On Wednesday Lily officially turned 4 years old. Lily shared snicker doodles with her friends at school and then as requested went out for "chinese chicken" (PF Changs) for dinner and had some ice cream with sprinkles - or actually Stuart had the ice cream as Lily only takes tiny miniscule bites and then announces she is done! Upon returning home, Lily opened a few more presents, including American Girl Bitty Baby from Donna and Stephen, and a highchair for her baby from Bubbie. When she opened the baby, she said "This is perfect, this is exactly the baby I have wanted" and then when she opened the outfits and highchair she again announced "This is perfect!" Lily initially named her baby Janie (suggested by Mom) and then changed it to Ursula - yes like the mean octopus monster in Little Mermaid, but apparently she likes the name - still hoping that Janie wins out in the end although later she said the names Emma and Ella so we will see as time goes on.
Once the birthday was over, it was time to move on to the next big event, packing for Nantucket for cousin Jenna's wedding. Mom and Lily dropped Jack off at Grandma Gail and Grandpa Tom's on Thursday night, as we decided that the trip may be a little easier without the little one! While there, Grandpa Tom gave Lily a complete Boeing transportation set that she loves!
On Friday, Mom, Dad, and Lily flew from BWI to Providence, met Grandpa Maurice and Grandma Phyllis at the airport and then flew a 9 seater propeller plane to Nantucket. A bit scary although with beautiful views! We had a great time in Nantucket despite the rainy weather. We got in some time at the beach and playground on Saturday, and Mom and Dad got in a bike ride. As evidenced by the pictures, we tried to get Lily to ride one of the attached bikes but she was not having any of it! On Saturday, we had the rehearsal dinner where Lily had to do a run through for her flower girl duties with another little girl Dalia. Lily and Dalia hit it off and spent the rest of the night together running around with another little girl Kelly. On the big day, unfortunately we were greeted with rain, however, the weather broke right before the ceremony began. Lily made her grand entrance as a flower girl and quickly went into panic mode upon seeing everyone staring at her - the video will tell the whole story. While her moment in the limelight did not go as intended, Lily had a blast the rest of the evening - she danced with her friends all night and barely stopped to get something to eat. Most of the night Mom and Dad were chopped liver and she had no use for us! ;) Overall, we had a blast in Nantucket and of course left the island with beautiful blue skies! Congrats to Jenna and Mathias!
Jack enjoyed his time with Grandma Gail and Grandpa Tom, and enjoyed the heat wave in the baby pool and taking many walks. Still no crawling, but attempts at scooting and he is still trying to pull himself up. He officially has 6 teeth now, 4 up top, 2 on the bottom. While I was more cautious giving regular food to Lily, Jack has been enjoying bits and pieces here and there of turkey, bread, muffin, cornbread, and veggie puffs - he is still insisting that we put it in his mouth though. We will work on the self-feeding in the coming weeks.
Well hopefully that provides a quick synopsis of our very busy week, enjoy the many pics, we had quite a few to choose from!
Also, videos from last week are finally up.
Concluding the birthday extravaganza with a new baby - Ursula/Janey.
Getting ready to get on the little plane to Nantucket.
At a Nantucket lighthouse.
Checking out a tandem bike with Grandpa Maurice and Mom the Chauffeur.
On a different bike. The ride ended at the corner. Lil was not too excited about the ride and opted to wait until next time.
Getting ready to practice walking down the aisle with co-flower girl Dahlia.
The first steps with Grandma and Grandpa watching on.
Walking down the aisle ... a few tears along the way.
Recovering from the traumatic experience.
Drinking with Marcy.
On the dance floor with Stuart.
Dancing away.
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Ready for bed.
Back at home ... being a goofball.
And while we were away, Jack was having a good time with Grandma Gail and Grandpa Tom ...
Taking a bath.
Watching the Redskins game.
With Grandma and
Grandpa with Lil's new baby watching from behind.
In the pool.
Hanging out with Ivan.
The cousins.
2 comments:
oooh...the trauma!! poor thing...i hope that she try walking down the aisle again at some future wedding...but the "after" pictures are great(quick recovery - resilient child - a good characteristic)...that plane in the distance was yours?? oy vey! and jack has many different faces - happy, funny (the bath one) but uncle stephen was laughing at the one of lily wearing the glasses...he thought that was hysterical!
well worth the wait. wednesday morning smiles from providence. the pic of jack in the bath is too much. love to all.
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