artsy photo?

Look Momma, two flowers!

So happy!

Wanna smell?!

Smelling flowers.

Lilly is so mobile, and ready for adventure at all times. One of her favorite things to do is pick flowers and smell them, and have others smell them too. One of our rose bushes out front is flowering all of the time (recently), and Lilly always wants to pick them. She will smell them, get some pollen on her face and then hold the flower out for you to smell! So sweet! We are also working on her swimming ability by going to the beach at least twice a week. She recently got a real kick out of playing with the little sand flea crabs that are just at the shoreline. I would catch a bunch, put them in her bucket and then hand them to her one at at time and she would let them go in the surf and laugh. She nary hurt a one....she seemed to understand when I said to be gentle. We are getting ready to enjoy a week of visiting with my Aunt and Cousin who made the trip down from PA to vacation. We are so excited to have new people to play with!!

Ninja roll...attack kite on the loose!
Momma and Lilly

I love sand!

And he's up!

Yah....seaweed!

Lovin' the beach!

My photo for the life insurance claim...luckily did not need it!swimming with dada!

Love my little pool on the beach!

My mom and her brothers, sisters and mom.

All the grandkids and greatgrandkids who were present.

Four generation photo!

Smilie girl!

She loved this rocking chair!

Aunt Chrissie and Lilly!

Cousin Julia playing with Lilly!

Swinging with Dada in NY!

Hugging with cousin Julia!

Playing at B&B's!

B&B showing Lilly how it's done!

Great Aunt Ruth, Lilly and me! She's nearly 90 years old!!

Busy Few weeks and weekends!

So we as a family have been very busy recently....we did a trip to the great northeast to visit family over memorial day, then a quick trip out to Wilkesboro for a wedding of our dear friends Karen and John, and then last night we had our first kite board kite flying experience.

We started our trek northwards with a stop in PA to visit my Aunt and cousin, then we headed further north to NY to visit with Fitz's immediate family, then started south to NJ for a family reunion on sorts on my side, and finally home!

Over last weekend, we did a trip to Wilkesboro, NC for a wedding (we forgot the camera), but had a great time. Lilly was a real trooper and loved all of the attention she got at the wedding. She was one of the few kids and so everyone was ooooh and ahhhing over her.

Fitz has decided that he wanted to take up kite surfing, so our friend Nate loaned him a training kite and we had a chance last night to try it out. Needless to say, he will need some really practice! But we had a great time and got some cute photos!

WhooAhh...deep sea diver!
We found video of Bobby hard at work in Hawaii. I have to thank CH for the link, and now it is being shared with all of those who blog! I will get around to posting about our trip to the great northeast when I find time to sort it all out in my head! Maybe next week sometime!

Becky the biker!
Finishing the run!

Post race relaxing!

My little cheerleader!

So Silly Lilly!

Peak-a-boo!

your still taking photos?!

Nelson Bay 2009

So, I did it...I finally competed in a race....it's only been 2.5 years! And, if I do say so myself, it went pretty well. It was a short one; only 750 swim, 12 bike, and 5k run, but I finished 3rd female and 8th overall! No need for a race report, but I will say I think the bike was my best yet, must be all of the spin classes I've been teaching. I had my full support crew there; Fitz and Lilly came for the race then headed to a 1st b-day party, and my folks were there (thanks guys)! It was also nice to catch up with tri folks I have not seen in a while! Here are some photos from the event!

Just a few recent photos of Miss Lilly.

We are enjoying watching Lilly change each day; her recent accomplishments are throwing a ball, rolling a ball, bring her towel to the bath tub when asked, signing "all done", stacking blocks and a super cool toy from Leah and Paul, climb on everything, and will pick up her bike helmet when she wants to go for a ride. We are still working on potty training so when we visit Uncle Bobby in Hawaii over Christmas she will be able to just go in the potty! Hope everyone enjoys their weekend ahead, and to the family we will be seeing next week; we can't wait to see you guys!

Seaweed Head

Today Lilly and I had sometime to kill, so we stopped by the boat ramp access that is on the sound side so Lilly could burn off some energy before naptime. She first played with the pansy's in pots before we made it toward the water. Lilly loves to have her toes in the sand or the water so it was a great place for her. She kept picking up shells and rocks and showing them to me before "pretending" to lick them, then laughing at herself! After a few minutes she spotted some seaweed on the beach. I don't think we have come across seaweed on the beach in our adventures yet, but she was not afraid. She picked it right up and proceeded to carry it around for the rest of our time at the sound. I then made the mistake of saying, "seaweed head, seaweed head, Lilly is a seaweed head".....she then took the seaweed and put it on her head. At least I know she understands what I'm saying. I sure wish I had brought my camera along so I could have gotten a photo. Oh well! We are looking forward to a busy 5 weeks coming....starting with a small local tri for me, and a birthday party for Lilly and Fitz!! Can't wait to post photos of all of our adventures.

