Wednesday, September 29, 2010

The Packed Post :: Part 1

The title says it all.... I'm cramming a lot of stuff in this one... Yes, its totally my fault for not updating regularly but give me break. I'm still looking for free time. Today Jackie took Caleb & Lyla to the park for a bit so I've finally found some. :) Alrighty, lets dive in....

Back at the beginning of the month we took our first "staycation" or a vacation that involved sleeping mostly at home. We started off on Saturday with a trip to Lake Nockamixin for a walk & some rock skippin.

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My darlin found this heart shaped rock.... It's exactly the piece we're missing for our "I love you" rock collection!

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Lyla stood on Caleb's training wheels to catch a ride... super cute!

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Daddy taught Lyla how to climb on the roots at the waterfall..... this scares me.

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Because we all know my husband is a monkey.... pull-ups with the kids on his shoulders lol they LOVED it!

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Monday we headed down to Wildwood, NJ to stay with relatives of mine who own a beach house. And by relatives I mean my Grandmother's second cousin and her husband... or something like that. I had only met them once before when I was quite young so it was a little awkward at first sharing a house with them. However, by the time we left we were very comfortable :) We had an absolutely wonderful time the whole 3 days we were there. A decent chunk of our time was spent on the boardwalk but we also had a beautiful day to relax on the beach.

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Maybe in a few years he'll be big enough to ride..... lol

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We stopped in the "Casino" on the boardwalk for some cheep food and some random person handed Caleb a whole cup of tickets! He was sooo happy!

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I just love watching my children playing nicely together.... its a beautiful sight!

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The Thursday right after we came back was Caleb's first day of Nursery School for this year! He's going 2 days a week for 2.25 hrs each. He's totally loving it! (And so am I!)

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And to think that I still have so much more to cover..... Peddler's Village, a birthday party, a picnic... I guess that's gonna have to wait until tomorrow.... :)

Monday, September 13, 2010

Baby Eli

Working on Eli's photos today. The cute little guy and his parents stayed with our family for a week fresh out of the hospital. We really enjoyed having him around. Fortunately for him (and unfortunately for Matt & I) the kids were GREAT with him around. They both love babies! Caleb had been asking for "a real baby.... not a doll" before they came and having Eli around certainly didn't help me trying to get out of the subject. I'm still trying to convince him he wants a doll.....



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Isn't he just precious?! (And yes, that's the hat I made! It was hard to part with after the shoot.) I may have to start convincing myself I just want a doll if I keep seeing all these gorgeous babies...... Hopefully I'll get our vacation pics up soon!