funny videos

Well, no new pictures really, but I've got a couple of funny videos. I know the videos are a bigger hit anyways. Unfortunately the one is kind of dark, but she does the funniest things it seems at night and our lighting just isn't great. Her new thing is making "fishy face". I guess it started because I read her book "10 little ladybugs" and there's a fish in there and I always make the fishy face...so now she can make it on demand. It's so funny. Then Barry has been hellbent on teaching Kaelyn to say "I love daddy"...it's not really working. But last night she kept doing her creepy excited shake everytime we tried to get her to say it. It was hilarious. It even got more obnoxious but we didn't get it on tape.

Super busy weekend

Well, we had another fun-filled weekend here. I have to admit...the weather has been crummy during the week a lot lately, but the past 2 weekends have been perfect. It's been like divine intervention. This weekend started out with us meeting our neighbors at the beach for dinner on Friday. I got off work, and we packed up the car, picked up some beer and pizzas and just hung out at the beach. It was great. Kaelyn had the best time too because there were 3 other kids (ages like 4-8) and they just thought she was the best thing since sliced bread...so they all kept eachother entertained. They were actually fighting over who got to sit next to Kaelyn when they ate. Saturday we went downtown Boston to see the tall ships. They were beautiful, but the crowds were kinda crazy & we probably would've had just as much fun just walking around downtown...but it was nice to have an excuse to go there. We stuck around all day to make it worth our while for the small fortune we had to pay for parking. Ridiculous. But a perfect, sunny, breezy, not-too-hot day overall. Today we went to a small zoo in the area - Kaelyn's first trip to the zoo. The weather was great and there was lots of shade, which we all appreciated. A wonderful weekend all around.

I think this was Kaelyn looking at the monkeys. This was by far the most excited expression we saw on her all day. I think she enjoyed the zoo, but wasn't quite as captivated as we had hoped.

All the kid does is eat.

Ok, so we see these white-nosed, I don't know what they are...animals,

and they were just behind this fence...

Kaelyn was fairly excited at first to see them, she thought they were ok...plus this rope was pretty exciting too...

But then they got a little closer to the fence and I noticed the closer they got to the fence the closer she got to me...

She didn't get upset or anything, but she wanted to make sure I was there to protect her.

It was soooo sweet. So we moved on.

Kaelyn is our little beer maid. These cans probably have no carbonation left to them. She was having so much fun taking them in and out of the box & stacking them up.

Barry said she actually hugged the stack of beer, but he couldn't stack the picture on time.

They say imitation is the greatest form of flattery...I don't think it applies in this case.

Here are some of the tall ships we saw Saturday. I think this was the biggest one.

I really enjoyed saying "Kruzenshtern". Say it, it's fun. I promise.

Ok, so this picture is better of me than of Kaelyn, but they are few and far between these days. Notice again, the constant eating. She's eating her "pirate booty"...thought it was appropriate for seeing the tall ships...aargh matey.

Her hat is out of control. There was live music playing on the boat we were next to here, and Kaelyn was gettin' her groove on. People were laughing because it was so cute.

This flag was so big, it could've draped our whole house and then some. It was really cool. You can't really get a feel for just how big it was here, but trust me, it was damn big.

We are training Kaelyn to get us a cold one.

Happy 4th of July

What a great 4th of July weekend it was! It has rained here probably 18 out of the last 21 days just to guess - it has been dreary, cold, yucky & felt more like November than June. Then, to everyone's surprise...a beautiful, sunny, warm 4th of July weekend...the entire weekend! Saturday we were invited to a friend's relatives house that was in our neighborhood. There was tons of food, lots of kids & Kaelyn just wore herself out. We took a walk around the neighborhood for about 45 minutes just for her to get a nap in, and in the end we literally had to drag her out of there she was having so much fun. We didn't get to see any fireworks this year. I thought they might be too scary for Kaelyn - we just watched the NY and Boston ones on TV instead. Today we went to Marblehead for a festival they were having all weekend. The streets were blocked off and they had lots of entertainment for the kids & different art shows going on. Then off to church. Kaelyn LOVES going to childcare at church - the ladies there said she's just a riot. They said she just screamed out of nowhere and they thought, on no, she's going to start crying...then they said she just had this big smile on her face. She just wanted the attention I guess, you know, because she hardly gets any. She walked a bunch more today too and actually just started trying to RUN - whoa, I think we're gonna have a wild one on our hands! Look out world. Here's a bunch of pictures from our fun weekend.

These are all from Marblehead today.

Doesn't she look so pretty?

We cannot keep a hat on her anymore.

Cutie pie!

All the fun and activities in Marblehead. Lots of kids, but definitely fun.

Hanging out in the hammock. I think she was a little scared.

This only lasted a minute or 2 tops!

She never got in the bouncy house, even when all the kids got out,

but she still insisted on being in the center of all the action.

She was keeping a close eye on every bite of food I had.

Don't worry, this isn't a dog toy.

This is what trouble looks like

Longing to go outside... I think it was raining.

Very serious baby...don't mess with Kaelyn

A few more steps

Kaelyn took a series of steps in a row again tonight which is great. For those of you that don't know, little Kaelyn is still not walking yet at 17 months and counting. I've given myself one more month before I get concerned, but I'm pretty sure she'll be walking by 18 months. To know Kaelyn is to know that she is very much on her own schedule & no one can convince her otherwise. She actually walked a little more a few minutes earlier, but we couldn't get the camera quick enough...so here's about 6 steps.


These are photos of her being naughty. I left her diaper bag on the floor thinking there wasn't really anything in it she could get in trouble with. She sat very quietly on the doorstep digging through the bag. I looked over to see she had something in her mouth...figured it was a toy. Then I realized she was double fisting a huge cookie we had gotten at church the night before and had left wrapped up in her diaper bag. She ate the WHOLE thing! I let her have it since it was oatmeal raisin, I figured maybe it had SOME nutritional value.