A Goofy Moment with Tucker at Dinner

The other night we had our first BBQ dinner outside. Brandon's parents came down and Tucker, in true fashion, was a cracker jack. The funniest moment was Tucker playing with his bib. Normally I would not capture these times on camera but he was being so jolly about it and having a lot of fun showing off!!!

Happy Birthday Daddy

Brandon celebrated his 3? birthday the other day and well, I had to capture the gift moment. Tucker was more than happy to play with the paper once it was off the gifts, as well as the ribbon. One of Tucker's gifts to "Daddy" was a box of Froot Loops since every morning Tucker begs from Brandon for his cereal. I am not sure what I am encouraging the sugar but it was a funny treat. The big surprise, thanks to a friend, was tickets to U2 in Sept. Brandon LOVES U2 and well who knows when we will ever have a chance to go again. Happy Birthday Brandon!

The Blue Angels - USNA

Fat Albert is where? As I searched the crowd I was lost. No silly, Fat Albert is in the air. This coming from a real USNA Blue Angel spectator to a novice.. I look up and sure enough, a mammoth, what looks to be a cargo plane, is flying up the river and this signifies the beginning of the Blue Angel Show.

Then we could hear the thunder and out of no where, there were 6 Navy F/A-18 Hornets overhead and they gave us the most amazing performance. This was my first time watching the Blue Angels and I was excited. Tucker on the other hand was flat out scared! He would not let us put ear plugs in and much preferred to cling onto our necks for dear life. We shouldn't complain because it was some nice cuddle time but we felt bad for him.

Hopefully these pictures will amaze you all. Fortunately I have a good friend who had her camera and took these amazing pictures!

May 2009 Updates

The Past Month....





I am not sure where to begin as I have fallen a little behind with the blog and so many things have happened.... To us, each day is an exciting day with Tucker. He is a boy who just wants to explore the world, but still on his hands and knees. Brandon thinks that he will be walking by the end of the month (May). I feel like that Tucker has another month to go, especially considering June is almost here.

One of our projects for the Spring was to build Tucker a sandbox. We wanted one big enough for Tucker and his friends. 30 bags of sand later, and a fancy top, Tucker has a dream box! We all love to play in it with Tucker. Kudos to Brandon!!!

Tucker participated in his first swim class with Brandon. We thought that this would be a fun father son activity. Unfortunately Tucker was very apprehensive about the pool. At first this surprised us since he LOVES bath time. All he wanted to do was to hold onto Brandon and the pool rail. My theory, the pool area was too hot and stuffy. Heck, I went one night and wanted to sprint out immediately. When we went to Mystic, CT we took Tucker to the hotel pool a couple of times and he was very happy to be in the pool and moving around with us. Hopefully he will be ok at the pool club this summer.


We were all very fortunate to take a nice trip to Mystic, CT a couple weeks ago. Brandon had some meetings so Tucker and I thought that it would be fun to tag along. It was nice to get out of Maryland for a week and the bonus, we got to see some family and some friends. On our way to Mystic we stopped and had dinner with my brother, his son and wife. We had not seen them since Nate was a newborn so it was fun to see how much he has grown. We stayed with my godmother which was also a very splendid treat for us. He had a great time exploring a new house and yard :) One of the highlights of the trip for Brandon was going to the U.S. Navy Submarine Force Museum Home of the USS Nautilus in Groton, CT. We all went on the Sub but no one was more impressed than Brandon. Tucker and I thought it was too tight. Tucker and I also went to the Mystic Aquarium. What a fantastic aquarium. They had these amazing outdoor tanks where you could watch penguins swimming as well as beluga wales. We tried to watch a Sea Lion show but Tucker just did not want to sit still.

Immediately after we returned from CT we had some house guests, my parents. It was wonderful to see them and for Tucker to have some time with them and Skooter! He razzled and dazzled them and in true grandparent fashion, fed Tucker from his first ice cream cone. I cringed and thought of the mess but went along with it. Fortunately Tucker did not make a mess at all. He LOVED the experience!!! The trip was short but we will see them again soon this summer!