New York

We are having a blast here in NY! Pics are coming soon!

Off to grandma's house!

We are flying to NY tomorrow to visit Joe's family! Hopefully I can post some pics while we are there!

Our weekend...

Joseph and I took a little road trip on Friday to visit my parents at a rv park in Surry, VA (The Pork and Peanut Festival). They were camping in their motorhome for the week and my sister-in-law and nephew were there for a couple of days too! It was about a 1 and 1/2 hour drive for us. Before we left the house I thought of a system that would keep Joseph entertained while he was riding along. I put about 15 of his smaller toys in a bag up in the front seat with me. As he started to get a little fussy, I'd hand him toy. He'd play with it for about 5 min and then either throw it or drop it, so I'd hand him a new one. By the time we got to Surry, he was on his last toy from the bag! :) When we arrived at the rv park we ate lunch in the motorhome and then got ready for the pool. We got everything to the pool (that's no easy task with a 1 year old) and it was really humid and hot outside. Nan, Pop, Lisa, Jordan, Joseph, and I were all sweating and couldn't wait to jump in and take a swim. I managed to get in the pool and go under ONCE before the lifeguards blew the whistle and told us all to get out b/c they heard thunder. So we only swam for about 2 minutes and then headed back to the motorhome until the bad storm passed. Joseph napped during most of the storm in his pack-n-play back in the bedroom part of the motorhome. It was raining hard and thundering so loud, but that boy must have been exhausted b/c he slept so good! We then went to a "pot luck" dinner with the other camping friends that are in my parents' camping club. Joseph enjoyed his day trip of camping! (This is my style of camping....I'm more the indoor type...haha....hopefully Joseph will be more like his daddy and love the outdoors)!

Joseph spending time with his aunt and cousin inside the motorhome...

Water bottle fun...
Swimming with Nan for 2 minutes

Cleo thinks she's still the baby in the house so here is how our day started out on Saturday...

Joseph had some fun licking the water on his sprinkler mat..

Daddy wanted to take Joseph to the Navy barber for the first time on Saturday afternoon and he actually LOVED the clippers! No crying this time! (His first haircut was not so fun with lots of tears a couple months ago. They used scissors last time).

What happened??? I got all my hair cut off....

Hey mommy...I LOVE this haircut...it feels great!!!

I went to a new salon by our house and got mine cut too...just some longer layers..

Today we went to the beach at Sandbridge. They have a really fun play area for children right down on the beach. Here is Joseph having fun before we headed down to the water..

Daddy went out surfing for a little while, but he said the waves were really small and not good today.

He also brought his kite to fly..

Under the pier....

Yummy...this sand tastes great!

Mom, why are you always acting so silly to make me laugh???

What a fun beach trip! Now Joseph is napping away in his crib at home and I get some computer time! Yay!

My little bookworm, babbling and laughing!

Mid-Atlantic Hermit Crab Challenge

We went down to the oceanfront this past weekend to check out a hermit crab race! It was cute to see the little crabs crawl around. Most of them had beautiful shells that were painted with bright colors.Here is Joe listening to his Ipod as he pretends to be interested in the crab race :)
I think Joseph was trying to climb out of his stroller at this point...
Setting up the racing table

Ready, set, GO!

Have I ever said how much we LOVE this Bob stroller?!!!! It goes off roading and right through the sand with no problems! It's the best!

Enjoying a yummy lunch at Catch 31

Learning more about my camera and having fun using Photoshop!

I recently started taking some beginner photography classes. I am eager to learn how to take better pictures and hope to increase my knowledge on his new hobby of mine!

These two scenic pics were taken on my parents' street....

And this is a bush in our front yard that produces such beautiful flowers....
with Photoshop editing...

More Photoshop fun...

Lynnhaven Marina (across the street from my parents' house)

More Photoshop fun...

At the end of the street....

A few more marina pics...

Happy 4th of July!

Joseph and I spent the 4th of July with my parents. We had a wonderful cookout and enjoyed playing in the pool. Little Joseph was like a firecracker exploding all day and it took all of us to keep him going! I checked in his mouth to see if he was getting another tooth, but didn't see any evidence of that. We missed daddy, but he got to have some R and R down in Key West. The navy had a big cookout/party for the guys, so he had a good time attending that! Here is daddy hanging out with his buddies in a hammock in Key West. They are tied between palm trees right on the beach. Looks like paradise to me!

Joseph and I went to see the ducks in the water on my parent's dock behind their house.

Happy moments...

My first attempt using an icing bag and various tips to decorate a cake...

Another happy time....notice the wink!

Hey, I got mommy's lens cap from her camera...am I in trouble???

We can't celebrate the 4th of July without corn on the cob! Yummy!