Jamey turns One Year Old!

Jamey turned 1 on June 26!



Jamey with big brother Louis


Friends celebrating with us


Louis and friends at the big boy table

Race for the Cure

Today we did the Sally Komen Race for the Cure (breast cancer) 5k run. Here's Louis pre-race.

Jamey post-race, enjoying a banana. Also Louis and Derek chillin' after the run. Louis and Jamey stayed with a babysitter at the race while Derek and I ran, then met up with us afterwards. Louis did a kids dash later.

Underwear on Head

I did not stage these photos. This was all Louis. Enjoy.




Jamey has discovered the crock pot.

Jamey helping in the Garden

Fun on the Lake

Spent the weekend at my parents house on the lake in Tennessee. Jamey likes the swing they put up recently.


Louis drove the boat with grandpa.


Jamey with Nana and Derek wakeboarding

A Day at the Museums

Met up with friends at the Natural History museum in Raleigh. From there we went across the sidewalk to the History museum. Kids had a great time!!!
In effort to conserve resources, I took the boys via city bus to/from the museum. Needless to say, we will not be doing that again anytime soon...the trip there went fine (except for the surly bus driver). On the trip home, we missed the first bus because it went the wrong way. The second bus drove right past us waiting at the bus stop. We finally caught a different line and had to transfer buses, entailing a 30 minute wait. We met a couple of very interesting people and the boys were both quite the good sports about the whole deal (more so than I was). Next time we will drive :)

OH and Jamey turned 11 months old yesterday! Gratuitous J pic at end...

matching pajamas

NC Art Museum

So I call up my friend Yelena the night before and see what she wants to do...she always has these fantastic ideas! This one was to visit the NC Art Museum. Turns out they do a fun program for the kids every other Thursday morning. Here's a shot of Louis waving his scarf around and dancing. They also have a Rodin exhibit (BONUS) going on right now. To top off the morning, we picked (and ate) a ton of mulberries.

Learning to ride a bike

Louis loves riding his bike - he's gotten really good at it! A recent trip to Lake Lynn.

Veggie Garden

I bought this nifty packet of seeds (big ol' mix of veggies) at Whole Foods, thinking I would just stick them in pots and if they grew, I'd figure out the next step then. I never actually expected them to grow. You see, my thumb is far from green. So, when things sprouted from the pots, I knew I had to do something. Well - Derek had to do something. He built a veggie garden for us. It is quite beautiful. I am hoping that the veggie garden gods feel sorry for me and bless us with a plethora of lovely veggies (or at least enough so we break even on the cost of making the garden).

Today, we (Louis and I - Jamey watched and ate dirt) watered the little seedlings....I am hoping I didn't kill them as they were slightly dried out looking (okay, downright dead looking). Stay tuned....

Last day at the park

The day before we left Tokyo, we got together with friends for a final day at the park (Arisugawa).