MB 2012

We departed for MB 2012 at 8:30 pm on Friday night. It is an 8 hour drive without traffic and traffic is horrendous in MB. I feel like I am qualified to describe traffic after living in the Baltimore/DC area. This is the type of dead-stopped traffic that greets you with 60 miles left on your journey. Not my idea of a good time. So, we left at bedtime in hopes that even if we didn't sleep, the kids would and we could avoid traffic. The kids slept, we did not sleep much but we hit NO TRAFFIC and we arrived at 5:30 am local time. We were greeted by a crescent moon - the symbol of South Carolina. you can't tell from this photo since I was driving and Colin was sleeping - it was the best picture I could get.

We hit the pool at the condo to start off the vacation.

Bryan, Cora, Connor, Colin, Madelyn and Mike

Madelyn and Connor sharing snacks by the pool

Cora and Madelyn playing on Connor's bed. If either one of the girls went missing - this is where I would find them.

Cora continues to LOVE the water. She was a crazy girl. VIDEO!!! CHECK OUT CORA IN ACTION HERE

Connor spent nearly all his time "jumping" over the waves.

Madelyn Chillin'

Connor

Cora

Some downtime at the Condo - iPad of course After dinner, we headed to Ocean Annie's for drinks and dancing

Connor

Neal

Mary and Madelyn

Cora and Colin

I bought this dinosaur for Connor since he was always wanting to get in Cora's baby float. It was more fun on land. Cathy and Bryan treated us to The Pirate Show one night. It was a hit.

We also went to Burro Loco (a family favorite because of the Donkey)

Cora LOVED it! ha! Then we hopped over to the MB Pelicans game. Cora's first game.

Another night we had an Early Birthday Party for the kids at California Pizza Kitchen Game Zone. Connor's loved it. Cora loved the cake. Surprise.

Last Day at the beach was overcast - which was a nice change from the super sunny week!

Mike, Madelyn and Mary

Last night of dancing

On our very last morning, after packing up all or stuff, we headed out to House of Blues (Connor's request - he thought there would be more dancing - sadly at 10am he was a little early).

Then off to the Carousel

Cora's first ride. . .

Then an 8 hour car ride home. Watching the traffic headed to the beach we confirmed that our night ride was a necessity.

Lake Life

After the rain finally let up





Red white and blue breakfast. Yum!



Starting to look even more alike!

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Happy 4th! A Little Late

Happy Birthday Colin

Love 3 C's

and Welcome Baby Lily 7lbs, 5oz, 19.5 inches. Congrats Heather, Kenn and Brandon!

Weekend at the Lake

This past weekend we spent some time at the Lake when it was 105 degrees. We spent most of our time in the water. One of my roommates from Gettysburg and her family joined us. So fun!

Gavin, Brookelyn, Connor

Cora and her new boyfriend. Gavin was soooo sweet with her.

Chilling out after a swim

Amy and Cora

Colin and Cora

Gavin, Justin, and Brookelyn

11 Months

Cora is 11 months old today. I guess this means I need to start planning some sort of birthday party for you, huh? You still have a great appetite and generally never refuse food. You now have 4 teeth up top and 4 teeth on the bottom - all are slowly growing in. You are in a Size 3 diaper as of today. 6-9 month clothes are pretty much too small now. You are still standing and cruising but not walking yet. You love the pool and don't mind going underwater either. She really likes you to sing "Itsy Bitsy Spider" when changing her diaper. She encourages this by doing the motions for the song. Occasionally she will request "Patty Cake" - But "Itsy" is her favorite. The standard 11 Month photo

Today at the Pool. She is a celebrity when she wears the swim cap.