Sleepy

Carter had his annual sleep study at the beginning of the month.  We gave him the option to take Mommy or Daddy, and he chose Daddy.  :(  I tried not to act sad about it, but I really wanted to go with him.  As much as I hate sleep studies, I really like being there to support my little guy.  So, I stayed home with Kinley, and I sent the boys out on the adventure.  

Tim said Carter did so well and really enjoyed the night.  I think his favorite part was the fact that they gave him snacks to eat in bed!  When they were all done, Carter kept asking when the next sleep study was, because it was so fun!  Cute little kid!  We sure have come a long ways, when you look back at our first ones we had to do!

  And, staying at home wasn't too bad.  Melissa and I met at the outlet mall and shopped the night away!

Cape Cod

When Melissa said she needed help watching Lilly while she had meetings in Cape Cod, I jumped right on the opportunity for a trip!  I have always wanted to explore Cape Cod, and I am so happy that we were able to go.  I love the ocean, so this place is right up my alley!  We stayed in Chatham at the Chatham Bars Inn.  It was an amazing resort with their own private beach and beautiful pool.  While Melissa was busy in her meetings, I would take the kids out to play on the beach.  Can't beat that!  Since trying to take 3 kids out to a restaurant seemed a bit daunting to me, we ended up doing room service for dinners.  I think I could get used to that!  Carter kept asking when the man was coming to the door to bring him food!  

Thank you so much for the wonderful vacation Melissa!  It was a once in a life time experience, and I am so glad we were able to par take in it!

Boston

Melissa had a wonderful idea to hit up Boston for a quick visit on our way to Cape Cod.  We packed a lunch so we could eat at the park, and we enjoyed walking around a bit.  I really loved this city.  I can not wait to take another trip there and spend some quality time checking everything out.  Thanks for braving the traffic Melissa, I loved it!!!

Potty stop at the Four Seasons.

Anyone remember Make Way for Ducklings?  We found the ducks!

This place is so old!

Parking garage!

Lake Winnipesaukee

The kids and I decided to take a vacation road trip with my dear friend Melissa last week.  It was such a great time!!  Our first stop was her parents lake cabin on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire.  We had fun swimming all day and playing in the sand.  It is a rough day when you realize you have spent all day in your swimming suit and are longing on the porch with a beer in your hand!  It was fun to hang out with Melissa after the kids had gone to sleep.  We got to gossip and chit chat just like we were young kids again!  We took a boat ride one day into a cute town to buy ice cream and baked goods!  The girls loved the boat ride so much, that as soon as we got going they were sound asleep.  Kinley actually did not want to wake up even after we had made it back to the cabin.  Cant complain about that!  Carter impressed me so much with his ability to jump off the dock into the water!  He is such a little fish!!  (He did not get that from me...)  I also jumped off the dock, which was quite a feat for me.  I fully expect to see the video on youtube any day down.  

Love It

Nothing can top being a Mom to these two kids!!!  Love them with my whole heart!!!!

New Words

Kinley decided to say "Night Night" to Grandpa on Facetime the other night!  It was so cute!!!  She was in the tub when we were talking to him.  We had to hurry up and say goodbye to him since she started grunting and was threatening to poop in the tub.  But, we made it to the potty!  Good Job Kinley!!!

So Kinley now officially says: Dadda, Mamma, Brother, and Night Night.  She is growing up so fast!

First Party

We had such a wonderful day celebrating Kinley's First Birthday.  Some of our dear friends joined us to celebrate our little lady.  I made Kinley a ladybug cake.  It was so much fun!  And, I am pretty proud of how it turned out!!!  Tim rolled his eyes at me when I told him I wanted to make a cake for her, but he was happy to let me do it since he was on call the day I was going to be making it.  (Apparently I get a little uptight when constructing these cakes...)  I first made her smash cake.  And, I was super proud of how it turned out.  And then I tackled the big cake and it just got even better!  What a fun thing to do!!!  

We had a BBQ with hamburgers and lots of good food.  Tim set up games to play in the yard, and we had fun just hanging out.  Then it was cake time!

Kinley really enjoyed her cake.  I knew from her personality that she was going to get into it and do justice to that ladybug!  Oh boy did she have fun!!!

Thank you to all who helped celebrate our sweet girl!!  What a blessing she is to our family!!!