2013 was an amazing, fun-filled, wild, and fast year. We are looking forward to another year just like that in 2014!
Tell us how you really feel about the New Year, Charlie...
Thats better :)
Happy New Year!
{Family, Fun, and Fitness}
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Monday, December 30, 2013
AC {Atlantic City}
Atlantic City is one of those place that probably was really cool a long time ago...
But we did have a good time & enjoyed walking the boardwalk.
Walking on a ramp from the boardwalk to the beach
Annie & Papa on the Jersey Shore
Lucy getting salt water taffy
Annie and her baby, getting an italian cup of coffee
It was cold so it wasn't very crowded & we had lots of photo opportunities!
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Saturday, December 28, 2013
We got a date night!
We had our first date night since we moved to New Jersey!
Annie & Papa watched the kiddos.
We went to Ironhill Brewery & had a wonderful time!
Friday, December 27, 2013
Christmas Morning: part 2!
The kids got to have Christmas morning again, with all the goodies Annie & Papa got them in NYC!
Lucy got to see her American Girl Doll for the first time! They had the dolls mostly behind the counter at the store so she had no idea that she got one until the morning! Good thing kids don't pay attention to giant shopping bags being lugged around and crowded city, taking up space in their stroller :)
Now that is a lot of goodies!
Charlie got a Bear with blue PJ's (not featured in above photo)
and a Fire Truck that was delivered a couple days later!
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Holiday Trip to The Big Apple!
We had a fun (& exhausting) day trip to NYC with Annie & Papa!
We rode the train from Hamilton to Penn Station under Madison Square Garden
Lucy protected by her Daddy & her Papa
Charlie & mommy at The Park Cafe
Cozy little guy fast asleep! 
At the American Girl Doll store in NYC! Annie got Lucy a doll that looks just like her!
Walking the crowded streets
They HAD to get a dog from a street vendor.
Oh and the guy trying to get us to buy bus
tour tickets joined in the picture!
In front of Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center
Mommy & Daddy right outside of The Grand Plaza Hotel
Hanging out in FAO, the only place you can change a baby's diaper in NYC!
Also home to the best.toys.ever.
Times Square!
One exhausted bunch at the end of the day!
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Christmas!
This was the first Christmas where could start to feel the magic of it returning. You lose that feeling when you grow up and move off to college. And before you have your own kids its just a day to hang out with family and eat yummy food and exchange gifts, which is lovely and fun, but not magical.
The magic of Christmas returns once you have your own children, and they start to understand things. This year Lucy learned where "mama Mary" and "baby Jesus" were in our window cling nativity. She seemed to understand the idea of Santa Claus. And you get to see the surprise on their face. Lucy was 28 months old this Christmas. She loved to find where our elf "Jeffy"was in the days preceding Christmas. She followed along with all the Christmas movies. I really like the Vege Tale cartoon about St Nicolas, except it always confuses me why the vege's don't have arms and legs. Wish they would have just added that into the animation. She loved it when we read her Christmas books about Santa Claus and about the birth of Jesus. I picked up a book that plays the music for "The First Noel" and has the words a pictures in the book. Charlie loves to press the button. Over and over. And over. Good thing it's one of my favorite songs :)
We had our own Christmas morning with just the four of us, it was really special. And then in the afternoon Blake picked up his parents from the Philadelphia Airport! I stayed home and cleaned and cooked & prepared for our trip to NYC the next day.
The magic of Christmas returns once you have your own children, and they start to understand things. This year Lucy learned where "mama Mary" and "baby Jesus" were in our window cling nativity. She seemed to understand the idea of Santa Claus. And you get to see the surprise on their face. Lucy was 28 months old this Christmas. She loved to find where our elf "Jeffy"was in the days preceding Christmas. She followed along with all the Christmas movies. I really like the Vege Tale cartoon about St Nicolas, except it always confuses me why the vege's don't have arms and legs. Wish they would have just added that into the animation. She loved it when we read her Christmas books about Santa Claus and about the birth of Jesus. I picked up a book that plays the music for "The First Noel" and has the words a pictures in the book. Charlie loves to press the button. Over and over. And over. Good thing it's one of my favorite songs :)
We had our own Christmas morning with just the four of us, it was really special. And then in the afternoon Blake picked up his parents from the Philadelphia Airport! I stayed home and cleaned and cooked & prepared for our trip to NYC the next day.
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Christmas Eve
We each opened one present on Christmas Eve.
We ate a nice dinner, got ready for bed,
and read Twas the Night Before Christmas.
and read Twas the Night Before Christmas.
And the new book mommy sewed!
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Charlie's First Birthday Cake Smash!
That is a dapper little dude!
I can't believe it… but the sign says so… he is one year old already!
CAKE SMASH!
Digging in!
using those toes too!
...and he found an easier way…!
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