celebration week continued...

The week of Trey's birthday was so much fun- it even included a visit from his Mimi and Pa! They drove from Penn to help us celebrate! Here are some random picture from that week...

Here is Shelby and Daddy!

Trey thought it was great fun to remove the cushions and sit in his chair on top of the sofa!
We had hoped to go to Stone Mountain but the rain kept us away- so we went to the aquarium- Trey thought it was so exciting to "SEE MORE FISHEYS"! We toured the entire "worlds largest aquarium" in about an hour. He would look and then it was on to the next thing. Shelby also LOVED seeing the fish-her favorite were the whale sharks. Here she is with a shark!

Trey and his Pa checking out some fish!
Every morning when Mimi and Pa were visiting Trey would hammer thier mattress (we don't have an extra room so it was inflatable all the way!) - it was his way of fixing it.. you know letting the air out!

We went to the park while they were here. We took along his bubbles- they were a big hit with all the kids at the park- they all wanted to watch or try to blow. Trey mastered this skill and I was covered in soap!

Mimi even got in on the action- check her out on the swing!

Trey doing what he loves- digging in the dirt!

getting ready to slide~

Trey and his Pa had a so much fun playing baseball in his room! LOL!

On Trey's actual birthday we had a big day! First was to ride the Marta train! LOL! That is always an experience. But Trey loved every second of it and Shelby slept most of it! Then it was off to Chic-Fil-A ... one of our favorite places to eat! After nap time it was off to the park and then to watch garbabge truck- finally we had dinner - grilled cheese for Trey!

Trey's train party!

We had a great time celebrating Trey's 2nd birthday at his favorite place- New York Pizza exchange (the train pizza place)! Here are some pictures (in no order...)
Here is Trey enjoying his cake!!!

Happy Birthday to TREY!! He had been looking forward to blowing out his candles ALL DAY!

Trey and Zoe....

HERE COMES THE TRAIN!!!

Shelby LOVED the train as well- she laughed and squealed each time it came by!

So did all the kids!

Trey thought the pizza on the pan MUST taste even better than the piece on his plate...

HI TRAIN!

Shleby watching the train

Trey had such a fun time! Thank you to our parents and friends who helped make this birthday week so special for Trey (and for us)! We love you! (More pictures of Trey's "birthday celebration" later!)

Thomas and his friends!

Last Friday we took Trey to see his favorite train- Thomas!! Yes- they actually have a real train that looks like Thomas. It travels around to differnt locations throughout the year, its called "A Day Out With Thomas". The closest place was in Chattanooga, TN- so we drove the short 2 hours to see Thomas and take a ride! Here are some pictures from our day!

A week in the life of...

Trey lines up his big cars and trucks each morning at the back door...

Shelby started on "food" this week.... Rice cereal and because it tastes so bad- a little mushed up banana- she laughs and enjoys what she does swallow. Most of it still ends up on her face and bib- its a learning process!

"I am the cat that likes to go into Trey and Shelby's room at 3am and MMMEEEOOOWWW as loud as I can, I miss my sister Fry... so I hope the meowing makes you pat me"! (My ears are back because you said you didn't like the middle of the night wake up calls!)

Every morning when Chip leaves for work- Trey loves to go outside and "watch Daddy go down the street"... This morning I noticed the beautiful sun rise. Makes you just stop in the busy hustle and bustle of the morning and praise God for all blessings He has given to us even as we are so undeserving!

Holding the bottle all by herself... soon we move onto the sippy cups!

Our favorite thing to do- TRAINS!

Back to running again! Training for the Marine Corp Marathon!

Nugget has a new chair.. or so she thinks...

Trey is feeding the turtles- what a sweet guy!

All smiles!

Gwinnett Braves!!

The Atlanta Braves have moved thier AAA minor league team just outside the city- this weekend was the opening of the new stadium and new team- the Gwinnett Braves! Of course in the Chamberlin household- we HAD to go- we LOVE baseball. We bought outfield lawn seats for $6 (Trey and Shelby were free!) The lawn was the perfect place to sit- Trey had plenty of place to play and he really enjoyed it! We actually got to watch the ENTIRE game! WHOA! Anyhow- it was a wonderful time and we plan to spend many afternoons there over the summer!

Here are some pictures:

Here is a shot from where we sat on the grass- and please notice the hairdo of the lady if front of us... interesting....

Trey!Shelby:Chipper, Trey & Shelby:It seems that Shelby loves baseball... Whenever I turn the TV to the Sox or Braves she becomes very still and watches very intently... Then today her over to check out the guys in the Norfolk Tides bullpin warm up- she was so excited at each pitch that she would laugh wildly!! This is the best picture we got of it!Trey got 3 balls from the bullpin of the Norfolk Tides- a friend of mine from High School pitches for them- He was nice enough to give Trey a ball and signed it for him! Trey's favorite part was being able to throw the ball down into the bullpin! (thanks Andy!)It was a wonderful day!!

Childrens musuem and baby play!

Its been raining cats and dogs here for the last few weeks- which is good because we have been in such a severe drought for SO LONG now... the rain has helped so much and has even "ended the drought (although we are still under strict water regulations).... the rain however does not help a toddler pent up in a house. So we took Trey and Shelby to the Childrens muesum on Saturday. We showed up an hour before closing- which was great not only did we get a discount but the place was almost empty (and an hour was plenty of time for Trey)!

He really enjoyed just running from thing to thing and have nothing "off limits" to play with. His favorite was the water fishing area. We had to save him from taking a dive in (yes he tried to get in and we grabbed him just in time!) needless to say he was SOAKED! Here are a few pictures:

Shelby has a new favorite activity- her exersaucer! She loves to play in it. She especially enjoys when Trey will show her the different play things on it. She babbles away as she stands in it and spins the seat around to look at everything. Here are some pictures:

This week Chip and I signed up to run the Marine Corp Marathon in DC! Now we have alot of work to do! I am very excited and can't wait to train- and run it!