June Joy!

On June 26th Ryan and I were supposed to have an appointment w/ a Fertility Doctor in Reading to see if down the road we were going to face issues trying to have children due to and Ovarian problem I have. We were not planning on having any children anytime soon, we just wanted to find out what we were up against. Due to a strange health insurance glitch we had to work out, the appointment had to rescheduled for Tuesday July 17th! That week I was really not feeling well, but I figured that maybe I was actually stressed about not working yet. We did have had lots of fun the end of the month with family and friends at Moms wedding to Ron Babineau on the 29th! I did not have liquor as I was not feeling well we thought I might be pregnant-we did not want to risk it just in case.

Here are a few photos...



Cathy & Ron looking happy!


Cake before cutting...



...Brooke & Aunt Maura cutting it on the dance floor...



...Jill & Ryan too!!




Me & Ryan

Insane Interviews...

Over the 2 weeks from June 4th to June 16th I had an insane number of babysitter/nanny interviews as Ryan and I decided I needed to take time away from the high stress environment of Interior Design. It seemed I was not getting good responses and it did not make sense-as most of you know, I have been working w/ children for many years-I was turned down two of the jobs in one week saying that I was over qualified. I thought that was odd as I would want nothing better than the most qualified to take care of my children and home organization. On the 14th I had a nanny interview w/ a family in Lynn. While I was there at their house for the interview I was asked to stay for a couple hours and watch the little girl so her mom could go out and runs some errands. Between the money for that and the money I recieved for my birthday, I treated myself to a new outfit at Ann Taylor Loft! The evening of the 15th ended w/ Ryan taking me to Vinny Testas for dinner!

BBQ & B-DAY!!

Though I had just lost my job I was surprisingly calm and a lot less stressed. This was made even better by upcoming family hangouts and events we had been invited to. We went to Matt and Brooke for a Memorial Day BBQ! Ryan and I had a lot of fun just getting a chance to hang out in the beautiful weather! Then we had Sophia's (our niece) 2nd birthday party that following weekend and Matt and Brooke threw her a great party! We got to see a whole bunch of family and friends-some of whom we had not seen in quite awhile!

Here are some pictures from Sophia B-day!!




Sophia enjoying her cake after her meltdown when people sang happy birthday to her! She seems to really be enjoying the cake now!




Brooke & Elliott - Jen & Joshua Sidmore - Great to see you guys!




Elliott enjoying his favorite part of every day - eating!!




Party Portrait!!

Fired First!

The summer started for me on May 25th (also Matt & Brooke's 5th Anniversary!!) w/ me getting fired from my job in Boston. After much stress and disagreements at this job, I was glad to be "let go" anyway.

Summer Saga

We apologize to all of you for not posting on our blog for a really long time! For those of you who we have not seen or talked to in a while, soon you will see why we have not been in touch...For those of you who have been through everything w/ us throughout this summer and into this fall, we appreciate and thank you for all you have done. So, here the saga of our summer begins...