A Few Randoms

Don't my babies look so big? I can't believe how huge Charlie(L) and Griff(R) are. While I'm thinking of it, some of you have asked about the 'birthmark' on Charlie's nose. It's called a hymangeoma (sp?). It's basically a deformation of capillaries that isn't visible at birth, then grows until about 6-8 months, then it shrinks and is usually gone by 2 years old. Strange, huh? But a great way to tell these identical babies apart:)

At our local Market (Eastern market). It's like a european market with all kinds of strange whole fish and pig parts that you've never heard of. You can also get normal things like fresh homemade ravioli (incredible), fruit, steaks and fish (and jelly beans as Irby did above), but the weird things are the most interesting to a 2 year old. Irby has been saving his 'monies' and every time we go he gets some jelly beans, very exciting. He is also showing off his special seat in the stroller. We call it the 'jump seat,' and he loves it. If it's really cold I will pull the cover over him too, so all 3 boys are warm and toasty in there together. Irby is usually very sweet to Charlie and Griff in the stroller, putting a paci in if someone cries, singing them songs, etc. He's a great big brother!

Irby and I went away for a night for my birthday (30 was a big one!!), and my very sweet and generous parents kept the boys. They did great, even slept all night for Nana and Doc and did great with their bottles. We went to Savage River Lodge in the mountains in Maryland about 2.5 hours from here. It was awesome, they'd had 180" of snow this year, we went cross-country skiing, sat by the fire, ate a delicious dinner at their 5 star restaurant and slept 11 hours!!! 2 nights worth of sleep in one night, amazing.

Outing at the Capitol Visitor's Center. We walked up there last week so Irby could run around (it was freezing and snow covered outside, we needed to get out...) Somehow Irby knew where the cafeteria was, we've never been there, but after about 5 minutes of Sacagawea and the Lady Freedom, he scoped it out and begged for pizza and chocolate milk. So, I obliged and the babies slept while I had an early lunch date with my sweet Irbs