Monday, July 12, 2010
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Happy 4 Month Birthday Matthew
Matthew turned 4 months old today! Jeff, Matthew, and I came home a couple of days early from the beach while Kate spent two more days with everyone. Jeff left to work a soccer camp for the week on Friday, so Matthew and I have had a fun couple of days together. We tried out his jump up swing and he loved it-I had to put a box under his feet because he is still about an inch above the ground-our ceiling in the living room is really high. Four months also means eating from a spoon and the adventure of solid food begins! Matthew did not seem too happy about sitting in his high chair for the first time and I'm not sure that he was too impressed with his rice cereal.
We sure did make a mess and I'm not sure how much he actually swallowed! Matthew, sweetheart, if you can get the hang of this, I promise I'll give you something tastier than rice cereal.
Just in case you are wondering, yes, our couch is in the kitchen. We are having our carpets cleaned this week, so Jeff moved most of the furniture out of our living room before he left on Friday. It looks like I'm running a daycare center because all that is left in the room is a rocking chair and baby toys. Here are more happy pictures!
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
Happy 4th of July
We are spending the week at Topsail Island and my wonderful husband brought every cord imaginable-computer cords, dvd cords, S-video cords,baby monitor cords, video game cords, headphones, even my camera cord-so I can update pictures of vacation, while we are on vacation. Seriously, what would I do without him and what would he do without technology! Topsail has their 4th of July celebration on the 3rd, so we went out for a delicious seafood dinner and then went to the park to enjoy the music and fireworks.
Kate, Grandaddy, and cousin Scarlett enjoying the view from the restaurant patio.
Waiting for the fireworks!
Matthew has been pure joy on his first family vacation. He has been such a good baby with the travel and sleeping in his pack and play. It has also been a blessing to have the Matthews' family together. Jeff and I have been able to spend some focused, one on one time with Matthew while Kate is having fun with her cousin, grandparents, aunts, and uncles. Matthew is also getting to know all of these faces of people who love him and build up his confidence by telling him how cute and adorable he is (which is totally true)!!!!
Kate and Grandma dancing to the band! Kate is a dancing maniac!
Beach Pictures
I have taken tons of pictures in four days, but have tried to just give you a sampling. I just can't stop taking pictures of our kids! After all, it is Matthew's first trip to the beach. He makes it out to the beach for about 30-45 minutes every day. Jeff takes Kate out after breakfast while Matthew finishes his morning nap and has his mid-morning bottle. Then he and I go out to join the group. It works out great because Jeff really isn't a "sit on the beach the whole day" kind of guy, so he is happy to take Matthew back in after a while (especially if there is a soccer game to watch).
Kate and Scarlett
Kate and Scarlett are having a great time. They are now at the age where they can run in the shallow water without an adult being two inches away. We have had a great time watching them run, jump, and make up all kinds of games to play. The weather has been great and, aside from the shark advisory, the ocean has been perfect-calm and beautiful.
Thursday, July 01, 2010
Summertime Fun
We are off to our annual beach vacation next week, so I thought I would finish updating the blog for June. We have been keeping Kate busy. Here she is with her friend Jack playing in our mini-water park. There goes Jack!
Here is Kate dancing. Some friends of ours have bands playing in their neighborhood every Thursday night in the summer and invited us to come anytime. There are activities for the kids, good music, and good fellowship on the lawn. This night Kate and her friend Dylan kept asking for more songs...I think the band played for 30 extra minutes just because they kept yelling for one more song!
I really think they just wanted to finish their milkshake!
Prancing and Dancing
Kate participated in her first summer camp a few weeks ago called "Prancing and Dancing". She got a new lunch box, ballet shoes, and leotards and she was so excited about all of it. The camp introduced her to ballet and gymnastics. She did cry for about 90 seconds a couple of days when I dropped her off, but every afternoon she would come running with a big smile telling us about her fun afternoon. At the end of the week, the group gave a skills performance-Kate's first recital (of many to come, I think)! Jeff and I had the best time watching our little girl, we were so proud and I will never forget it. Jeff did well with all the pink, twirling children and was Kate's biggest fan. Here she is with her fellow ballerinas at the ballet bar.
Superman pose on the balance beam.
Kate made sure she was first to do every activity!
Happy Girl!
Celebrating her performance with a pink cupcake, of course!
Little Man
Matthew loves to play on his changing table. Probably because he has a captive audience making sure he doesn't fall off! He is doing great on his tummy and I feel like he is going to roll over any day. He has also hit the drooling stage full force. Looking at these pictures, you would think that I never wipe the drool, but I promise I do! It just seems to be losing battle at the moment.
Pool Time
We love Nana's pool! Luckily, we are very pool rich with one right down the block in our neighborhood and Nana's pool 10 minutes away. Quite a blessing when temperatures reach the 90's every day! Here is Kate in her own personal pool, she has one at Nana's and one at home-it's a charmed life.
Sunbathing
Kate loves a nighttime swim.
Nonnie
Nonnie came to visit a couple of weeks ago. We had a fun time. She was even brave enough to let Jeff and I try out some new seafood recipes on her. Thanks Nonnie! Kate loves her Nonnie and Matthew enjoyed playing with her too. I thought this was a nice picture of Nonnie with her newest great-grandchild.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Father's Day Water Park
We turned the backyard into a mini water park Father's Day afternoon for Kate, Scarlett, and Matthew, complete with a slip and slide, sprinklers, pool, and sprinkler hopscotch. Grandma, Granddaddy, Uncle Dan, Aunt Jennifer, and cousin Scarlett came for lunch and water play. Kate loved the slip and slide. After getting some coaching from her Dad, she would take a running start and catapult herself down. I have great video footage; hopefully I can get Jeff to make a clip of it for me to post on the blog soon. Kate had so much fun and was so tired, that she literally fell asleep at the kitchen table before I could get her dinner in front of her-that has never happened. She almost hit her head on the table, but I got to her before she did!
Father's Day Morning
Father's Day was a great day. After our traditional celebratory breakfast of heart-shaped blueberry pancakes, Jeff opened his gifts. After getting some clothes from me and some much needed athletic socks from Matthew, Kate gave him a sweet book called "Dance me, Daddy". After reading it together (Matthew eventually lost interest), Jeff said to me, "What are you trying to do make me cry?"
We didn't quite make him cry, but we did make him laugh with this certificate. He received one from each of us and has already used one to watch the amazing game between the US and Algeria on Wednesday. Good choice, Jeff!
The fine print says *does not apply to matches played during planned family obligations, but does apply to matches recorded on DVR because of said family obligations, **complete silence in the home is not guaranteed, ***all possible effort shall be made to refrain from waking sleeping babies or frightening children when celebrating or wallowing in sorrow. I did a pretty good job holding up my end of the bargain, but I did have to take Matthew upstairs during the end of the match because things were getting a little tense downstairs.
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