6 Months Ago Today...

April 19, 2008...

6 Months later...



Today marks our 6 month anniversary and I realize many of you will scoff and say "6 months? Who cares?" but nevertheless it's a milestone! We had a fun time going up to Sugarloaf Mountain in Maryland where we hiked a 5 mile trail that we swore was probably closer to 10 miles. But it was a gorgeous fall day and the scenery was very pretty! And it wore Bella out, finally!

Here are a couple more pics from our hike:

We followed up our very tiring hike with dinner at The Palm restaurant...mmmm filet oscar, yum!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend!

Hooray for Lauren and Andrew!

My friend Lauren's husband is finally back on US soil permanently after a long 15 months (the first 15 months of their marriage no less!) in Afghanistan. Congrats Lauren and Andrew--glad you made it back safely and can't wait to meet you!

Bella's Beagle Buddies!

Last Saturday I took Bella to the Leesburg Canine Country Club for a Beagle meetup. I was ridiculed by quite a few people for taking her, but I'm glad I did. She had such a good time and running around for 2.5 hours made her pooped for the rest of the weekend, which is a good thing. She never gets tired!


Check out some of her new friends below:

Running after other dogs is fun!

Bella became bff with this Puggle named Ralph

Oh boy, I love playing with other dogs!

Bella was so tired she was trying to rest but Ralph and the pervert (get out of Bella's crotch!) Maizy, who kept humping Bella, wanted to play some more

Holler if you hear me!

Gas was $2.75 in Sterling last night. WOOT!! Who knew we'd be so excited to see gas at that price?

My good friend Blogger Larry made a good observation the other day. All those people who locked in $2.99 gas with Chrysler/Dodge, etc. are probably PISSED!

Oh well, I was happy!

We're off to Sugarloaf Mountain tomorrow, fun!

Temporary Break

Sorry for the temporary break in blogging folks but our rascal Bella chewed through the internet cable at home and for some reason the wireless isn't cooperating on our desktop, so you will have to wait for more posts.

Stay tuned for a LONG overdue post on Christine and Hans's engagement party, Bella's adventure at the dog park with her other Beagle friends and this weekend escapades. It's our 6 monthiversary and we will be celebrating with dinner at The Palm and going on a little day trip to see some fall foliage and take a hike/do a picnic with the pup. Oooh and stay tuned for my new hair also coming this weekend--don't worry, nothing too crazy, just trying to touch up the 3 inch dark roots growing...

Good luck tomorrow!!!

Good luck to my good (and brave!) friends Christine, Jacqueline and Todd who are all running the Baltimore Half Marathon tomorrow!!

Happy Birthday Luke Alexander Beglis!

Laura, Jim and big brother Damien welcomed Luke Alexander Beglis tonight at 8:12 pm. Everyone is doing great and Luke is a cutie pie! He weighed in at 9 lbs, 6 oz. and 21 inches long.

Mom, Dad and Luke!

Proud Aunties!

You'd think it was our kid... :-)

Halfway there...

Just heard from Laura and she's only halfway dilated. Still no sign of baby! S/he doesn't want to come out yet!!

Stay tuned.

Eagerly awaiting Baby Beglis #2...

Laura was induced at 6:30 am this morning and as of about 12 noon, there was still no good update to give on the arrival of Baby Beglis #2. We'll keep you posted!

Happy Birthday Mary Kate--I mean Kristen!

Happy Birthday to our good friend Kristen who rocked out in Vegas over the weekend to ring in the final year of her 20s! Wish we could've been there to celebrate! Here is Kristen, doing her best Mary Kate in my veil!