Baltimore and Beyond

We've spent the last two weeks at our new Baltimore house. It's my first time here and I really like it. The house is great and we're a ten minute walk to Mary and Andy's house. Restaurants and grocery shopping are a short walk away. We leave tomorrow but we're returning in April to meet the new baby.

We came here to celebrate these two as they wait for the baby, who's due in three weeks. Last weekend the grandparents hosted a baby shower.

The shower was at a restaurant down the street from Mary and Andy's house. All four grandparents are in agreement that we're very excited for the arrival of this baby! It'll be our fourth grandchild in four years, and Mark and Eileen's first grandchild.

Eileen procured a cake that's more than blog-worthy. It was both beautiful and delicious.

Last weekend we went out to brunch. The weather was quite cold the first week we were here with lows in the teens and 20s. But it warmed up a lot in the second week with highs in the 60s.

I'm training for a 10k that I'm running next weekend, so I had non-negotiable running days. Even on the cold days it was clear and, best of all, dry. 

We played trivia the other night and took first place in a field of over 10 teams. And yep, I was very excited about this. Everybody else took it in stride.

But enough about us. Lloyd has a soccer shirt and he likes to play soccer with his daycare friends.

Freddie doesn't have a soccer shirt (yet) but he has this sweet face and toys galore.

Rosie and Peter and Jessa went on a trip this week, as it was  February break. First they took an overnight train to Vienna.

Then they took another overnight train to Florence and spent a few days there. All reports are they had a great time. They got home today.