Help Me Light the Night!

Again this year, I will be walking to help The Leukemia Lymphoma Society raise funds for people with blood cancers. I will be walking in Centennial Olympic Park on Saturday evening, October 10. It's always a fun walk in the early evening around downtown Atlanta. The Leukemia Lymphoma Society also gives grants to patients with blood cancers to help with medical costs, and provides them with educational materials.

This year Mike is working on walk day so the boys, a wagon, and me will be walking. Please consider a donation, of any amount. Every little bit helps! The link to my page is http://tinyurl.com/qsj9ju. I would also love for you to join me if you can come out and enjoy a nice October evening downtown.

Hugs and love to you all!

Conner's Surgery Day

Conner had surgery that should have been done when he was born. It was outpatient surgery at CHOA and luckily, it only took part of the day. These pictures were taken before the surgery so the poor little guy had no idea what was about to happen.

Suwanee Days

Sorry I've taken such a long break from the blog. I have to shamlessly admit that Facebook is easier to update and you get an instant response back to a lot of things.

Lately, we've been checking out Playtown Suwanee and the Suwanee Town Center Fountains. Here are a few pics of my growing boys!

Happy Summer!

Pictures! Pictures!

I took the boys to Target a week and a half ago for pictures. Conner was 10 weeks and Evan is 2 1/2. I posted a lot of them but I didn't order many. I mainly got Father's Day gifts. Here they are...

Cramming it all in

I return to work full-time, at work, on June 22. We have been taking full advantage of my maternity leave (minus 4 hrs a day working from home).

Here's Evan on the Sunday before Memorial Day at the park in downtown Lilburn. It was a wet playground but there were a few things he could play on.

Last week, we got a deal and went to Panama City Beach. I had not been in 7 years but it was as nice as I remembered.

Evan was terrified of the water, both the Gulf and the pool. Here's where he decided to play the first evening.

Evan playing with Daddy as Conner sleeps. Conner slept so well beside the water!

My beach bum!

Here's Mike on the parasail. It's the best picture we could get sitting on the shore.

From our 9th floor balcony

Eating dinner on the pier at Pineapple Willy's.

Here are my boys, back at home, when we woke up this past Friday. Evan put Conner's arm around his neck.

Cole and Evan at the Coke Museum. I wanted to go since they reopened it, but I was not that impressed. The boys always provide a good time though!

Evan drinking his weight in Coke

and giving Cole the flavors he didn't like.

We are going to be cramming more activities into the next few weeks. It will be a while before I take another vacation. At least I get to spend my 30th birthday

(6/17) at home, before I go back into the office. I will hopefully post again by then!

Enjoying the weather

We have been taking full advantage of the beautiful weather. Conner has enjoyed it some too!

Lounging on the back porch, watching Evan play

Evan and his new water table

Helping Daddy with the yard work

Quick smile break

Lola took us to Washington Farms in Loganville to pick some fresh strawberries. They are so yummy! It was my first time but we have to do it again, soon!

Lola and Evan showing off their prize berries!

Have a fantastic Memorial Day weekend!

Random pictures of the boys

Here are a few random pictures of the boys from the past few days. Since the weather has been a bit cool, Conner has been able to wear some of Evan's old clothes.

On another note, tomorrow, the boys might not be so happy. We are enrolling both of them on research studies to help determine the causes of Type I Diabetes since they are both at a higher risk for the disease than an average child. Conner will have his blood drawn every three months until he's 4 then every 6 months until he's 15 or develops the disease. I'm not sure about the details of Evan's study. He is at a lower risk than Conner but it will probably involve blood draws every 6 months. Here's hoping neither of my children develop Type I diabetes. And if you're wondering, they distract the children, use EMLA numbing lotion to numb their arms, and take care to prevent the children from noticing pain. Say a prayer for us, please!

Have a fantastic week!

What a Weekend!

Our weekend technically started on Friday. Katy, Derrick, Derrick George, and Leah stopped by on their way to Virginia. Evan had a great time playing with his cousins and the family got to meet Conner, who is already over a month old!

The boys blew bubbles on the new deck

Leah crawled all over the place

and the boys did some "cheers" with their juice cups

Saturday morning, the boys watched some Thomas movies together

Evan absolutely adores Conner

Our next trip was the zoo for Christina's 29th birthday. Why is it adult birthdays are for the kids these days? In this picture, Cole is looking at the map and planning the animals we are going to see.

Cole and Evan pose (the boy was hungry, couldn't drop the chips)

Evan feeding a Parakeet in the new exhibit

This is what Conner did

Evan with his Aunt Christina. Happy Birthday to my beautiful cousin and best friend, who will be a mommy again in December! Here's hoping she breaks the chain of boys on the Hart side of the family.

I took this picture because it was funny. Charlie, my cousin and Christina's brother, had to hold both boys to see the orangutans. There was quite a crowd.

and today was our long awaited trip to see Thomas the Train in Chattanooga. We left this morning at 8:00 AM to make the drive. Here's a shot of me and the boys on the train ride.

Evan and Conner riding the train

Mike and Evan in front of Thomas

Thomas

Sir Topham Hatt, Mike, and Evan

and Evan playing in the toy tent before we left for home.

Evan has a new love for Thomas. He didn't want to leave but we told him that we can see Thomas again next year. The rain threatened us on both Saturday at the zoo and on Sunday in Chattanooga but we avoided the heavy stuff. All it all, it was a very busy and exhausting weekend. I hope yours was as good!