Celebrating our Birthdays; David and Oma!

David's birthday is Friday; he will be one year old. Oma's birthday is Saturday; she will be older than one year old. :-) This weekend Opa and I went to Columbus to help David get started on his celebration and to start my party, too.

On Saturday morning, we got up and had our Saturday waffles that Opa always makes for us. Then we hung out for a while and opened David's birthday package. It was a Fold 'N Go Barn from Melissa & Doug. Katy helped David with the unwrapping part. Then we opened all the doors to the barn and put the animals in and sang a chorus or two of Old MacDonald to intiate the barn.

Later we ate lunch before heading off to Graeter's for David's first chocolate ice cream!

On Saturday afternoon, Emily took Opa and Melanie and me out to see their new house in Westerville. It was sunny and warm, and we walked around the new yard and peeked in the windows. It is a great place; and they will be moving in about six weeks when all the paperwork and things settle. Then we went on to church and made our way back home for dinner and a quiet evening . . . well, as quiet as it ever gets anyway.

On Sunday morning, Katy and David stayed at home with Opa and me while Brian and Emily went out for brunch and a walk. We had fun playing computer games with Bert and Ernie and playing some more with the new barn and reading books and just snuggling.

When Brian and Emily came home, we got all our hugs and kisses good-bye and left to meet Mary and Matthew for lunch out in Dublin. We stopped at their apartment and then follow them to a neat little place called Anna's on Sawmill Road. It had a nice buffet that allowed us to try a lot of new and interesting food. They also had the most garlicy, wonderful hummus I have ever eaten. It was HEAVENLY. :-) Unfortunately, I was so busy talking to Mary and Matthew that I neglected to take any pictures. But we had a great afternoon and headed back to Pittsburgh from there.

So besides the fact that Ohio State lost in double overtime Friday night in the NCAA tournament, we had a really good weekend. But at least Pitt is still in the running. All is not lost.

It's Monday again. Here we go again!