Another Beach Trip

Last weekend Monica, Jensen, Elle and I drove down to Seaside, FL to spend a long weekend with Jim and Judi! It was such a wonderful weekend of playing at the beach, relaxing during the kids naps and eating great food! The scariest part, driving 7 hours each way with two super active children, actually turned out fine! Both kids did great... we were shocked! :) Here are some pictures from the wonderful weekend.

Orlando

What a weekend! While Andy was in Europe watching the famous soccer games, Elle and I took a plane trip to Orlando to visit Trish, Claude, Gray and new baby, Mac! We had such an awesome time catching up and watching the girls play together! We even made time to go to the Children's Museum, which was a blast! Thanks, Trish and Claude, for hosting such a great weekend! Check out the pics of all the fun!

The Beach

We had a great weekend at St.Simons beach! Ginny and Wayne were married and the wedding was wonderful! Elle spent most time on the dance floor! She had a blast! Here are some pics!

17 Months Old

Elle has one month before she is a year and a half. The summer went by very fast and it is exciting that fall is upon us! We are looking forward to AU football games, fall foods and cooler weather! Here are a couple pictures of things we have been doing lately: eating spaghetti, playing with her favorite baby doll, first new walking shoes, playing with Jensen and Kate... having a great time!

Baby Boy Twins

On Thursday, we got to meet Aidan and Kellan, the Crutchfield baby boy twins! They are so super sweet! It was fun to hold those little sweet babies but they are growing fast! Kelly is doing great and it was a blast to have dinner and spend time together!

Happy Birthday to Andy!

So it has been about a month since our last post! We have a good excuse - Elle and Cara were in Colorado for three weeks and Andy was there for the middle 9 days. It was a wonderful trip - we spent the middle week in Estes Park, CO! It was so fun to hike and eat and just hang out with the entire family (about 22 total) in the beautiful mountains!

Elle is now 16 months old and she is learning something new everyday so each day is very exciting! She says many words (our favorites: black beans, good girl, Sara, shoes, mouth, ear, night-night) and she can repeat most of the letters of the alphabet when we go through it. The big news is that she is now walking like a champ! Before Estes she would take a step here or there but then in the cabin in Estes (with carpeting unlike our house) she just took off walking fast and has not stopped since!

She loves to dance and swim and we have been doing a lot of that this summer! Here are some fun pictures from the past couple of weeks. The latest is from our Birthday celebration tonight for Andy's Birthday - Happy 32nd Birthday, Andy!!

Summer Time!

It has been a little too long since our last update because of our wonderful Seattle & Portland trip! Elle had a wonderful 9 days with Papa Swan and GMom (Elle calls them "Papa" and "G"). We missed her so much but we had a much needed adults only vacation filled with adventures, lots of sleep and delicious food! We did the Seattle Rock 'N' Roll 1/2 Marathon and it was a beautiful route and tons of fun! We raised $8600 for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society so it was a very meaningful event. In Seattle we visited Leigh and Deb and then Ando hosted us in Portland! What a great trip!

Here are a couple of pics of our trip and an updated pic of Elle - 15 months old! She is a talker! Her vocab: doggie, mama, dada, papa, YaYa, G, quack-quack (when she sees a duck), cheese, teeth, puppy, uh-oh, shoes, baby, poopy, black beans (her first two words together and one of her favorite foods)... and probably a couple others that I am forgetting! And she has not walked by herself yet; she is only walking with a helping hand. She is crawling VERY fast and going up and down the stairs like a pro!