Slumber party

Leah is in Orlando for work so we drove down to have an old fashioned slumber party. Decker was too cool to come too. Claimed she had to work the next morning :)

Tina made an amazing dinner and Eden loved Tina's pool. Jake has gotten huge and looks just like Manuel, and of course, Eden wouldn't let me hold him for long. Thanks Tina and Manuel for a fun visit and the mangos!

Breakfast!

Eden spotted the Nutella and had to have it. yummy!

Weekend at the beach

Jeff and Allyn went out of town and kindly let us use their beach house. Sadly, I didn't bring the camera so you could see the three foot hole Cooper dug in about 30 seconds or Eden's army of sand turtles.

We spent Saturday at the beach, ate yummy Yogaberry (we'll support anyone who opens a DC franchise), and went to dinner at Sliders with our friends Anndrea, Dan and their son Wesley. Eden does a happy dance while shouting Wesley anytime she sees him - I'll try to catch it on video next time.

Sunday was more beach and then lunch at TPC Sawgrass. We then made the flawed decision to drive home instead of giving Eden her nap at Jeff and Allyn's and listened to her scream for the entire 30 minute drive. Never again!

Beat the Heat

Jeremy and Eden share a treat










Cooper doesn't want to miss out

Fourth of July

We had a really fun weekend. The Fourth started off with a morning at the pool and then ended with fireworks with some work friends. We had an outstanding view:




























Saturday we headed out to Jeff and Allyn's place at the beach for an afternoon beach/pizza party with all of Jeremy's co-clerks. Of course the guys brought out the Guitar Hero and competed to see who could make it past the easy songs. Lets just say, everyone needs a little practice.

Then, Sunday we took Eden to the zoo. She loved every minute especially the giraffes, big cats and the splash park. She was not a big fan of the petting zoo however. Couldn't get out of there fast enough.

























Checking out the lion
















Testing the water











Loves the carousel!

Blueberries!

A friend told us there were several local blueberry patches, so we headed out to Braddock's Blueberries near the airport to pick our own blueberries. We were so excited to have local produce since it is so scarce in Jacksonville. The blueberries were huge and sweet and each time Eden emptied her pail she said "more, Daddy, more!" After 30 minutes we left very hot and with 4 pounds of berries.


Eden enjoying her berries

Eating as fast as Mom can pick

Checking out all her berries

On the Bandwagon...

After not answering far too many emails from friends and family and receiving many requests for more photos of Eden I decided the way to make everyone happy and me feel less guilty was to follow everyone's lead and start a Dresner blog. So, here we go. I promise to try to keep this more or less up to date :)

We have had a crazy month starting with a trip to Chappaqua to see Kathi and Dick followed by a visit by Eden's very best friend, Maya, which you can read about in the Strach's blog:

http://meandthep.blogspot.com/2008/05/our-trip-to-fl.html

Soon after Maya returned to DC, Eden and I left for Cincinnati where Eden stayed with Mamma and Grandpa for 10 days while Jeremy and I enjoyed Miami and stayed in a swank hotel in South Beach: http://www.shoreclub.com/

We definitely had the feeling we weren't cool enough, so after the week ended we headed up to Palm Beach and stayed at The Breakers: http://www.thebreakers.com/

This was much more relaxing and the women were more appropriately clothed and we could sleep without feeling like we were missing the best MTV spring break party ever.

Mamma and Grandpa braved flying with Eden to return her to us and we had a great week with them in Jacksonville. To check out the photos, click on the shot below:

Mazza Family Beach Photos

Just a few days after Mamma and Grandpa left, we headed back to Chappaqua for the Phelan wedding at the Whippoorwill Country Club. Fun wedding and I got to wear a great dress. (Thanks Graham!)

Finally, we're back home for a while and Cooper is very glad to see us.

But, we won't stay still for long....