The New Job!

Last week I started a new nanny position with twin girls names Reese and Reagan! I am having a lot of fun with them but I am still in transition mode. I have the same type of responsibilities but it is also completely different! I am getting to know the girls and we have some fun stuff planned in the next 2 weeks! I will miss John terribly but I am also excited to do girly things! I am excited to watch the girls grow and change in the next year. They live in Wakefield so I am getting to know a different part of Raleigh! Their neighborhood is GREAT and it isn't too far of a drive for me going straight down Capital (yes, I moved but just into another townhouse in Cameron Village. Anyway, stay tuned for future posts about fun things I get to do with the twins!!!!

Another Goodbye

Just ONE WEEK EXACTLY after I said goodbye to Bella, I had to say goodbye to my little John John. Oh how I LOVE this little boy. I have already seen him twice since my job ended so I am hoping to keep it up.... I cannot say bye forever to him. He is 3 years old and I first met him when he was just 3 months! I held him and fed him as a sweet little baby and now he is 100% a little boy.... collecting sticks, saying cute phrases, sword fighting... he is complete boy. I love our bond that we share and I love seeing him do things that I taught him. I am hoping and praying those things don't fade and that I can be apart of his life as he gets older. My last day, I spent crying all day and all night. I am a little bit tired of crying SO much. I have never cried this much in my life and tears start rolling down my face as easy as a blink of an eye. I know it is healthy to cry but honestly, I have cried more in the past 3 weeks than I have in an entire2 or 3 years..... maybe more! Anyway, my job with John has ended. I will post soon about my new job. I loved being a nanny to John. I will cherish so many of our memories and times together!!!

Vote for Virginia Taylor!!!

My friend Heather entered Virginia Taylor in the Parents Magazine Cover Photo Contest!!! I think VT is one of the cutest little girls out there so I have already voted for you. They would love your vote too! To vote, just click on the link below:

http://photos.parents.com/category/vote/photo/357392

Sweet Eleanor

I just wanted to dote on the new baby in my life, Eleanor. I just love her! Here are some more pictures from the hospital and some from a playdate today!!






I love the picture of me and Eleanor.... it looks like she is smiling! I didn't even notice that until I was uploading it just now! And the last one is of her big sis, Grace Elizabeth, giving her a kiss!!

Welcome Sweet Baby Girl!

Eleanor Holden Robinson
June 11, 2010
2:55pm
7 pounds 1 ounce
19 3/4" long

One of my best friends gave birth to her little girl yesterday afternoon! I got to go and visit her today. I took pictures but haven't been able to upload them yet. I think this picture is just SO sweet of her. It was one that Caleb, Laura's husband, had sent with his phone right after she was born. She is so tiny, I could not believe it! She looks a lot like her sister but also very different too. She is just so sweet. I know I always say that about my friends' children but she is. She is absolutely beautiful! I couldn't get enough of her and I certainly cannot wait to see her again!

Congratulations Robinson family!! I love your sweet family of four!

Mardi Gras, Mountains and Marbles....

..... That pretty much sums up the last month of my life. Haha. Not really, I have been busy but can't really say with what. Who knows. Whenever Mardi Gras was, some friends and I went to a party. I have never "celebrated" Mardi Gras before but I had a fun time wearing masks and bead necklaces! I think I shall start celebrating from here on out...

This is my friend Stephanie and I with our beads!

Stephanie, Rob and I with our masks!!

Okay and then maybe like 3 weeks ago or a month ago I went to the mountains again to be with my family on the weekend that my dear Aunt Ilona had passed away. This year was her 2 year anniversary and I absolutely cannot believe that she has been gone that long. Not a day goes by where I don't think about it but time has just passed so fast since the last time I got to speak to her. It was good being with my family. We rented a big cabin in Gatlinburg! Here are a few pictures!

This is the cabin. It is actually 3 stories but you can't tell from this view. I guess this is a side view. It was so big that I couldn't fit it in my camera and I was standing across the street from it!

The living room.

It came with a movie theater!

This was where I slept. They are queen sized bunk beds, pretty cool! There was also a hot tub on my floor which I took advantage of a lot!

My cousins Eli and Alison

Alison, Josie, Aunt Alida, Eli, my mother and Jordan!

Cute picture of my cousin Jordan!

**Stay tuned for some fun pictures from the wax museum!!!


And lastly I wanted to share about Marbles. The family I work for bought a membership to Marbles and John and I have already been 3 times in the last month. I love Marbles. John is at the perfect age for it and he just has so much fun. AND it definitely will wear him out!

This is my favorite part of the museum... A giant pig that drops balls out of it's tummy! How fun!

And John as the statue of liberty!


I have many more things to post so hopefully I will find some time this week to do so! :)

Congratulations Jess and Mike!

My dear friend Jessica got engaged last weekend to Mike!!! I am so excited for her!! Jess and I have been friends for over 10 years now. We have had numerous conversations over the last 10 years about who we thought we would married, what our wedding would be like, etc! And now I am so excited that it is her time! Congratulations Jessica and Mike, I am so happy for you two!!!!