Easter Lilly Photo

We just got this photo via email; it's from the Easter Egg Hunt from the hunt we attended in PKS with some of our playgroup friends. Lilly was still long enough to snap this photo, but not too much more. We are enjoying the nice weather these days, and hope to have more new photos up soon.

No new pictures, but an update none-the-less!

We have had more busy times in the Fitzula household. Where do I begin, last week I got to teach the cycling class at the local gym every other day (due to people needing subs). I taught Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and today (Monday)....AHHHH! It was alittle much, but at least I found time to make a new cd. Also, I have been helping out with my high schools track team over the past few months, and on Thursday we had our conference meet. My kids did so great...I am so proud of them. We had our boys go 1,2,3 in the 3200M, and lots of kids qualify for regionals during the meet. I can't wait to watch them run....and not have to help at the meet.

 Lilly has taken to "blowing kisses" her own way, but it's very cute. What is not so cute it the stomach bug Lilly picked up and caused quite a mess during an episode in the car....YUCK, YUCK, big YUCK! Lilly has also really taken to our neighbors little girl, Heather. She is 6 and an only child, but she seems to love Lilly as much as Lilly loves her. She even told her parents that if anything happened to them, she would come and live with us and be Lilly's big sister (to cute)! We have been spending alot of time outside, and that is by far Lilly's favorite place to be.  Sometimes she stands at the back door when it's open (only the storm door closed) and just stares out until I get the chance to take her out. Her other new accomplishments are hugs on command (she will even pat you on the back), dancing all of the time, having conversations, and of course being the cutest baby EVER!!

In garden news, we have tomatoes, lettuce, beans, corn, watermelon, squash, onions, cukes, okra, carrots, and a few randoms that grew up from our compost pile. Can't wait to see how it all turns out at the end of the season! 

Fitz is home all week this week, and we love having him home. Lilly is so cute with him! I know he loves being here with her and being able to see her change each day!

Look at me, I have no trouble walking in the sand.

I love the water...even if it is only in the 60's.

Wave jumping with Dada is the best!

"Come on Dada, let's go in deeper....I'm not scared"

Sand is so fun!

Lilly's friend Xander relaxing on the beach!

Lilly modeling a dress made by me!

Lovin' those blackberries.

All dressed up for a bridal shower!

We have been a busy bunch of days for us recently. We spent alot of time with Eenie and the Commadore while Fitz was out of town for nearly 2 weeks. We attended a bridal shower for one of my oldest friends, Miss Carole. With her shower came some of the great girls I graduated with and  spent a lot of time with while growing up. Lilly was the star of the shower, once we warmed up she was very friendly and showed off all of her tricks. Then when the weather warmed up (to nearly 80), we visited with our good friend Katie and her son Xander and took a trip to the beach. The kids just love the beach, and they are both getting better about not eating sand all of the time. Fitz got back on Thursday evening in time for dinner and Lilly was very happy to see him. On Friday we waited for news of our friends Katie and Chris to send us news of the birth of their little boy. He was born after 8pm and all are doing well. While waiting for that news, our other good friends, Meg and Nate and their girls made the trek down from Raleigh for some beach time. We had a great time together, but did not make it to the beach at the same time, due to different napping schedules. Fitz also did a local 5k, and won (sweet)! Then we did an adults night out for Meg's birthday Saturday night, and found a new favorite place to eat...The Ruddy Duck! We are getting ready to take Lilly to the beach again today since she loved it so much yesterday. We hope everyone is out getting some fresh air!

Some of our Easter Photos.

The playgroup we attend hosted an easter egg hunt for all of the kiddos. Lilly was dresses in one of her super cute outfits (Thanks Aunt Charlene and Family) along with her new pink chuck taylor high tops. She has gotten quite good at walking and had a great time when she got her hands of two eggs. Unfortunately, for her she can't have any candy...so I got to eat if for her :)! Then we got some photos of Lilly and her buddy Macy with the Easter Bunny. They did very well (as you can see in the photos). We got to attend another easter egg hunt with more of Lilly's friends on the Saturday before Easter, but those photos would not load properly. Since Easter, Fitz has travelled to NY to be with his family while his Dad has his cancerous kidney removed (it went great and Fitz's Dad is out of the hospital). I taught my second spin class, ran my first track workout in many, many moons, and even road my tri bike. We shall see if I can manage to get into shape somewhere in here. In our up coming plans, we have a tentative Raleigh trip tomorrow to visit a very good friend in from CA, and counting down the days until Fitz comes home...I hope Lilly does not do too much more before he gets here; I can only get so much on video. Hope everyone is out enjoying the GREAT weather!!