Monday, December 2, 2013

Fun at the Pumpkin Patch

We celebrated Sarah's fourth birthday at the pumpkin patch! We had a picnic, went on a hayride, walked through the corn maze, played in the corn bins, rode a cow train and a hay train and played on the swings, see saws and bales of hay. I think everyone had a really good time! It was lots of fun!






















We celebrated Gramma's birthday the next day at Outback! 

Lovely Quebec City

Joe and I were able to get away on our own in early September for a long weekend to Quebec City, Canada. We had some trouble agreeing on a place to go and we are both glad we decided to go someplace new. Quebec City is beautiful and we really enjoyed exploring the city on foot and bikes. There are really nice bike trails along the two rivers surrounding the city so we decided to bike out to a waterfall about 15 miles away. The hotel provided the bikes and the directions. We ended up biking about 45 or 50 miles roundtrip due to a wrong turn! 


Our hotel - Fairmont Chateau Frontenac
















Friday, September 27, 2013

Why, why, why?

Julia is growing so fast and is quite a bit bigger than Ivey was at this age. She is filling out her three month clothes really well and will need to move up in size shortly. She is such a happy baby, always smiling and chuckling some too. She loves to have her diaper changed and just smiles, talks and laughs as you stand over her. She also is really liking bath time now. She kicks her feet the entire time and gets her mommy all wet! She adores her big sister, always watching what she is doing. She is starting to grab at objects now. She grabbed Ivey's hair the other day. Ivey didn't quite know what to think about that- we thought it was really funny.

Ivey is getting so big and more independent every day. She is starting to ask why- oh my! She loves going to school and announces every day when she gets home that she had a good day at school. She has two imaginary friends - Babe and Pooh. We are just playing along with it for now. She loves to read her books, sing and play with her dolls. She feeds them, burbs them, changes their diapers, takes them on walks in the stroller, puts them in Julia's swing and bouncy chair and insists they need music.  She is quite entertaining to watch.

Ivey is doing really well with Julia. She likes to give her hugs and kisses and is very gentle with her. She talks to her and tells her what she is doing, gives her toys and her paci when she cries. It is really sweet to watch them together.



Ivey has graduated to a toddler bed



Birthday celebration for Kevin, Philip & Val





Ivey doesn't appear to be happy about sharing Gramma's lap!



Julia loves to feel her head!