Summer Months

This has been a fantastic summer for our family.We have been taking a lot of mini vacations, attending local attractions and loving every minute of it. In June we went to New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York City. We took the girls to Sesame Place in PA, after seeing it on Jon & Kate Plus 8. Carys loved, loved, loved riding the roller coaster. She threw her hands up in the air and screamed. Wraiya hung out in the stroller or front pack like usual. We took the train from New Jersey into Penn Station in New York City. The train ride was super smooth and fun. The girls had their first cab ride which was a treat...Carys was pleased riding without a car seat. We spent the day at Battery Park and taking a Harbor Cruise of the "princess" otherwise known as the Statue of Liberty.

In July we went to Traverse City to the Cherry Festival. We stayed with Gdpa & Gdma Davis in their motor home. Traveling by motor home is great with kids. I wish we could do that all the time for trips two plus hours. The girls played at the beach. Wraiya loves to eat sand!!

Our August will be pretty low key but we start our travels Labor Day weekend by going up to Mackinaw City and will be going to Mackinaw Island in October. Who knows...maybe we'll talk Daddy (mostly me) into going back to Disney World.

Wraiya is growing like a weed. She is now 10 months-old. She is crawling all over the place, cruising, increasing her vocabulary and signs "more". She has such a sweet disposition, just like Carys. Wraiya now has five, with her sixth tooth emerging.

Carys and I are attending a summer camp, each Thursday in August. She is swimming with swimmies and loves to play outside. She is really on this kick of wanting to play hockey. We were at the Toy House and she chose for her toy a hockey set which included: 2 hockey sticks, a net, a puck and a ball. Carys also wants to resume gymnastics in the Fall and maybe soccer. We will have to see. We took the girls to the Hot Air Jubilee at the Jackson Airport. There was a humpty dumpty balloon and I started to say the nursery rhyme. Carys told me to stop because she wanted to say it "all by myself". Her version start as follows:"Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great day......" I love what things she comes up with. One last thing to share.
We ere at the zoo a few weeks ago and we were watching the elephants when one happened to poop and then step in it. When she was telling her dad about what she had seen the conversation went into "no daddy, elephants don't go poop on the potty because they DON'T HAVE HANDS TO FLUSH." Of course!!

May

Fun w/ Reese at the Zoo

Little Lady

My new truck...Wraiya's too.

Finally...teeth

Wraiya has 4 teeth coming in at the SAME TIME...poor baby!!

Happy Easter

Carys and Easter Bunny

Wraiya & Easter Bunny

KEEP ON LOOKING AT THE FOLLOWING POSTS!!

March Madness

"You read to me and I'll read to you!"

"I just turned six-months-old today."

3-17-09

"My new bonnet ."

"Whew...I made it to the top!!"

"I just got my ears pierced!!"

Keep on reading to the next post!!

Our February

Just a few photos of our February

Me & My Girls

"Which one am I?"

"I love my new skates"!!

Fun time @ Great Wolf Lodge

Carys at her Ladies & Gentleman's Tea Party at her school.

She just couldn't let go even when she fell asleep.

What's New

Happy 2009!!!! I am way behind on my posting. We experienced a little computer problem and ended up needed an external hard drive. So, now I can save an post photos again! A lot has happened with our family since my last post.

Right before Thanksgiving, we made another trip to Disney World. We just visted there in November of 2007. Carys had a blast this year as well. Wraiya slept the entire time in the front pack. She melted her daddy's heart by asking to go to "the castle", so we went again this year. I'm putting my foot down...we won't go until Wraiya is almost 2.


Wraiya turned 3 months old on December 17 and is now almost 4 months old. She is such a wonderful baby! I feel as though she is growing way to quickly. With Carys, I felt like I had a baby for a long time because she was so tiny. Wraiya loves to watch what is going on around her and is having a fun time exploring with her voice! I'll share her stats after her well-baby visit.

We enjoyed the Christmas holiday with our two princesses. Carys opened every ones gifts. She had a blast and kept saying "Look!", "Is this from Santa?" She was a ton of fun this year. Wraiya just chilled during the unwrapping of the gifts. Our house was trashed!!!!

New Year's Eve was spent with the Drew family this year. It was a fun, relaxing time. We had way too much food. The girls had a blast playing with one another. Carys made it until 11:30pm. She was quite the trooper.

