a few randoms and an update

well it has been a bit since the last entry so i'll try to catch up on life. we are in the new house and getting there. just a few things to do in the next few weeks. in between we have been spending some days at mark's parents, by the pool, cookouts a plenty and a day at the beach w/ paula, ted, cam, lex and bri ( ted had the camera, check his site for some photos). anyway here a a couple of random shots from different things we have been up to. max has FINALLY started sitting still for pictures. brandy, he might be ready for a shoot!?!? so there a few of him with whoever grabbed him as he bolted by. fozy bear showed up as a surprise guest on moving day. we didn't realize he thought he was on a float the whole ride.
max and his auntie bri and his uncle bub...

this is my nephew evan. he doesn't like pictures( just in case you didn't pick that up) and that is mark's cousin bek in the background. here is the first slip-n-slide experience. he did not quite get it the first time around. he is getting better at it
a day at the pool. after a few minutes the little maniac was attempting to jump in by himself.

max and his nana

this was taken on father's day...
max has recently discovered how great his auntie "poler" is. they got to spend some quality time together on one of her visits. he has not stopped asking about her since.
and here is the latest installment of the adventures of mad max.....

other recent happenings...

so mark has purchased a new toy and as you can see he has had NO PROBLEM breaking it in!!! and for all of you that might be wondering... YES IT HAS A STINKIN' CUP HOLDER!!!
max has also recently been busy making new friends. this little cutie tootie is logan or as max refers to him "wogan". logan is the little boy of an old friend, jen who has relocated to the west coast and happened to be visiting auntie patty and uncle keeney. needless to say these 2 did just fine together. max is still asking for him!!

and this is max on one of the visits to ri hospital to visit his great mem. this face kind of sums up all of our feelings about her entire stay. AUGHHHH!!!! i am happy to say she is currently at a rehab and doing much better.

this past weekend we took a day off from the ole' house project and went to a birthday party for mason and our nephew, evan. as you can see he is into spiderman at this point in time....

there's mason, waiting patiently...

here are our 2 nephews jeffrey and evan. getting to be too big.
this is sammy, meg and katie (mark's cousins kids)
and then there is "fingers aguiar" ( his auntie mis gave him that name) he hasn't come a cross a cake, i should say frosting, he has not liked yet!!

bek, this one is for you..... do i need to explain????? we missed you!!!get better soon!

the new house....

so here are a couple of before and after shots... this first couple pics of the gorgeous striped wallpaper is going to be our bedroom.... it is coming along- slow but sure!



this is the laundry room, very conveniently located off the kitchen, again notice the original gorgeous striped wallpaper....

and finally we have the lovely bathroom. its amazing what some chocolate brown paint can do!?!

we even put max to work.... actually every time we turn around he has a roller in his hand and looking for something paint.
this blue room is max's playroom:

as you can see we have been spending most of our free time at the house, trying to fix 'er up abit and make it feel like "our home". we are getting there, a couple of rooms have gotten a little bit of a face lift w/some fresh paint and a couple of rooms have been altered with some heavy hitting machinery, (bubba, dad, mark and mark being the machinery). walls have been knocked down and re-built as well as a ceiling or 2. we are hoping to get in ASAP, we will see, until then here is a look at some of the progress.

What's new this week

FINALLY.... we are officially home owners, very exciting! we were psyched it actually took place this time... here are a couple more shots of the new place-another pink bathroom-augh!!!!! we will be working on it for the next month and hopefully in by mid-may. we'll see?!

****another event this past week was the wedding of mark's friend brendan and his new wife, heather. they actually had a nice day in between all that rain and cold we have been having the last 2 weeks. mark was the best man and did a great job with his speech ( i am a bit bias though)

the bride looked beautiful, of course and b looked pretty dapper himself. fun was had by all, here are some pics...

obviously the bride and groom

mark and brendan, they clean up pretty well

ALL the boys, most of these guys have known each other since grammer school

this is chris and rob, proud mama of
the groom. she was ready to pop with joy ALL day. she looked gorgeous!

the rest of the shots are friends and family:

me and justin, my brother in law, mis and justin, my in-laws manny and janice. sorry mel and jeff, i didn't get any shots of you two!