Dress Up!

Kate was being eerily quiet while I was getting ready this morning...

so I decided to check in on her.

Turns out she was in my closet...

had pulled nearly all of my clothes out my drawers...

AND was trying to wear them!

Thus began our very first dress up session!

Hurrah!

Kate was very specific and very creative in her choices!

She insisted on incorporating my bright blue sports bra

into nearly all of her outfits...

either as a foundation for a pink sweater...

or as an arm accessory.

And she loved wearing my gold ballet flats.

(They are my favorite too, honey!)

Thanks for being our runway photographer, Daddy!

Hello Snow!

Snowmaggedon has struck the DC Metro Area!

We've gotten about 30 inches of snow at our house

since moving in 12 days ago...

and we're scheduled to get another 5-10 inches tonight!

AUGH!

Don't let these smiles fool you -

we're definitely going a little stir crazy!

But, we're thankful for a warm, dry house and good food to eat!

Goodbye Alexandria!

Hello Friends!

Sorry we've been MIA for the last few weeks!

Things have been kinda busy lately...

we moved to Falls Church on January 28th!

(Oh - and Verizon didn't get around to connecting our internet until TODAY!)

We were very sad to say "good-bye" to Alexandria.

Tim and I really enjoyed our 4.5 years there...

and, even though I not a very sentimental person,

it was harder than expected for me to leave the house

we brought our firstborn home to!

But, we're excited about all the things that

our new home and neighborhood have to offer!

Kate has been quite a trooper and

has enjoyed the adventures in our moving process....

she especially loved having "picnics"

while we waited for our furniture to be delivered!

MLK = Family Fun Day!

We love 3-day weekends!

We decided to take some time off from our packing and moving related tasks

this morning to take Kate to the

Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History!

Kate's favorite parts were the giraffe....

the bear...

...and running around!

This afternoon we took advantage of the gorgeous weather
and went to play at our neighborhood playground.
It felt so good to be outside after so many weeks of freezing cold weather!

Kate & Kate Do Brunch

We had a wonderful time catching up with my friend, Kate,

and her fiance, David, who were visiting from California this weekend!

Airplanes!

We had a wonderful visit with Ted, Annie, Abby & Barrett last weekend!

Kate loves playing with her cousins...

and she loves airplanes...

so, visiting the National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center

WITH Abby and Barrett

was pretty much the coolest morning ever!

She's been talking about Abby, Barrett and airplanes all week.

Thanks for coming to visit us guys!

Great Pop's Christmas Village

A very special Gleason family Christmas tradition

is Great Pop's Christmas village!

It's absolutely gorgeous -

and you would be hard pressed to find a more creative craftsman

than my grandfather!

Kate was absolutely mesmerized when we took her to see it...

and so was I!