North Carolina Bound

This past week we headed to Grandma and Grandpa's in North Carolina, for Tuesday through Sunday.  As always it was a great visit and the girls had a fabulous time.  Even nicer both Katie and Caroline were able to spend a lot of one on one time with their Grandparents, something that's not always the easiest to come by!

We spent a fair amount of time in the pool!

We also headed to the beach one day.  It was Caroline's first trip and she greatly enjoyed looking around at everything and didn't mind being sandy from head to toe!



Katie is thrilled to be able to "help" with any adult task, so she loved Grandpa allowing her to water the flowers.

And she's off . . .

Caroline officially started crawling on David’s birthday, nine months and five days old, we’re so proud of our Sissy!    I must say however, that our girl still isn’t satisfied.  She loves being able to get around, but you can see that she now wants to stand and pull up on everything.  What it comes down to is that she wants to be like Katie, to play with everything her big sister has, you can just tell by her actions.  Please slow down Caroline, there's no hurry for you to grow up so soon!

Turning 34, Williamsburg Style

H A P P Y   B I R T H D A Y    D A D D Y!   We headed down to Williamsburg for a long weekend of celebration . . . of course it was the hottest weekend the East Coasts seen in about 50 years.   104 degrees with a heat index of 117, honestly even after nine years in Arizona, I’ve never been as hot as I was during this trip.  Luckily Saturday was much better then Friday and we got to enjoy our time at Water Country and Busch Gardens.

It was my first visit to Busch Gardens and I loved it, so thrilled we have such a great place a little over an hour from our home.  I see lots of visits back there in the future (especially as Katie is still talking about the trip), just perhaps when the weather is a little cooler J.

Happy Birthday!

Skyping with Nana (and feeding her some Teddy Grahams) on David's new laptop

Water Country

Busch Gardens

Kingsmill was a great resort!

A little out of order . .

Having started this blog after my February trip to Arizona with Caroline I kept feeling that I should pay homage to such a great time with friends and how special it was to share my youngest with them.

I traveled to Phoenix for work and decided last minute to bring Caroline with me.  She of course was amazing during all four flights, the layover, security . .crying for a total of 15 seconds the entire time. 

Angie graciously offered to watch Sissy Thursday evening and all day Friday, while Heather watched her Saturday until my meetings came to an end.

Angie's boys were so great with her and still want to know when then can babysit "Bearoline" again!  Please note Connor's University of Tennessee jersey :).



February and March, work wise, were horrible months for me this year.  Working 24 hours a day, seven days a week was extremely tough as I was unable to spend quality time with my family.  To compound the guilt, any time I did have was normally taken up by Katie, simply because she's older and more active, completely normal . .especially when Caroline was so young and easy going.  By taking Caroline with me to Phoenix I was able to spend some wonderful one on one time with her - I can never thank Angie and Heather enough for watching her and allowing that to happen.  I love those girls!

I also failed to mention that Caroline met her Godmother Heather for the first time and as you can see below, loved her!

Although only four months old, never underestimate the "coolness" of bringing your child to somewhere of great importance (to you).  Arizona State University would be that place, it's where I meet Heather, Angie, Lisa, Kara, Lindsey and Janet, I wouldn't be who I am today without those people and the experiences I had in college.  

Hanging out on "New Row".  Don't worry Caroline, Fraternity Row is basically vacant now and a dead street, we didn't set you down in the middle of a busy road to take a picture :)

A - S - U,  A - S - U

View of Sun Devil Stadium

K & C Nine Month Comparison

Katie (above) and Caroline (below)

Caroline Mackenzie at Nine Months

What I've noticed about you lately:

• Other then honey and peanut butter you're now "allowed" to eat anything, so you're making the most of mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, cheesits . .you're quite delighted by the new food development.
• You're almost crawling, you do somewhat . .backwards, school says that you'll be going forward withing the week.  You're 100% ready to be 100% mobile, we can see it in you, you can't wait!
• You're starting to stand up and can do so for a bit if you're holding onto something.
• You can now sit up on your own and I find you that way in the morning when I come get you.  Always so excited to see us.
• Breaking our hearts, you now cry when we leave you :(
• Weighing in at 20.8 pounds and 29 inches, 75 and 95 percentiles!