And we're walking!

August has been a very busy month for us. Mark took his first steps a couple weeks ago. He’s been pretty shy about it sense then. He seems to have figured out that it might be smarter to cruise the furniture for a while first. But here’s video of the first steps anyway.

August 14 was our nephew’s first birthday so we went to VA to celebrate that weekend. He LOVED his cake! And we love him. Happy birthday, Jack!

After the weekend, we left the kids with my parents and went to Atlantic City for a couple days. It was AWESOME! AC was about as classy as I expected it to be, but we had some delicious meals (in peace, no less) and did some good sleeping and relaxing and even came home with $15 extra in our pockets. That was almost enough money to cover all the shopping we did too; wait, no it wasn’t. Anyway, it was great to have a little getaway but it was super fun to see the kids again. They were clearly excited to see us. And Grandma and Grandpa were happy for us to ease their burden, I think! They all did great though, kids and grandparents alike. Grandma and Grandpa even brought the kids back to NJ for us. I think they were better in the car than they usually are! And they stayed with us for an extra day so we could finally paint Gianna’s room. So now the kids rooms are both finally complete. So here are some pictures from Grandma and Grandpa and some before and after pictures of their rooms.

Before (turns out we don't have any before pics of Mark's room, oops!):

After (it's a little hard to tell, but Gianna's room and dresser drawers are pale green now.)