Cruel and unusual?

Did you take a closer look? Yep. Those ARE ladybugs on Joshua's feet.

I know, my obsession borders on insane...but I SWEAR a friend gave these to me! (Aren't they cute though?!)

He will surely hate me for this when he's older. But I couldn't pass up the chance to put them on before he knows what they are. LOL!!!

Who knew chubby feet could be soooo cute?!

Mutual adoration.

Precious.

MEET Miss MINI-MAC-ETTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Isn't technology AMAZING?????

Meet our soon-to-be addition, Miss Mini-Mac-ette!

I can officially already say,

"Isn't she cuuuuuuuute?!"

We love you so much already, sweet girl! We can't wait to meet you!!

Celebrating St. Patty's Day!

We headed out in our green stroller...all wearing green, of course!

To eat some "green" pizza!
Everyone got in the spirit...

...and enjoyed celebrating our Irish heritage!

(Joshua just had his mouth too full the whole time to tell you that.)

Happy St. Patrick's day!

Another fun family date night!

Whatta ham.

Steve attempts to teach Joshua how to color. No luck just yet.
Mmmmm...peppers!

Take a look at all those teeth!

We were a little late on the whole "getting teeth" thing, so we're excited to finally see them! It's amazing how it changes his whole look from baby to little boy! Awww!

And for those of you that just can't get enough...

Yes, believe it.

We've had some requests for all 400 of the CT pictures. And videos. Seriously. I know, the rest of you are sick of it already, right?! Haha.

Alas, if you're one of THOSE fans (and you know who you are - we love ya!), here they are!

http://picasaweb.google.com/TheMcMurrays/20090221VisitingNanaAndPoppyInCT#

Enjoy!!

CT, part 100(?), finally...saying farewell!

Joshua helps(?) Uncle Michael with our suitcases:

(The chauffer services around those parts were incredible! LOL...thanks, Braunstien family!)

Joshua and his cousin Peter check each other out:

Peter love!

Somebody was a little tired...

Farewell snuggles with Nana:

Awww, hating to say good-bye!

At the airport. Did I mention he was T-I-R-E-D?!

Waiting for the plane to board...and our final farewell to CT!!

What a wonderful trip!! Thanks to our fabulous family, especially our Nana & Poppy, for making it so sweet and memorable!

We love you all!

CT, part 6: party at T'Aunt Amy's!

Munchin' on hors d' oeuvres with our cousin Raya!

Playtime with Andre and Raya (and the ever present BALL):
T'Aunt Amy & Nan pose with the feast:

The whole gang!

(My Aunt Audrey is in the back right corner - HIDING - as she did from the camera the whole time. I suppose she is forgiven though, as she was feeling quite sick and still roused herself to participate in all the activites! Which, for her included driving us around!! We love you, Auds! :)

Nose-picking contest? I don't even want to know.

Joshua became quite a ham as the center of attention at this gathering!

We never knew he was such a performer until the toast came about and he was THRILLED to squeal with delight and raise his sippy cup with everyone, LOL!!!

(I hate it that I didn't capture that moment...just wasn't expecting it!)

Joshua has a special visit with Grandma Stella (who turns 100 THIS YEAR!). She was very purposeful to give him some quick life lessons, as in, ahem:

"You are d%*m lucky and you'd better remember that."

Together, they had us all laughing....I mean, what can ya say?!

The below video is a P.S. to all our friends with small children.

Eureeka, we have figured out how to keep a small child from completely losing it when they are teetering on the verge of a full-on meltdown!!!

CT, part 5, SWIMMING!!!

Joshua was R-E-A-D-Y to jump in the pool!

"Can we go get in now?"

Practicing his strokes:

The first glimpse of the biggest bathtub ever...all for their very own!!

(Of course, we cannot go anywhere without a ball; hence, he played ball in the pool too!)

His captive audience:

Yes siree, we found another ball that lived at the pool. Love (er, obsession?) at first sight.

Splashes!

Flying Joshua:

Pure. baby. bliss.

More flying and giggling!

(Let's take a vote on who had more fun here: Joshua or Daddy?)


Learning to blow bubbles!!

Trip to CT, part 4!

Joshua had his daily breakfast with Poppy & Nana:

(Okay, more like he ran around in circles while they ate and laughed at him...!)

Then he focused on collecting stock tips from Poppy:

Are we a great pair, or what?!

"Can I get a nametag, too?"

Clapping for Poppy! (and making him laugh!!)

Okay, "all finished"! (Joshua is learning sign language) Enough silliness, Poppy!

Feasting, yet again...

Eating is serious business around these parts. Surely anyone in our family can attest to that...

Giggles with daddy :)

Yes, yes, yes...still more to come!!!

(Did we mention we took over 400 pictures?!) heh. heh.