Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Memorial Day weekend part II: MD

Sunday night we headed back home from PA so that we could go on a picnic with some of our "first babies" crew at Cunningham Falls State Park in MD on Monday. It was a great day for a picnic!

William H. is the newest addition to the group, here with mom Felicity.

William J. (4 mos.) enjoyed relaxing on the blanket with dad Bradford.


Joshie took a nice nap in the shade after lunch.

Charlotte played a little peek-a-boo from under daddy's hat.


The whole picnic crew- Andersons, Spiveys, Hancocks and Johnsons.


After lunch we made the short hike up to Cunningham Falls. Rob and some of the others climbed around on the rocks while Charlotte & I waited below with others. Rob just can't resist a nice rock formation! After our hike we cooled off with a little swim in the lake... where all the new mommies enforced a "no photographs" rule. ;)





Memorial Day weekend part I: PA

We hope that you all had an enjoyable Memorial Day weekend! We spent Saturday and Sunday in PA visiting family...


Charlotte and Leah are ready to go to Connie's pool for a swim on Saturday.


Once there, Charlotte was not very happy about how cold the water was. She did like how it tasted though!


After her first swim, she took a little nap with daddy.


Saturday night we went to Becky's Drive-in and watched Shrek the Third. We were too tired to stick around for Spiderman 3 (which didn't start until 11 pm,) but we enjoyed the movie despite the drizzle- and I especially enjoyed the funnel cake. ;) FYI- an odd bit about Becky's- apparently they used to only show "adult movies"... now they only show "family friendly movies."


Charlotte even let Shrek hold her!


Sunday we spent time sharing stories and Rob and Mark took the kids for a walk in the woods at Beltzville State Park. One thing that really surprised us over the weekend was how much Charlotte LOVES dogs! When we went to Pop-pop Kaufman's house, she especially loved that she could yell and wave her arms and Nana would come over and lick her in the face! This picture is of us with Buster (all 120 lbs of him) after he jumped up on Rob's lap and licked his neck.

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Happiness is...

... sitting on the steps on a late spring evening.





Sunday, May 20, 2007

taking a moment to reflect

Rob, Charlotte and I attended a wedding reception for friends Alissa & Joseph last night. There were many people there from our old singles ward in Chevy Chase that we hadn't seen since we got married. It was a lot of fun to visit with everyone and to introduce them to Charlotte. :)

On the way home it had Rob and I talking a lot about our own wedding and what the past 20-ish months of marriage have been like. We've been very busy! It was less than 2 1/2 years ago that we met. Memorial Day weekend will mark 2 years since Rob first asked me out. Since then we have experienced many happy moments together... and a few trials as well. For example, we've bought our first home, moved, had Charlotte and I've left my job- all just within the past 9 months.

Anyway, I am so thankful to have my dear husband Rob and our sweet Charlotte. And I just wanted to take a moment to remember that. :)



On our wedding day - 10-08-05

Charlotte's birthday- 10-19-06


7 months old- 5-19-07

Friday, May 11, 2007

Charlotte is a pipe in our basement

A while back, Rob informed me that some of the pipes in our laundry room have "Charlotte" written on them. Today I was doing some spring cleaning and saw them for myself. Sorry, these are the best pictures that I could get...



This one says, "CHARLOTTE Pipe & Foundry Co. Made in the USA"



Clearly, we think this is very funny.


(And no, we didn't know that before she was born, and we did not name our daughter after the company that made the pipes in our basement.)

Monday, May 07, 2007

our little party girl

Charlotte just keeps amazing Rob & I with how social she is! She loves seeing other little kids and babies, and so far she is even willing to go to new adults and smile at them and talk to them. Neither one of us was ever that social... that we can remember anyway. This past weekend we were in PA for Charlotte's cousin Max's 3rd birthday. We had a great time visiting with friends and family...

Charlotte and Daddy on the hammock swing in Max's room.

Cousin Eddie helped feed Charlotte some peas on the deck. Too bad it was raining on our wedding day!!! We certainly would have enjoyed these decks at our reception. :)


Tug of war was so much fun! We had a lot of combinations of people playing. (I was on the winning moms team vs. the kids team.) Here is Miranda, Mikey, Leah and birthday boy Max.

Ed gets everyone set... On this side: Connor, Sarah, Aunt Melissa & Eddie.

And on this side: Uncle Dan, Miranda, Leah & Mikey.

Charlotte won "pin the tail on the puppy." She just LOVED this puppy poster! She sat and squealed at it for ages. (Okay, so Aunt Pam helped her win.)