Spring Break

We are very lucky to have family that live in a beautiful part of the country so we can escape the cold Colorado weather and play in the warm Florida sunshine. Tommy LOVED, LOVED, LOVED playing with his cousin Charlie. They are too cute together. We enjoyed the beach, the pool, a St. Paddy's Day parade and just hanging out with the gang. Thanks so much for a great time everyone. We loved seeing you and the boys had so much fun! It was our first trip with both boys. I think we packed our entire house to get there. The boys did really well but man, it's so much stuff! On our return trip, we had a lay-over in Atlanta which was fine but just added a little more time. Tommy didn't stop talking (literally) for 12-hours and Danny was "finding his voice" on the flight. Danny poop was everywhere (on Mom) shortly after take off from Atlanta to Denver - yummy. But again, they did great and can't complain. When we got in the car to drive home, all Mike could say was "WOW." A different adventure than our travels when we just had to worry about ourselves. About two minutes into the drive home, both boys were sound asleep...of course. Danny's first trip to the beach - a windy day

Sunshine smiles.

Cheese

Tommy LOVES the piano. He talks about it all the time. In fact, at music class he often chooses to play the piano when one of the few rules is to not touch the piano :) He enjoyed "reading" music and playing Grandma and Grandpa's piano - quite nicely.

An attempt at the Beatles

Scrub a dub, dub, two cute boys in the tub. Charlie helps scrub Tommy's back.

and wash his hair

The infamous St. Paddy's Day parade. We enjoyed seeing downtown Naples transform to green. All Charlie and Tommy hoped for was a little lollipop and looks like here they got one. Charlie fits right in in his cute, little chair.

The parade lasted for a LONG time but we made our way to lunch after a while. 5th Avenue was quite the scene - everyone's got a little Irish in them to celebrate.

Tommy has recently started some swimming lessons to get a little more comfortable with the water. Good timing because he had fun swimming with his Dad.

Uncle Brian and "fish" Charlie. Charlie is quite the swimmer - show us your stuff.

After all that hard work in the pool, a yummy lunch.

A big treat for the CO Martins, is the beach at sunset! It was a gorgeous night and the boys had so much fun playing on the beach.

Chasing bubbles blown by Aunt Lexi

Scoop

and throw

Our little diggers

First day at the beach, Tommy wasn't so sure. It was a little windy and a new sensation on the feet but he warmed right up to it.

Gearing up for some marching bands, including Matt Godley's high school alma mater

Our

boys

Paling around on the plane

6 months

I apologize for such a long delay in posting. Not quite sure where the time went but we have entered spring, yay! Danny is now 6.5 months and turning into quite the character, always smiling. He likes to play with the infamous "Sophie" the giraffee and chew on those legs. His older brother is by far his favorite person to admire, not sure how we feel about that :) What antics are they gearing up for? At Danny's six month appointment he weighed in at 18.12 pounds and measured 29 inches - a big boy. We are now eating food - oatmeal, apples, pears, squash, sweet potatoes and an occational pea. Tommy still talks all day long and keeps us entertained. Growing and changing everyday. Chilin' with Dad First try at oatmeal - not quite sure

Ok, think I can do this

Served only with a silver spoon, please

Gentle hugs, yeah right.

Sitting up in the Bumbo with my cozy airplane sweater from Nana :)

Erin Go Braugh. Or as Liam Madden says, "top of the morning to ya." Mom's cute little leprechans.

Midnight Waffle trumpet rehearsal

Really getting into it - swing those hips

Go Irish! Good thing I'll outgrown this shirt soon because it wasn't much luck.

All smiles

Papi came to visit while Gigi ventured on a girls trip. He took the train from KC, stopped in Denver and moved on to the mountains. We got to sing Happy Birthday to him, play at the park and have some fun hang out time. Tommy was the lucky little guy that got to see him off on the Choo Choo and tell him "all aboard." I think the highlight since Choo Choos are the coolest thing these days. Thanks for the visit!

They boys Skyping with Gigi before her trip.

As my Mom's good friend Gaffney says, "my gym." Yes, I'm now strong enough to play in "my gym." My parents have found my big brother trying it out too - um, pretty sure he's too big.

Danny Visits KC

Danny took his first plane ride to KC. He was a super star both ways on the plane. And prepping for a 4 month old is quite different than for a 2 year old! Danny and Mom thought it would be fun to pop-in for a quick visit while Dad and Tommy had a boys weekend in Denver. Tommy and his Dad had a great time - well everything but Tommy's 3rd hair cut (not his favorite activity), but he survived and they had fun.

Danny and Mom just hung out with Gigi and Papi most of the time. However, we got to visit a VERY special person - Great Grandma Grams - who we adore!! Aunt Donna, Doug and Cousin Angie also popped in over the weekend to meet little Danny.

Despite a quick trip, it was a nice treat for all! Thanks for playing Gigi and Papi. The Z Man from OK Joe's is the BEST and can't wait to have some fab BBQ again soon. oxox

Sacked out on Anut Beth's Bed (don't worry, I did have my pack 'n play) - but just taking a little cat nap before the plane ride


Cozied up with Gigi

Arrival home - Daddy and his boys

Naked baby and his Papi - watching the Jayhawks beat up on KState - Rock Chalk!

It was wonderful to see you Grams and can't wait for our next visit!! You are one funny lady. Love you. Cuddled up with the big guy.

Grams is concerned the socks don't fit right - note to Mom to get bigger socks :)

Looking good!

I'm loving this pretty pink sweater. No spit ups, please! Well done Danny.

Happy guys

All smiles with Aunt Donna!

Playing with some of my favorite things

On New Years Day, the gang played at Liam's house. 5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed (Liam's new choo, choo bed)!!

Bundled up to romp around in the snow

Just a few shots taken from my phone. We had the most beautiful sunset from our "mountain view" home! Not captured quite the same as in person but who doesn't love a winter sunset.


Danny is so smiley. Starting to make all sorts of happy noises and likes to hear himself "talk." Just like someone else I know - monkey see, monkey do!

Brothers bonding in the bath!

Happy New Year!

Happy 2011!!

To ring in the New Year, we had a very pretty snowfall. Tommy had no interest in sledding but swinging! It was a whopping 10 degrees and sure enough the wind blowing in his face was no big thing. He really wanted to build a "BIG" snowman but it wasn't the best packing snow unfortunately. "Someday."

Trying to make a snow angel but not so sure about it...

Snowmass Visit

So we decided to venture to the mountains with both kiddos for some mountain air! We hadn't traveled in quite some time which we are used to so it was a nice escape. Despite it being a quick trip (due to a storm that was supposed to come and never did), we had a nice visit. We just went for 2 nights right after Christmas before New Years. The highlight by far for Tommy was the bus ride to base village "again, again." We told him "someday" and he continues to remind of this often saying "someday" for all sorts of things.

Perhaps next year we'll get Tommy on skis. We saw little ones on the hill who were super cute. A sign said "Parent Free Zone" which I can totally appreciate so the teachers can actually teach. In the meantime, maybe we'll get him some ski gear to play with.

Strolling with Papi in base village.


Gondola ride. "Again." This we did do again and he loved it! Poor Danny wasn't too fond on the way up although I think his Mom over dressed the poor kid. That Colorado sun is tricky.



King of the Hill

Checking out the slopes..

The infamous blue bus....