A Busy Weekend Planned

I hadn't realized but I haven't blogged on here in a week. We have been busy I guess. I hope to get some great photos this weekend though to add. We have a busy weekend planned.

Tomorrow Colby is going to be in the Woodbury Memorial Day Parade. My grandfather, Poppy, used to have miniature horses on his farm. Now most of them are gone but my Aunt Doone has a few and we still do the parades in Woodbury and Naugatuck. The Woodbury one is short and pretty quiet. The only problem, it is in the afternoon right at nap time. Colby will be riding in a horse drawn carriage with my cousin's son Corbin. We will walk along beside them. Before the parade we are going to have Colby's hair cut. It has grown a lot since March and is going wild! On Memorial Day Colby can be in the Naugatuck parade too, but I want to see how well he does tomorrow. The Naugatuck parade is long and very noisy. They even have a fly over by jets. But it is in the morning. Then we can go to my Aunt Jackie's house or Mike's Aunt Noelle's house for a picnic. Not sure which we will do. Last year we went to Aunt Noelle's.

Next week we have our second appointment with our social worker. This time we need to go to their office in West Hartford. That is on Thurs. I can't wait for Christine to see how much Colby has changed and how much he has learned. We last saw her in early March not long after we got home.

So, I will post pics ASAP and let everyone know how Thursday goes. Until then, I hope I have enough energy for the busy weekend ahead!

Our First Easter!

What a busy weekend we had. Mike and I were a little worried how Colby would handle our hectic Easter schedule, but he was a real trooper. A little cranky today and very tired but he had a blast.

Mike's sister Trisha and her husband AJ were here from Cleveland. It was their first meeting with Colby. We had a quick imprompto pizza party on Friday night to celebrate. Aunt Trisha and Uncle AJ presented Colby with his birthday present.

On Saturday we celebrated Easter with Mike's Dad's family. We really luck out with that. His family is very large and in order to have everyone together they had long since decided to do Easter and Christmas the day before. So, we got dressed up and went to Grandpa and Gram's house down the street. Colby enjoyed his first Easter Egg Hunt there. A quick indoor one due to the rain.

Then Sunday we celebrated with my mom's family at Mamie's house. First we went to church though. Another new experience for Colby. He did really well sitting through the service without any fuss. He even entertained the elderly gentlemen sitting behind us. The celebration at Mamie's was right at nap time so Colby didn't have his nap, another new experience. I was worried he would be cranky but he had a great time. We had another Easter candy hunt and Colby had his first ride on a miniature horse. My grandfather, Poppy, was the ultimate cowboy. I am sure I have mentioned him in previous blog entries. When I was growing up he had 3 horses. He taught me how to ride at an early age. When I went to college, Poppy started his miniature horse farm. At one time he had almost 200 miniature horses and Shetland ponies. Now that he has pasted away, most of the horses are gone but there are a few left on the farm. Colby rode on one of them. It was a slightly bittersweet moment. I wish Poppy could have seen him. But Colby had a great time and looked so cute. I really do need to find him a cowboy hat.

Well, here are a few Easter photos. Enjoy!

Here I am with Aunt Trisha and Uncle AJ.

Playing baseball with Grandpa on Saturday. Thankfully the rain stopped.

My first Easter Egg Hunt. Did I get them all?

Easter morning. Where did this candy come from? My basket was empty last night!

Don't I look grown up?

Playing with my cousins. Teddy is on the bottom and Max is on the top.

Enjoying a Jello Easter Egg with Mommy's cousin Stacy.

Horse kisses with Mommy.

Riding my first horse. Where's my cowboy hat?

A roll in the grass. Hunting Easter candy is hard work.

Rolling in the grass with Mommy.

Enjoying chocolate with Daddy. Yum Yum!