We have heard you! Thank you to all of you who have emailed us about not posting… we hope to get back on a more regular schedule once school begins but we have been busy loving the few weeks of summer vacation we have left. A run down of where we have been and what we have been doing: Extended family reunion in Bethlehem, PA, visits with the Banigans in the Poconos, Ada’s first full body dip in a swimming pool, Ada is almost crawling, several camping trips near Newport, Maine, Ada is eating Cheerios, and vacationing with friends in York, ME. We are getting ready to celebrate our 5 year wedding anniversary in September and will be spending a night on the town (sans Ada) complete with fine dining and a Bruce Springsteen concert!

Below is a slide show of some assorted pictures from the last few weeks of summer.



Below is a video of Ada cracking up. (Her laugh totally lights up our day!) Greg was splashing in a baby pool right next to her and she thought it was hilarious!

summer time and the livin's easy...

dad and ada striking a pose

meal time = fun time

The last few weeks have been all about enjoying summer. Ada made her first trip to Vermont over the Fourth of July when we visited Manchester for a friend’s wedding. Fortunately, she was asleep by the time the fireworks started!

During the week we were deluged by a severe storm that struck the local area. Over 8 inches of rain fell in less than 5 hours and much of the school sustained severe water damage. There were inches of hail on the ground and the roads were blocked with water. (link here to local news report.)

We just got back from the Maine coast where we spent time car camping with Kara’s parents. With the exception of one rainy night, the weather was picture perfect. Ada slept much better on this camping trip and seemed less afraid of the ocean.

All in all, the summer is going well and we, as well as Ada, are enjoying all of the time outside!

Enjoy some pictures below. As always, you can double click on the slide show for a full screen version.

Recent pictures from a few days spent on Lake Waukewan in New Hampshire! Enjoy!
(as always, you can double click on the slideshow for a larger version)

Happy Father's Day (to me!)

I had a great first Father's Day! The day started off on a great note with some extra sleep, coffee in bed, and then polishing off a box of girl scout cookies before I ever set foot on the ground! Kara helped Ada put together some very thoughtful gifts and she and I were lucky to be able to visit both of our father's as well.

Camping on the Cape

Enjoy a slide show from our overnight camping trip (Ada's first) to Cape Cod! It was rainy and cool but we had a good time and still managed to get to the beach in between rain showers. Ada falls asleep every night (and has since day 1) to a cd of ocean wave sounds... and one ironic part of the trip was that she was really frightened of the actual sound of the waves once we were standing by the waters edge! Overall, she was a trooper and we are encouraged for longer, future trips- like maybe a couple months across the back country!

(TRY THIS! We have tried a new feature and there should be several short videos incorporated into the slide show. If you view the slide show on our blog, the videos will not play... but if you double click on the slide show, you should be redirected to an online web album. Click on the 'Full Screen' button in the upper left part of the screen (below the text, "My Photos > Cape Cod"), then click the "Play" arrow in the lower part of the screen, and you can watch the slide show full size! It will take some time to buffer before the first video plays, but let us know if they are not working and we can post them as individual clips.)