And one more for good measure!

Hmmmm...

Don't Be Mad!

Don't be mad (Aunt Chris)!  We've been super, super busy!  Let's see...I've had work, Marley turned 3, I went to Guatemala, I worked, we had a birthday party, I finished my classes, I worked, we went to Kaedan's Walk, I worked, we had Easter in Williamsburg, we had Spring Break at the beach, Granddad's Grand Opening of the new NIA labs, and I worked, worked, worked.  Did I mention I worked?  I have been swamped!  Not only is it IEP season but it's Assessment season as well so Marley and I have been spending some late afternoons at school, and I've been spending quite a few weekends as well.  May is only going to get worse so the blog neglect may very well continue.  Summer may bring more updates (notice I said may, I have learned not to make promises!  It only makes me feel bad when I don't follow through).

I plan to update a few pictures here now, and then backdate all of the important things, like Marley's birthday and Guatemala, in the future.  Who knows though when that will happen!  In the meantime...

Fancy and Graddad got Marley a bounce house for her birthday!

 Opening gifts!  A radio from Aunt Natalie and Uncle Christian

 And an interactive globe from GC and Uncle Mike! (She plays with it every morning while she eats breakfast and she knows where Guatemala is!)

 We got her quite a few books for her birthday...this one was Disney Princesses Royal Cookbook (we have yet to try any recipes)

And she got a bike!  This was a serious steal...(forgive my jammies, this was the morning after I got home from Guatemala and I almost didn't get home.  As it was Brett had to drive to come get me up near DC the night before)

 Marley's party was at the local bounce house place, Pump It Up.  The kids had a blast!  This was before they turned out the lights

And after...they all had to wear the glow necklaces so we could find them.

Slide shots are not flattering...but she was the birthday girl and she wanted me to go with her!

 Group shot

 Ready for cake

 There was a bit of a princess theme as she's all about the dress up and Disney Princesses these days.  These crowns are the ones that you scratch with the stick to make designs.  She wasn't very creative with hers...

 Working on their crowns

 Singing Happy Birthday...she was so funny!  She LOVED the attention

 Her own cake...her friend Emma looks a little envious don't you think?

 After presents...at least she shares her thrown

Kaedan's Walk Fundraiser for BRAAC

At Yankee Candle waiting for the Easter Bunny

 The Easter Bunny was on a break so we took some time to visit with Santa.  He checked for Marley's name in his book and it was there...and she was on the nice list!  He even gave her some extra checks for eating her vegetables, brushing her teeth, cleaning her room (uh-huh sure), and listening to Mommy and Daddy (yeah, right...)

 I love Yankee Candle!  They're Awesome!

 At the kite festival at the beach

 Seriously?  Who taught this girl to pose?

 I mean really...she needs to learn how to smile while showing her moves

 But she is a cutie!

 And we rounded out Spring Break with Granddad's Grand Opening of the new NIA Labs.  We tried to get her to wear Granddad's lab coat but she only wanted the construction hat!

So hopefully that update was sufficient.  I realize I didn't post the Guatemala pics but there are 500+ to choose from and right now...I need to go to bed!

Now That's a Movie Quality Bubblebath!

I Owe You More

I know that owe all of my 8 or so readers more than what I'm about to post but things have been crazy here since Christmas. We did an unbelievable amount of traveling and had a wonderful time with all of our friends and family and I owe you those pictures...when I finally get around to posting them I'll let you know.

But, I was also pretty sick over Christmas, and for a while after that, and that paired with work, and school, and finalizing plans for Guatemala, I just fall into bed at night or veg in front of the TV or get lost in a good book...

And now, for the last few days, Mar and I have been home bound due to her fever. We'll finally be heading back to school tomorrow!

I have a few pics from the iPhone to dump, in maybe not the following order, Mar sick, during her new gymnastics class (sans mommy), with her beat buds Mias, Ashley and Brady one dun night at Chuck E Cheese, a girl and her puppy and a couple of dress up...jewels included...

And, after that...well I hope to get the rest of those pics posted soon!

I don't know if there are any words for this...

It's A Good Thing...

...that I didn't make a New Year's resolution to be a better blogger! We've been battling a wave of ongoing sickness since Christmas so I'm going to use that as my excuse. I'll try to give a proper update soon but here are a couple of pics to keep you satisfied until then. Enjoy!!