May was a very active month!
At the beginning of the month, we hiked as a family in our
second annual March For Babies, to support the March Of Dimes! With your support, our family was able
to contribute $700 to our team (the INOVA Fairfax Hospital Center NICU team),
which raised a total of $27,513!
These donations help the March of Dimes fund research and
programs related to premature birth and birth defects, and help bring comfort
to families with a baby in newborn intensive care. Thank you so much for helping us support this organization!
The weather was mostly beautiful this month, and we enjoyed
lots of walks, hikes, and bike rides with Mommy and Daddy. We went to the farmer’s market, hiked around
Meadowlark Garden near our house, and explored the Cross County Trail. We even had lunch in our backpacks for
the first time, while hiking on Sugarloaf Mountain, in Maryland, with our
friends!
As always, we had fun playing together at home! We love watching the squirrels
eat “helicopters” on our deck while we eat breakfast and lunch each day. We
also had fun playing at music class each week, going to friends’ birthday
parties, and playing with our playgroup friends.
On Mother’s Day, we got to go play with Mommy at the park –
SO fun! And we got to talk to our
Grandmas and Grandpas on Skype that afternoon, which was the BEST, because we
really miss them!
Then for Memorial Day weekend, we went on our first family trip
to Shenandoah National Park to hike and enjoy lunch out in the great outdoors
for two days in a row! We saw so many pretty waterfalls and beautiful views on
our hikes. And at night, we had lots of fun exploring our room and having
dinner at Big Meadows Lodge. What
a wonderful adventure we had! Back
at home, we got to go on a fun bike ride with Daddy on Memorial Day! Wheee!
Mommy and Daddy really noticed on our hiking weekend that we
keep growing (and getting bigger and heavier!). We also had lots to say! Christopher loves to hum and chatter while we hike. And we both love to make the sounds of
all the animals we know! We like
to try saying almost anything we hear, and can say so many things now, that
Mommy is losing track of how many words we know!
Please see post below for photos and video from this month. Enjoy!
With Love,
Katharine and Christopher
