Happy Easter

Happy Easter Everyone Balk Balk!!





Our surprise. Tucker went to the White House Easter Egg Roll. The process began around midnight on the day the White House said they were going to release the tickets online. After 45 min I gave up and headed off to bed. Only to check in the middle of the night and then I really started up again around 7am. In between feeding Tucker I kept refreshing the page and finally I got through. PURE LUCK. As one reporter from the Washington Post noted "the chances of getting tickets are now comparable to winning a Mega Millions lottery." I did not realize this at the time but out of all of my friends trying for tickets, I was the only one. How funny the Republican who could care less about President Obama gets the tickets. Ha... It was purely a non-political day despite the numerous Obama t-shirts and hats being worn.

So, I just figured that I would get the maximum number of tickets (6) and then share the extra ones with friends. I finally got around to reading the fine print and out of the 6 tickets there were only 2 adult tickets. Hmmm. Fortunately Brandon did not really want to so I invited my friend Janet and her daughter Anna. She was the one who told me about the Egg Roll so it was only fitting that she come with us. We all met up the night before in DC for a nice dinner (Janet found 2 rooms 2 blocks from the White House for a fantastic price) and a good nights sleep. As we headed off to the Event our husbands headed to work. Our tickets were for the 9:45-11:45 segment but they said that we needed to be there 1 hr before the opening. This is one of the areas that they need to improve next year. We got in line around 8:20 and did not get into the event until 10:30. They did a VERY POOR job getting people in and to our surprise, there were a lot of very rude people who could care less that a) we were in front of them and b) that we had strollers with toddlers. This was a bit upsetting. Oh well.

The highlight of my day was meeting Julie Foudy! She is my soccer idol. There were not a lot of activities for Tucker but he did not mind. He loved getting his picture taken with the various PBS animals, crawling around in the grass, listening to Fergie and playing with Anna! Both kids were fantastic! I kept waiting for Tucker to melt down due to a lack of a morning nap but it never happened. Of course I did give him his first chocolate chip cookie and I loaded him up with snacks while we waited in line.

All in all we had a fantastic day and I felt so lucky that we got to go to the Roll!!!

13 Months

A month has passed and our little boy is now officially a toddler and doing all of the things a little energetic toddler boy does. Unfortunately he is still not walking and he is not showing any signs of walking. I am trying everything from bare feet, to strategically placing empty diaper boxes around the house to holding him and he does not want to walk. Much to my displeasure of course. I really do not want him to grow up fast but it would make life so much easier if he would just walk. That and he would save a few pairs of pants!

Tucker has also experienced his first taste of custard and gelato (the fancy stuff of course). He had no complaints and even asked for more. This has made Brandon VERY happy! Other notables, Dirt dirt dirt. Besides Tucker's normal outdoor inquiry of dirt and twigs we learned the lesson not to let Tucker sit in the back seat with shrubs or vice versa. We went to get some shrubs the other day and since they did not fit in the trunk they got to ride in the back seat with Tucker. We saw him playing with the shrubs on the way home but the welcome surprise was when we opened his door only to find his mouth, nose, and hands covered in dirt as well as his car seat. That called for an immediate bath!

Each day is a joy and we look forward to our new experiences with Tucker! Stay tuned for after Easter Photos! We have a surprise.

I forgot to add that Tucker also experienced his first babysitter and I went away for 3 days leaving Brandon to some good old father son bonding time. I am not sure who was more worn out when I returned, Brandon or Tucker.