Family Reunion

My husband's family (on his mother's side) all met up in DC a couple weeks ago for a super fun weekend. Here is the first shot of all the cousins on Friday. They loved all being together and just riding up and down my street making me so nervous!

Early Saturday morning; wearing our very cool matching shirts (thanks Uncle Brent for such a great design) we headed down to The National Mall for some site seeing and museam visits. The matching shirts were seriously genius - it made it so easy to locate our group amoung the DC crowds.

We basically took over 1 entire Metro Car and spent the time doing pull ups on the hand bars and napping (emmeline).

We couldn't resist a cousin photo on the mall lawn. Getting them all to sit happily was a serious challange.

And well - here is our little peanut on the Mall lawn. Amist all the business she turned 10 months. I'm not sure how it all happened - time just flies.

It was so great spending time with Craig's family. The only question now is... where will we go for the next reunion???

Up and Running again

Wow - the second half of July and the first half of August were sooo super busy. So much has happened so bare with me as I post events that have occurred a couple weeks ago.

A weekend with Oliver

We were happy to have Oliver stay with us this weekend and as hard as I tried to take a ton of pictures - I only managed to get a few. Here are some good ones.

We tried to get out of the house as much as possible so we headed to the park on Saturday. It was blistering hot so we just hung out in the shade while continually taking grass out of the kids hands.

Meal times were crazy - Ollie would finish his dinner in about 10 minutes and then would attempt to steal Emme's food off her tray. Emmeline just took her time while fending him off.

Craig couldn't resist exposing Ollie to a little NY style.
I kept telling Emmeline that she would get bit if she kept sticking her finger in his mouth. Low and behold two seconds after I took this picture the crying started.
I would put Emmeline in her walker and Ollie would push her all around. They would laugh and smile the whole time - it was so much fun to watch.

Oliver was such a little angel all weekend. He was a complete joy to have around.

Emmeline post nap

I snapped this picture right after her morning nap. She was still sleepy and dreamy eyed with sweaty curls.

4th of July

Emmeline's first 4th of July was a great one!
We got all dressed up for the 4th and then headed to the farmer's market for some groceries - we were the only goof ball family with coordinating 4th of July outfits on.

Emmeline surrounded by her sweet boy cousins. They were so cute with her - giving her tons of kisses and hugs. I just hope she'll be able to keep up with them when she gets a little older. They are busy boys!! Plus - we have one more littte guy on the way thanks to Aunt Katie!!!

We had the pool completely to ourselves - it was great! Don't worry, there was an adult in the Pool with Penn, he wasn't all alone.
We spent wonderful 4th of July with Craig's family. We're so lucky to have cousins that live in the area. Wow - I look pregnant in this picture - I really need to get my butt in gear and get walking!

Thank you Grammy and Papa!!!

Thank you Grammy and Papa for all your help this past week. I was able to get so much work done and we also had such a nice time visiting with you. I know Emmeline loved every minute she had with her Grammy and Papa. Thank you also for all the hard work you guys did on and around the house. We really appreciate all your help. We all miss you so much already and can't wait to see you again in August. Love you guys!!

Craig's parents came to visit this past week to celebrate 4th of July and to help me with Emmeline. My last day of work will be July 31st so I need all the time I can get finishing up with work to pass on to another monitor.

9 months!

Emmeline is now 9 months and a couple weeks. Wow - time is seriously flying now! She is now clapping, waving, and dancing (bounces) to music. The dancing is so cute - I hope she continues to love music. At her well-visit this week she weighed 16 lbs 14 ozs. and 28 inches long. Staying at 25% for weight and 75% for height. Emmeline's personality is really starting to show. She definitely knows what she wants and what she doesn't and will let you know it. Most of she is so sweet and still smiles all the time.