On the hottest day of all time, aka July 7th, we decided to go to Glen Echo to meet up with my friend Mindy and her kids and see a really cool puppet show. No, that is not Mindy in the picture. In fact, I didn't get one shot of Mindy or her adorable children...
Here's Rock (basically bald head at the bottom of the picture) and the hula dancing pig. Thankfully the puppet show was indoors so we got a break for the 104 degree heat.
The carousel was H.O.T. But Rock isn't crying because of the heat, he's sad because I stepped away from his side to take a picture.
Thankfully Renzo wasn't afraid of the carousel...
He helped Rock enjoying going up and down and round and round.
Meanwhile, Louisa passed out from a heat stroke fell asleep on Nana. Thank you Nana for meeting up with us (and not telling anyone how I lost my cool literally and figuratively while trying to get the diggity daggone stroller back into the trunk of Zuni's car) and thank you to Mindy for inviting us. Next time we go, hopefully it'll be cooler so I'll have the presence of mind to document your presence!
On the Fourth of July**, we were so excited to join this big beautiful family to celebrate...
Jack's first birthday! Happy Birthday little man! **We did not catch any fireworks this year. While I think Rock would have LOVED them, Louisa is just a bit young to appreciate exploding loud experiences.
Louisa was thrilled to be at her 3 month appointment. Probably because she weighed 14 lbs. 3 oz. Seems like just yesterday we had a baby boy crinkling up the paper. Time flies.
We kissed Rock goodbye, woke up early in the morning, braved fierce thunderstorms...
And a crying infant...To get to Nashville Tennessee in one day. Why? For General Assembly 2010! We stayed at the Union Station Hotel which was a completely fabulous old train station (that's the lobby) that was converted into a fabulous new hotel!
Let me just tell you, we ate WELL while we were in Nashville. At Batter'd & Fried we had...
Delicious SUSHI! No, the name of the restaurant doesn't make sense to me either.
The name of this place was a little more obvious. We stopped there for breakfast before heading to the Assembly hall.
Louisa thought everything on the menu looked yummy...
But she fell asleep before the fantastically delicious sweet potato pancakes with cinnamon cream syrup arrived. Her loss.
You'll have to trust me that this picture was taken at General Assembly. Daddy was busy voting but we were strolling around having fun. Did I mention that the food in Nashville is fabulous?
At Rotier's we had some yummy burgers.
And outside, I took my favorite picture of the trip.
Okay so we did more than just eat in Nashville.
We spent some good time on the floor at the meetings of General Assembly. See Dr. Coffin on the big screen?
Although she was the cutest baby on the floor, she wasn't always the quietest so we often left Daddy to vote while we roamed the halls. Here I think she's distressed because she sensed that Mom and Dad were about to lose Daddy's laptop. Yep, it was stolen!
We realized it the next morning as we were packing up. But by that point, it was gone baby gone.
We were so excited that Bryce and Lisa and Liam called us up when they came into town from Texas. We were more than happy to bring our crazy kids to have a mini WSC Reunion at Meiwah in Bethesda.
Front row (of kids) from left to right: Elsie, Benton, Baby Boy Waller (in utero), Liam, seriously distressed Louisa, and Rock the spazz Back row (of moms) from left to right: Megan, Lisa, and Rachel Front row: Benton, Elsie, Louisa (now calmed in Fix's arms), Rock, and Liam Back row: Ted, Fix, and Bryce
For some reason, they put us in a far corner of the restaurant, far away from all the other patrons. Not sure why... But I'm sure it had nothing to do with this spazz boy and our other children who were crying, screaming, laughing, running around the tables, clamoring at the windows and stuffing sugar packets into any crevice they could find.
On the hottest day of all time, aka July 7th, we decided to go to Glen Echo to meet up with my friend Mindy and her kids and see a really cool puppet show. No, that is not Mindy in the picture. In fact, I didn't get one shot of Mindy or her adorable children...
Here's Rock (basically bald head at the bottom of the picture) and the hula dancing pig. Thankfully the puppet show was indoors so we got a break for the 104 degree heat.
The carousel was H.O.T. But Rock isn't crying because of the heat, he's sad because I stepped away from his side to take a picture.
Thankfully Renzo wasn't afraid of the carousel...
Meanwhile, Louisa 
