Kingy Bingy

Gotta get one last post in to be pretty much caught up before we go out of town again! King had his 2 month check up almost a month ago now, but anyway here are the stats.

Weight 14 1/2 pounds
Height 23 1/2 inches

That is 99% for weight and 75% for height. He started out the biggest and is still holding onto that title. I guess I am just destined to have big babies.

I have been attempting to get a good shot of all three kids togther, but that is near impossible. So here are 4 pics in which some of the kids look good some of the time, but none of them look good all of the time. (You can click on the collage to view it bigger).

And finally, just a collage showing how crazy and cute EZ and Netta are.

Pittsburgh

So after the week at Virginia Beach, the kids and I drove back up to Pittsburgh with my parents. I was in one car with King and my dad and my sister Katie and my mom were in another car with EZ and Netta. By some miracle everyone behaved the whole drive. My mom and Katie really lucked out on that one. Katie was only able to stay in Pittsburgh a couple days with us, but the kids and I were there for 3 weeks. Crazy with a newborn, but we had a wedding to go to in Pittsburgh at the end of the month and there was no way we were going to fly the whole family to Virginia and back and then 3 weeks later fly us all to Pittsburgh. So John got to be on his own for awhile. I know he missed us, but I am sure there were moments when he was happy to have all the peace and quiet. Luckily, my parents are AMAZING and did a great job helping me with the kids. My sister Rachel and her family also live in the same town and they helped a ton as well. They have some kids that are babysitting age, which of course I took advantage of and EZ and Netta loved having cousins to play with. So here are some pics chronicling our time in Pittsburgh

First Grandpa Steve and Netta at the zoo, which is always a favorite.

As you can see Netta had a little too much fun at the zoo.

EZ had just the right amount of fun.

The whole time we were there I was debating whether or not to go to Kennywood, the amusement park by my house. We had taken EZ when he was 2 and he was not a fan. He is older now, but knowing his personality I wasn't sure it would be any better this time. However, I knew Netta would have a blast so I went back and forth, but finally decided it wasn't worth the money, especially if EZ had a melt down. I was a little bummed and then like an answer to prayer, my mom won 4 free tickets at work. How frickin awesome is that?! So we made it to Kennywood after all and since the tickets were free, it didn't matter if EZ was a dork and refused to ride anything. Good thing, because it took almost 2 hours to get him to ride anything. (In his defense, he did fall asleep in the car about 20 minutes before we got there, which is never a good thing). So here is Netta riding without EZ and chatting up the girl next to her. Netta actually chose to sit by strangers and talk to them as they rode, which is exactly how I was when I was little. I used to ask to sit by myself on the plane when we would fly standby and chat with all the businessmen.

Again here is Netta on her favorite ride "The Whip". The girl has no fear.

I think EZ started to get jealous because we were taking so many pictures of Netta and making such a big deal out of each ride she got on. He kept yelling at my dad to stop looking at her. Finally, he couldn't handle it and he actually got on a ride. It was a like a huge burden was lifted off my shoulders. Hurray my son is not a complete baby. He was still a little timid on the first ride. . .

. . .but eventually he started having a blast and then he never wanted to stop riding.

King of course was a long for the ride and got in some good bonding time with Grandma Sharon. The adults didn't really ride anything, but that was ok with me, because I was just so glad EZ finally got over his fear and that both kids had so much fun.

Here is the only picture I have of any of my sister's kids. This is Carol chillin with King. I should have gotten more pics, but it's really a miracle I got any at all.

Finally, after 3 weeks without John the family was reunited and we got to go to the wedding of our friends Kim and John. We actually met them in Texas when we were here for John's internship and got back in touch with them when we moved back down. It turns out that she just happens to be from Pittsburgh, so of course we had to go to the wedding. That and John was a groomsman. They got married downtown in Heinz Chapel, which was absolutely gorgeous.

Then the reception was in yet another gorgeous location, the Le Mont on Mount Washington. Here is King taking in the great view of the city from the restaurant.

I am not going to lie and say that everything was peachy keen while we were there. Being spouse-less with a newborn is less than ideal, but I had a lot of support from my family and I was grateful to get to spend so much time with them.

Virginia Beach

My parents threw together an awesome family reunion in Virginia Beach the first week of June. Traveling with a 4 week old maybe wasn't exactly ideal, but there was no way I wasn't going to go and it was a blast. EZ being EZ refused to actually go in the ocean. Maybe he let some water touch his feet once. Instead he opted for horse shoes. I can't believe he is such an old man already.

Of course Netta being Netta was exactly the opposite of EZ and absolutely loved playing in the waves.

Because of work John was only able to stay half of the week, which was sad, but he made the most of his time there and with the kiddies.

Once John left my family of course stepped up to the plate and helped out with the kiddies, which a lot of time meant they got to do whatever they wanted. Here is EZ hanging out in the "bathtub." (Don't worry we didn't keep it super hot, because of all the kids there).

Obviously, Netta has the grandparents wrapped around her finger and she can get way with murder.

One of the best parts about the trip is that my Grandpa was there. He lives in New York and with us being in Texas and especially now that we have 3 kids, it is going to be harder and harder to get to see him, so I was so happy we got to spend a week with him and that he got to meet his newest grandkid.

A lot more happened, but alas I have to attempt to get some things done around the house while I have the miracle of 2 sleeping kids.

Happy Birthday EZ

So thanks to 3 kids I am uber behind on blogging, along with a list of other things, but I will do my best to catch up on the last 2 months. May is birthday month at our house with King and Netta at the beginning and EZ at the end. EZ has been talking about a Chuck e Cheese party since he went to one back in September, so that made planning easy. Luckily, I had my sister Meghan in town to help with King, so of course she got to help with the party as well. In fact without her there would be very few pictures, so we have her to thank for the following cute pics. EZ insisted on wearing his party hat, which was actually given to him for his first birthday, but hey thanks to an adjustable strap it still fits.

Netta had a blast and rode the Merry go Round over and over again.

EZ had an awesome Diego cake thanks to the local grocery store. It was made out of cupcakes, which I love because all you need is some napkins to clean up afterwards.

As you can see from his goofy face, EZ had a great time. It's a miracle that this party happened, because the very next day we took off for a month long trip back east. So EZ some day when you see this I hope you appreciate how much your mommy loves you.