As much as I would like for my house to look like a page from Good Housekeeping, this is my current view of life...

 Cooking and cleaning can wait till tomorrow,
For babies grow up, we've learned to our sorrow.
So settle down cobwebs, dust go to sleep,
I'm nursing my baby and babies don't keep.

-Unknown



 

Blueberries, dirt, rocks, picincs, family, running, fresh air...a perfect Sunday!

We woke up Sunday morning to perfect weather and nothing needing to be done, so we packed a cooler, packed the kids (and cousin Taylor), jumped in the van and headed out for a cute little farm that has become favorite spot of our family over the past few years. There were fields of "pick your own" blueberries. Last year when we picked apples. Isaac was quick to bore of the activity, but he didn't want to stop picking blueberries. He knew to pick the blue ones, not the purple or the green. Sometimes he "accidentally" picked the green ones and had to throw them to the birds. After berry picking, we spread out a blanket for lunch. While we relaxed under the shade of a tree, Isaac ran around, played in the dirt, threw rocks in a puddle...you know little boy things. It was a lovely day!!!

{this moment}

Inspired by SouleMama ...

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

Elliott had dinner last night!!!

I think he liked. It actually seemed like he liked the spoon more the food itself. Everything that went in stay in, so I am deeming Elliott's first food experience a success!

Coming soon...solid foods!

I bought this sweet little wooden bowl and spoon set while I was still pregnant with Elliott.  It has been sitting in the cupboard every since.  After exclusively nursing my baby for the past six months, the time as come to start solid food.  I was so excited when Isaac entered this stage, with Elliott I am a little sad.  The second time around, it seems to be going even faster than the first.  Don't get me wrong, I love watching him grow and change, I just am trying to cherish every moment of Elliott's life!  His bowl and spoon are ready, Elliott is ready, I guess I have to be ready too :-)

A week @ the shore...

Pretending to sleep in the hammock.

A day at the beach.

A day at the beach.

Post beach ride home.

Post beach ride home.

Tuckerton Seaport with the cousins.

More at the seaport.

Elliott found a comfy spot to take a snooze.

Playing in the pool.

Ready for the boat.

Elliott did not find the boat as enjoyable as Isaac did.

DRIVIND?!?!?!

Parade.

Parade.

Parade.

SIX MONTHS!!!

My sweet Elliott turned 6 months while we were visiting family at the Jersey Shore.  How did this happen so fast!!! LOVE you Ellie Bellie!!!

P.S. he really knows how to ham it up for the camera, doesn't he?