Memorial Day Up North

Last fall, Bob's parents decided it was time to buy a "cottage" up north. They ended up with a beautiful three bedroom, two bathroom house on two acres! For memorial day, we decided that we would all go up there to relax. Our trip did not start out very relaxing at all!

Thursday night, we got everything packed and loaded into the Mountaineer. Bob ran across the street to drop off the mailbox keys and I got in and started the truck. Well, the radio, windows, a/c, etc. decided not to work. No problem, I just shut it off and restarted thinking this would reset everything. I did this three times and nothing was working. At this point, Bob started getting nervous. He came to our driveway and asked me what was going on. After filling him in, he started tinkering with it. After about 20 minutes, he decided to drive it around the block to see if they would come back on. Nope! At this point I had Gavin out of the car because he was getting fussy. We went over the the neighbor's house to chat with them until Bob got back. Well, nothing was working yet! Bob and our neighbor started working again. After getting Raegan out of the car and waiting yet another 45 minutes, the guys finally discovered it was one lousy, burned out 15 amp fuse! We pulled one out of the car, stopped at Auto Zone to buy the variety pack in case anything else happened and finally pulled out of town one hour and 15 minutes later than we planned! The rest of the journey up north was very uneventful.

Bob's parents made it up on Friday afternoon. We went into town to the local bar for pizza and then home for a bonfire in the back yard. Saturday was our 6th wedding anniversary - I can't believe it! :) We went into Mount Pleasant for dinner at Mountain Town Station and to buy Gavin a long sleeved shirt (it was colder than I thought!). Bob and Carol kept the kids and I'm sure they were very spoiled! When we got home, Raegan was in bed, but the rest of us had some ice cream to celebrate.

Sunday was the big day for their association! A pig roast and luau! We met some of Carol's family down at the activity center for dinner. There were two little girls for Raegan to play with - Liliana & Eva. They all had a blast together! After dinner, we took the girls to play in the park and then into the shelter to listen to the band. This part of the evening was even more hillbilly than events in North Dakota! The girls danced to the band while we all laughed! It was quite funny.

Monday we all got up and got ready to go home. It was a great relaxing time and I can't wait to get back up there this summer. However, right now Bob and I are planning a trip to North Dakota for late July.

Eastern Market Flower Day

Today seemed like such a nice morning so we decided to pack the kids up and take them to the annual Eastern Market Flower Day. Once we got down there and finally found a parking spot, the weather decided not to cooperate anymore. It felt like it dropped 10 degrees! Luckily we had brought a jacket for Raegan and two blankets for Gavin. We walked around with all of the other crazy people in the cold. At least we weren't in shorts! We stopped for some lunch and sat in the parking lot while Raegan entertained everyone around us by doing the Cha Cha! Then when we couldn't take the cold anymore we decided it was time for Raegan to pick out her own flowers so we could go home (and I could put on a sweatshirt and have a cup of HOT coffee!) Turns out she was wiped out and ready to go home too. It ended up being such a great day, it is now going to be a Wheaton family tradition! Next year Gavin should be able to participate a little more and not sleep the whole time we are there.

Gavin is 3 months old!

I can't believe that our little man is three months old already! It seems like just yesterday that I was still pregnant and eating peanut m&m's by the pound! How time flies. Gavin is growing like a weed. He rolled from his stomach to his back, although there has not yet been a repeat performance. He is also having little conversations with Raegan. Wish I knew what they were saying! I'm sure it is something like "Our mommy is sooooo cool!", "Yeah, I guess our daddy is alright too!" Other than that we don't have many milestones to report! He's just getting cuter by the minute.

New family website

Now that there are two little munchkins in the Wheaton family, we decided to move to a more familly friendly website. A couple of our friends also use this service and I really like it, so I hope you do too!

I am now back at work :( Although it was hard to come back, it would have been harder for me to give up my amazing UM benefits. I will be working Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 7:30 am - 4:00 pm. It will be great to have 4 day weekends every week! Especially since Mom & Dad W. have the place up north.

The kids did great at daycare. Raegan never stopped going, so it was no big deal for her. But Gavin is now one of Auntie's kids! He gave them a little hassle with his bottles (he much prefers the boob!) but hopefully that will get better. Other than that he had a great time watching all of the other kids and taking in all of the noise!

Bob is now working from home on Mondays. The kids and I love it because we get to have breakfast and lunch with him. He is also "home" early since his commute is only 9 steps long!

Hope you all enjoy the new blog!