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Thursday May 7th - we packed up and headed for the airport, our flights had us arriving in Hartford, CT at 1:50pm, but United Airlines had a different plan for us. After about 4 hours at the airport our flight was finally cancelled and we picked up our bags and piled back into the Yukon and headed for the homestead, only to try again the next day. The silver lining...Friday was a much nicer day and I was able to dress the girls in matching dresses. Adorable, if only I would have snapped a picture...

Friday May 8th - we arrived at the airport at 6:10am, realized that United Rebooked us incorrectly on the USAirways flight, hung out at the counter until 7:10am, heard them page us over the loud speaker to get to the gate, we ran, Brad got flagged for extra Security Screening, Olivia was running around barefoot, mashing her cereal bar into the carpet as I waited for them to screen our Formula Water. What a zoo. But we made it, and the flights went well. Home at last. Olivia was so excited to see YaYa waiting for her, she screamed YaYa and jumped into her arms, it was one of those airport reunions that give you a the goosebumps. Olivia loved the "Airplane" and its now one of her favorite words at the slightest sound of a plane in the sky she snaps her head back and looks for the "airpwane" Olivia flew in October of 2007 when she was 3 Months old, so Avery beat her, she was 2 Months old when we left for Northfield.

Avery was thrilled to see YaYa and GaGa, check out that beautiful smile.

Since our flight was cancelled on Thursday we weren't able to get the girls photographer by our favorite photographer Dan Roggi, hopefully one day we will get another opportunity for him to capture our girls.

Brad spent the weekend with us in Northfield and on Sunday Evening he flew back to Richmond. We spent the weekend catching up with old friends and even managed to get out for a few drinks on Saturday Night.

Avery (2.5 Months) and Olivia (21.5 Months) in good ol' Western Mass.

A March Mommie Meet Up (April & her beautiful children: Grayson, Sequoia and Logan), notice Olivia screaming her face off...HA.

As many of you likely know its been a busy few weeks for Boston Sports Fans with the Bruins, the Celtics and the Sox all on, and many nights all on at the same time, we were very busy flipping through the channels to keep an eye on all the scores.

Our Little Sox Fan

The girls with "Uncle Justin" - Justin is one of my best friends from home...

I spent the week rushing around like a crazy person, from 9am to 1pm every day we were slammed with visits and outings. Then it was nap time, what a nice treat to have boy of the girls on the same schedule for the whole week, lets hope that continues. Oh and I forgot to mention that our first night in Northfield Avery slept through the night...but it hasn't happened since, so really it isn't all that newsworthy.

Olivia and Jayden Harrington at Unity Park

The girls entertained everyone that came to visit, and Olivia had a blast playing with all her little friends. She especially loved the park, and the "wing", a.k.a the Swing.

Olivia and her YaYa had picnics on the lawn and enjoyed every single minute together, they are like two peas in a pod, its adorable to watch.

YaYa flew back with us yesterday afternoon and will stay for a few days. Yesterday when we got back, Olivia and her friends Zack and Madison played outside in the sprinkler. Olivia wasn't too sure what to make of it, but Zack was a big fan. Then today we celebrated Zack's Third Birthday at his party, Olivia and Zack are so cute together, I really think they missed each other while Olivia was away. Last night she saw him playing outside before bed, and when he went inside, she turned around, looked at me with her huge brown eyes and said "Where Zackie Go?", it was so sweet.

Olivia at Zack's Birthday Party

Over the last week I have noticied that Olivia's vocabulary has really taken off, she is putting several words together and is quick to pick up on new wods. I always feel like this happens when she is home with us for a week, and when she goes to daycare it goes back to normal and she isn't challenged enough...hopefully that will change when she goes to "school" in January.

In other big news...I go back to work tomorrow. But I will likely be working from home as much as possible until Late June. As it stands now I am not sure which job I am going back to, my old one or potentially a new one, as I have mentioned before there have been several rounds of layoffs at Capital One over the last month, so everything looks a little different these days, so who knows where I will land.

And how could I forget...Shannon is expecting a LITTLE BOY. Finally one for Team Blue in the Turner Family. He will be the loan boy cousin among 3 girls, but hopefully one day we can add another little one to the mix, and maybe, just maybe, our little one will be another for Team Blue as well. At least with Shannon having a boy after two girls it makes Brad realize it can happen and that we aren't doomed to have 3 little girls...HA.