Carys is now 3 years old!! WOW!!!! Time is flying!!!! She could not narrow down a theme this year. Her party and cake was a mixture of all her choices: blue dinner plates; Disney princess cake plates, napkins and table cloth; red cups; pink and yellow plastic ware. It was very colorful. You only turn 3 once and I wanted her day to be all of her personality!! We had a Winter Bonfire Birthday Party. Carys loves being outside. We did the food inside and then made smores over the bonfire. This was my first bonfire in January. I loved it!!

Tim has been traveling a lot for work. He's regularly going to New Jersey. He is also going to Pennsylvania, West Virginia and next week he'll be in California. I can't remember if Florida was in the travels or not. I continue to stay home with the girls. I will probably return back to doing therapy on a contractual basis in April. It might be sooner if the offer is sweet for the Infant Mental Health therapist offer. Time will tell. Thanks for checking in on us!!

Wraiya is Two-Months-Old

Yesterday Wraiya had her two month well child check. She sure has grown!! This little one now weighs 10 pounds 5 ounces and is 21 1/2 inches long!! It's so hard to believe that we have been a family of four for over eight weeks now!!

Carys set up a tea party for Wraiya and insisted that I put her in the Bumbo so she could "pretend feed her".

Precious Moments

Carys loves, I mean loves, polka dot p.j.'s. She was so excited to buy Wraiya a pair. After their bath she asked to take a picture of them. In the middle of snapping photos Carys asked for her pink glasses. Gotta love them. They were a potty prize from school.

Are you looking at me? This bug pillow is bigger than Wraiya. I truly wonder what she thought of it. She's such a sweet baby!!!!

Minnie Mouse & Princess Lamb

Carys and her daddy had a great time carving pumpkins. Wraiya and I helped a little, but mostly took pictures. Little Miss Carys kept pulling the inside of the pumpkins out saying "disgusting". She learned this from watching Max & Ruby. The pumpkin carving outcome was a princess pumpkin...of course.

Carys with her classmates for her very first preschool Halloween party.

Wraiya was a trooper her first Halloween. Carys kept telling people that Wraiya was a Princess Lamb. This is because earlier in the day we put a small tutu on Wraiya...and I forgot to put it back on her in her costume...so she really was a lamb. Minnie Mouse was so excited about all the different kind of candy she was given. She was even eager to share with mommy and daddy.

Wraiya and I stayed at the house and passed out candy with the grandparents while Tim took Carys trick-or-treating with her cousins. Wraiya was wide eyed once she woke up. It was a warm, beautiful night for the kids to be out and about.

Wraiya's One-Month-Old

These last four weeks have went so quickly! Wraiya has really brought a lot of extra joy to our family. She is growing like a weed. At birth she weighed 5 lbs 6 ounces, at discharge and her first doctor weight check she weighed 5 lbs 1 ounce...at 3 weeks she weighed 6 pounds 8 ounces. I was shocked!! She is also getting stronger every day. She lifts her head when on her belly and turn it side to side. Carys is getting a lot better at holding her. It's so sweet to see them look at one another. There are so many times that I'm holding Wraiya and I see Carys as an infant. I'm sure part of it is that Wraiya is wearing Carys' hand-me-downs!! We sure to love this little princess. The first thing Carys says in the morning is "where's my baby sister".

Fall Fun

We have all been enjoy the crisp Fall weather and taking advantage of the local Fall festivals, apple orchards and pumpkin farms. At the beginning of the month we went to the Hidden Lake Gardens Fall Foliage Festival. Carys enjoyed a hayride, corn maze and various crafts using all natural elements. She thought all the different scarecrows were really interesting.

Friends of the family have a Llama farm. My mom has taken Carys there numerous times. I thought I should take a turn. She loved being with the animals and seemed to be a natural in the barn and in her interactions with the animals.

The Lashes had a baby Llama that was only one week old. Carys kept asking to pet it, but the baby and the mama Llama wouldn't come close to anyone.At Flavor Fruit Farms they had pony rides for the kids. Carys was so excited to see that when we arrived, asking right away, "I ride the ponies, pleeeeease". I think the guy leading the pony scared her a little, but one daddy walked beside her she was fine.

She had fun searching for the perfect pumpkin. Carys kept getting caught in the dried vines. It was a big laugh for Tim and I. We ended up leaving with a small green pumpkin. Ms. Wraiya slept though all the festivities!!