Happy 8th Wedding Anniversary, Mommy and Daddy

The start of our little family started eight years ago today when Mommy and Daddy got married. Still madly in love and feeling extremely blessed, we celebrated with breakfast at Panera, massages, lunch at Alice's, and dinner at The Chart House. It was a day free of kids and attention just devoted to each other.

When we explained to Dylan that we got married 8 years ago today, he asked if we went to the big brown castle (Sheraton Parsipanny). He was also quick to let us know that he's very upset with us because we didn't invite him and Logan to our "wedding party".

Here's to many many many more years together...

Happy 4th!

In the past we've been out of town on 4th of July. But this year, we decided to stay local and go to the Hopatcong State Park to watch the fireworks. We brought a picnic dinner, met up with friends and waited for the fireworks show. Mommy and Daddy were thrilled to see the fireworks - wish we can say the same about kids. They were not entertained nor impressed to say the least. They were more focused on playing with Mommy and Daddy's phone and running around the park. We'll have to try again next year!

Logan enjoying his rice and beans

waiting for the fireworks










Kids are starting to get ansy... is it 9pm yet???

Look who's talking...

One of the concerns we had with Logan is his language development. He loves to talk and makes attempts (lots of noises come from this child), but his word bank is very limited. In the last month or so, we’ve been practicing and teaching Logan new words. So glad to report, that he’s doing very well. More and more, Logan's vocabulary just continues to develop. At this 18 month appointment, his Pediatrician was so glad that Logan can say more than 15 words, and even starting to combine words creating two word sentences.

Just so we’d always remember….at 18 months - his favorite words to say:

· No· Mine· Yesh· Shoes· A-wawa (water)· Milk· Mommy/Mama· Daddy/Dada· Di-Di (Dylan)· Lolor (color)· Eat· Bird· Ball· That (points at everything and says “dat”)· Baby· Snack· Bye-Bye· Hi· PooPoo· Choo-Choo (that’s a word right?)· Uh-Oh· E-mo (elmo)· Juice· Nana (banana)· Out-chide· Hallo (hello)· Lolo· Iwandat (I want that)· Ap-pel (apple) – this week’s new word

Summertime

We always look forward to Memorial Day Weekend - lots of family time, bbq, backyard fun and prepping for summer. Most of all, it's the opening day for Frog Falls and we all know how much the boys love the water.

We were lucky to have gotten three days of warm, sunny and partially humid days. So, of course, all three days were spent at the waterpark. The water was still a little bit cold, but the boys didn't mind at all. We spent about 2-3 hours a day - just enough time to get the boys exhausted for bed. We'd come home and they would be asleep by 7pm. It was perfect... and money well spent!

Gotta love this kid's "cheeeseee"

can't leave without the water shooter

Hanging pool side with mom.
Not once did Logan let go of these two cars

Dylan looking for someone/something to shoot water at

Waiting for Dylan so they can go on the slide together - their favorite

Bike riding around the neighborhood

One of the great things about living in our area is that it's always nice, cool and windy early in the morning during late spring/early summer. It's the perfect weather for bike riding first thing in the morning. For weeks, Dylan has been asking to go biking with Daddy and "ride in the back". Since Logan is now 18 months, he gets to join in the fun.

After breakfast, Daddy told Dylan he had a surprise for him. Always excited about any kind of surprises, Dylan just couldn't contain himself. When Daddy told him to get his helmet, he knew right away that he'd be going for a bike ride. He was especially thrilled that Logan gets to join them.

Why looking so sad, boys?
Daddy was taking too long setting everything up
and making sure the tires had enough air
(it's been a LONG while since he's taken out the bike)

Now, that's more like it! Daddy is ready to go...

Coming up the hill... Daddy looks like he can use some oxygen ;-)

Hola Puerto Vallarta

The past few months have been hectic for the boys as they started going to school/daycare for full days. We’d get them up at 6:30 in the morning and spend 8+ hours in school. They have been troopers! A week vacation in Puerto Vallarta, MX was just what we needed.

After a week, it seems like the boys grew 10-fold. Dylan became so much more comfortable in the water. He’s turned into our little dare-devil swimmer. He’s decided he wants to live at the resort, aka Grandpa’s house. Logan’s personality just continues to blossom. He was our vacation-clown, always entertaining us with his cute facial expressions and wittiness. All of a sudden he’s talking more and telling us exactly what he wants.

It was a memory-filled vacation. Highlights from our vacation:

-Dylan going down the alligator slide with Uncle Tommy, Grandma, Daddy and Mommy

-Dylan swimming under water

-Dylan’s “I’ll take a red strawberry smoothie”

-Logan’s use of “NO” and “YESH”; and “MINE”

-Logan’s love for the water

-Hyperactive 18 month old on the plane – apology to our co-passengers for our very loud child

-Coming to the realization that Logan will be our problem child

-Kids running after every bird they see

-Mommy and Daddy jet skiing

-Logan doing everything and anything his older brother does

-Logan dancing to and cheering on the singers/performers

-Logan sleeping in the bed with everyone

-Chips and guacamole

-Night swimming

-Mexican and Western nights

-Referring to the resort as “Grandpa’s House”

-Mechanical bull riding

-Boy’s excitement riding the taxi/shuttle without carseats

-Watching the parrot and sea lion shows

-Our beach family photo shoot

For more pictures, check out Paradise Village Vacation

Happy Mother's Day

Another very well-deserved Mother's Day.

We didn't have much of a celebration for mother's day because of our planned vacation to Puerto Vallarta but Dylan and Logan want to thank Mommy for everything she does for them.

Mother's Day was spent waking up at 4am and going to the airport, and traveling to Mexico. The hectic day finally ended with some great appetizers and drinks at our resort.

It was great way to celebrate Mother's Day with two of our special mommies - Mommy and Grandma.