened in c-ville!

shane accepting his certificate + posing with his squad unit

loved seeing shane in his dress blues with our two boys by his side

a semi-decent family pic at graduation -- at least i think so ;)

c-ville

Okay, I don't really believe in using nicknames for cities and states (e.g., Cali, San Fran, etc.) but using C-ville for Charlottesville has grown on me. Maybe just because I'm getting lazy and the shorter and better.

We've been down here off and on visiting Shane since the beginning of November. But it wasn't until this past month that we really got a chance to look around and spend more quality time down here -- since I no longer go to the office every day.

It's really a charming place. I can see why people love living here. So much character. Unfortunately with the colder weather we haven't explored as much as we were hoping. Thankfully we've found some indoor places for getting our wiggles out -- don't laugh, but one of those places has been Chik-fil-A. We really lucked out though because our friends, the Watts, are going to school at UVA and we've been able to tag along with them several time which has helped kept us sane.

Our favorite places to hang out ended up being the Children's Discovery Museum, Bounce'N'Play and the Watts' apartment.

chik-fil-a firemen (and women) appreciation day

at the children's discovery museum -- i want to make one of these for our home

more museum fun

this thing would suck up balls and scarves and shoot them back out -- C was obsessed

a carousel you can push (genius!) / bowling with daddy

me with my mini-me (according to my mom) / C's cute bowling shoes

the boys trying to stay entertained in the hotel

pierce's one-year photo shoot

Pierce turned one at the end of November. We did a little photo shoot the week after in honor of the big occasion. Unfortunately it was the one bitter cold day in December. Poor little Pierce's eyes and nose were soon watering out in the cold so he didn't last very long.

But, I got to use my new lens and enjoyed capturing a few shots of the boys that I think are worth keeping. Hope you're okay with a total photo dump. ;)

(More coming on P's birthday and why we adore him so much in a future post. Shane and I had fun comparing his one-year photos to Christian's here.)