A weekend visit

My sisters came for the weekend!  Max had been at my mom's house for the week, so Mia, Erin and Reese brought him back this past Friday.  We had SUCH a great weekend.  I'm sad that it was their last trip visiting our house in State College.  The next time they come for a visit, they'll be headed to Pittsburgh!

Max and Reese getting ready for the trip to PA.  Max was so excited to get home to see Lily!

 

Lily was so happy to see her brother, Aunties and Reese.

Girl's night at Otto's!  So much fun!  Mike was home with all 3 kids!  It was bittersweet since it will be the last time the girls come to visit us at our house in State College.

Max watching the game after he threw out the first pitch!

I am long overdue for a post about the things that have been going on this summer.  Here's a quick summary...

June-We celebrated Lily's birthday MANY times!  We had a party on her actual birthday (June 13) at the  park near our house with all of our friends.  That night we went out to dinner, Max picked Eat N Park since he loves the cookies.  That Saturday we had another party for Mike's family.  Both of his grandmothers came (Grandma Ariondo came all the way from Florida and met the kids for the first time. This was also the first time she came to visit our "new" house) as did his Aunt Michele and his mom.  After that party the kids took a nap and we went to Lily's friend Max's 1st birthday party.  We went to the pool LOTS of times since we have pool passes (best thing ever!!) and Mike and Max went to lots of Spike's games (Mike won season tickets through a contest on Twitter).  We took a few trips to DelGrosso's to get use out of our season passes.  Lily got to ride the rides this year and really likes the corvettes.

July-This has been a crazy month with trips to the pool, Spike's games, me working LOTS of hours at Spela and Mike getting the news that he got the job at Fed Ex, which means we're leaving our beloved State College.  My mom came for 10ish days to help me out while I was working and then she took Max back to MA for a week of Mema & Max time.  He was SO excited about his trip!  He told everyone he saw that he was going to Mema's house all by himself and that he was taking his Lightning bike :)  Max also took swimming lessons while my mom was here and is now so confident in the water.  It's really amazing to see how far he has come.  While Max was away, Lily got to enjoy being an only child and really loved having Mommy & Daddy all to herself.  Lily has become a full fledged walker and is on the go all the time.  However, while Max was away she was pretty bored and didn't really feel like doing much walking.  She preferred to hang on my legs (literally).  She's climbing the stairs and sitting in a booster seat.  We've been putting her hair in pigtails and it's just the cutest thing.  Max got to throw out the first pitch at the Spike's game this Saturday.  He thought that was pretty cool-especially since he got to go on the field and they announced his name throughout the whole stadium. Mike and Max also went to watch the fireworks on campus for the 4th of July.  Our neighbors had VIP passes, so they were able to sit very close to the action and got to see the ground fireworks that you usually don't get to see.  This is Mike's last week of work at Penn State.  He's taking next week off and then begins his new job on Aug. 8, which means I'll officially be a single mom beginning Aug. 7.  He'll be home on the weekends and I'm hoping the weeks aren't too long!

We also had a visit with our friends the Briczinski's .  They are expecting baby #2 in September.

Phew-that was a quick catch up and I'm sure I missed lots of things. Fingers crossed I can do a better job with keeping up to date with things.  Especially with the excitement of moving!