Our latest adventures...

A couple of weeks ago we went to Richmond to get our car from the airport (long story). We decided to make a day of it and go to Maymont and to Cheesecake Factory for dinner. Maymont is a really great park that is on this estate in the middle of Richmond. They have a beautiful mansion, lots of gardens, a visitor center with an aquarium, and lots of animals. We didn't get to stay as long as we would have liked because it was very hot, which made someone (really all three of us) very cranky. Kason did like the aquarium a lot. We aren't really sure if he liked the fish and turtles or if he was just laughing at his reflection in the glass. He petted the goats and had a nice chat with the bull. If you want to see what Maymont is all about, visit http://www.maymont.org/

This past weekend, we went to a cookout. It was hosted by my friend, Chi, who just moved into a new house and had everyone over to celebrate. Chi and I used to work together. We were also pregnant at the same time and actually had the boys just a couple of hours apart - at the same hospital. Kason and Solomon don't seem to mind sharing birthdays OR ANYTHING ELSE. They shared their dinner. I am not sure who got more - Kason, Solomon, or the floor! It will be fun for the two of them to grow up knowing they were born just hours apart from each other and probably began their lives in the nursery together. I know Charlie Jones and I always thought it was pretty cool - unless it was our birthday and we had to share the spotlight.

Kason got a very cool surprise this week. The Burton's decided that they would like to donate the kids old playset to him. Thier youngest is 3 now and now they are all too big for it. It was so nice of Mr. Jeff, Luke, and Owen to bring it over. I was afraid that Owen might have a hard time parting with it, but the playset was completely forgotten after he got to "hold that baby." "That baby" didn't know what to think of him! As you can see, Owen isn't very big (which means tiny considering Kason looks this big next to him). We laughed so hard because Kason was taking a nap when they got there. I thought I heard him stirring and went in his room to check on him. I found Owen (he had snuck up the front stairs) sitting in his floor playing with the toys and Kason just sitting in his bed thrilled to have woken up to his very own playmate in his bedroom!

We went out yesterday and let him check out the new toy. We were surprised that he was able to enjoy it as much as he did. He loves it. Now he sits at the back door and bangs on the door while he looks out at it.

He has the slide all figured out. Here is a video of him showing his skills. Unfortunately, I haven't figured out how to rotate the picture yet. (Let me know if you figure it out, Ashley!) For now, you can just lean sideways:)

We are awaiting the arrival of Nanna and Big John now. They should get here tomorrow evening. I am sure there will be more pictures to come.