HHI 2012 Part II

We started our trek to SC late Friday afternoon and stopped off about 10 hours in just outside of Charlotte.  The kids did awesome on the first leg of the trip!  We met up with Grandma and PaPa, Neil,Laura, and Regan Saturday morning and caravaned our way to HHI.  We were checking in my 2pm and at the beach by 3pm where we spent the rest of the afternoon till dinner. 

The next day we walked for coffee/smoothies and spent some time just puttering around.  So nice not having anywhere to be and really nothing to do!
DISCLAIMER: the pics are a little out of order by I think the captions explain it all!

Who needs a sand box???



Our Social Butterfly!  Making friends with everyone that had a dog!



Catching some waves with Grandma

Smiling for all the ladies at the boardwalk :)

Then Mom ran her through and she loved it!

Regan- not a fan..initially...

At the water fountain

Audrey enjoying her smoothie and muffin from Java Joes

Day 2 at the beach and he is loving the pools of water left after the tide went out- it was warmer than bath water!

17 Heron- 3rd row ocean home

The pool at 17 Heron

Anderson's living quarters for the week- We decided the kids would sleep better if separated, so yes...he go the bathroom- with direct access to the pool!

Not sure that he is a HUGE fan but he tolerated it!

Anderson and Regan- FIRST TIME at the beach for BOTH!



Audrey is back to LOVING the beach!



Anderson's first time in the ocean

Little Man was all smiles when he woke up in Charlotte.

The kids the morning of departure for the BEACH!



The White Cloud- Loaded and ready to GO!  Loving the MINI VAN!



HHI 2012

Whew...where do I start???!  We had a blast on vacation and it is going to be so HARD to go back to work tomorrow :(  I can't remember the last time I had this many days off in a row...OK well beside maternity leave..it was much needed and I think Ben, Kids, and I are starting off the week re-energized!  So much to blog about but will have to do it some other night..posted is a video of some of my favorite pics from vacay.  Stay tuned for more- OH and family photos that we had taken prior to leaving- seeing the proofs this Friday! :)

Girls Day Out!

This past Saturday, Audrey and I escaped to Great Wolf Lodge for the day.  We met up with Bogs and her boys Drew and Zane around 11 am and these kids were still going strong at 4 pm!  I was surprised how many slides Audrey could go on by herself.  They actually don't even let you go down together on any of the slides.  Audrey jumped right into a tube slide that you had to go up 3 flights of stairs to reach without thinking twice.

Audrey loved the purple and yellow slides!

There were 2 slides in the toddler area that she loved!  I actually would go down one while she went down the other and I would catch her at the bottom. FUN!

Lunch Break

Audrey and Drew :)

All in all the day was a blast!

First Baseball Game & First Case of Pink Eye....

I don't know how we made it this long without anyone catching pink eye.  Anderson woke up Sunday morning and couldn't open his eyes!  I got them "un-sealed" and they were gradually getting "gunkier"- (yes this is an official mommy word) throughout the day.  We had plans to meet up with friends of ours at the Mudhens game and it would also be the kids first baseball experience.  By the end of the game- poor Andersons eyes were out of control.  He looked like he got in  bar fight and lost!  His eyes were puffy and swollen and you could tell he was miserable!

We stuck around to the end of the game so Audre could "run" the bases...which really turned into Ben carrying her around the bases....Ben dropped Anderson and I off at Urgent Care on the way home so we could get the official diagnosis and get this kid some meds.  45 minutes later Pink Eye was the verdict.  We have to torture him with drops 4 times a day for the next 7 days.  For anyone who has had pink eye you know that it is extremely contagious...knock on wood- Anderson is the only pink eye casualty in the house...so far.  Poor guy just can't catch a break!


Oliver, Spencer, Audrey, Anderson with "muddonna" :)

 

Audrey managed to squeeze a pink muddonna baseball hat out of daddy...

Getting ready to run the bases...

Audrey changing her mind about the whole running the bases idea..

So daddy did the work...

But did try to get her to go on her own after a 18 month old trotted by...

No dice!

 

Final attempt...

And Audrey wins again!

 

Glad to be at home base
 

Pink eye boy stood on the sidelines w/Uncle JJ

But I did manage to get a smile out of him :)  Aside from the pink eye..I think he enjoyed himself!

Anderson- 9 Months

Our little man..9 months old?!  Crazy!  Here is what our little guy is up to..
He is army crawling faster and faster every day and loves tugging on lamp cords and making a dash for the dog food.
He LOVES people food!  I don't know that he has a favorite food because he eats everything that we put in front of him BUT if I had to guess...noodles, rice, oranges, puffs, cheerios, nutri grain bars, and applesauce.
He just started with a sippy cup and manages to get a couple of swigs out on his own.
He still has only 2 teeth?!
At his well visit 2 weeks ago he weighed in at 24 lbs!  That is only 8 lbs lighter than Audrey. He is on the verge of upgrading to size 4 diapers- which is the size Audrey was in when she started wearing underwear!
He is 99% for weight, height, and above 100% for head circumference.
He watches Audrey's every mood and LOVES Mickey Mouse and Carrie Underwood.  It's crazy how we will be watching CMT then he hears "good girl" come on and he stops whatever he is doing to watch her video (geesh!)
He still has his baby blues and is slowly getting more sprouts of hair on his head.
Anderson's nicknames consist of  "buddy" and "stinky" or "stinks":)
He is fascinated by everything. He can spot planes in the air, animals at the zoo.  I often find myself watching him process things and utter awe.
He is in size 18 months onsies and 12 months tops and bottoms and has yet to get his chubby feet into size 3 shoes.

Geletka Family vacation 2012 is less than 2 weeks away and I can't wait to get him to the beach!  His skin is fair compared to Audrey's so no doubt we will be slathering him up in spf 50 from head to toe!  Now to find a hat begin enough for his head....




BIG boy!  We have the stats to back it up!

On the move!

All smiles!  Love this guy!

Run Audrey Run!

The Glass City Marathon was back on Sunday, April  22nd and they held a kids run on Saturday. I thought that Audrey was old enough to do the 1/4 mile run- which was just a lap around the football field.  The UT football players led the kids in stretches and even ran the lap with them.  Pretty cool, right?  Well our Dear Audrey disagreed.  She much rather I run and she would watch..really?  She talked all week long about running this race then come race day and she got cold feet.  I did manage to get her going but at the 250 m mark she decided it was time for me to carry her.  One temper tantrum and 100 m. later I got her to the straight away then Ben had to step in to get her to finish.  Oy...THEN all she could talk about afterwards was how she wanted to race some more?!!  Seriously....
She did get a medal and was pretty excited afterwards.  I think we are going to try again in a few weeks at the Zoo.  They have an annual 5k run and kids run that I am planning on doing.  We will see if Audrey is feeling it...or not.
 

Anderson just happy to be on the field! 

The first part of the race she didn't even want to hold my hand! 

 

Rounding the corner..pre melt down.

With her Medal!

 

Playing hard to get with Rocky the Rocket
 

Stretching..

She Made it!