So these pictures are a little old…maybe a few weeks. Amy & I took Mara and Zachary together on a walk in Adams Farm a few weeks ago. They had fun at the playground area there. It was the first time Mara had been in a swing alone before. On the first small push she seemed a little frightened but that quickly subsided as you can see here! This is a great picture of Zach on the slide…check out that hair.
(Click on the individual picture if you’d like to view it larger)
We did it again. We’ve stayed away from the blog a little while, sorry. We were off to the beach for a few days and away from the computer. To extend the issue, Dad went off on business right after the Sunday return and is only now able to get away for a moment to get a post up. Believe it or not this post is coordinated between Mom at home (uploading the pictures) and Dad in Helsinki, Finland (typing the post).
Anyways, this past weekend Mara got to travel to Emerald Isle for her second visit to the ocean. She was actually at the ocean one other time back on Memorial Day. This was a little more experiential since she is now older. We can also put sunscreen on her so that means a little more sun exposure is OK. We stayed with two other families, one with 3 boys (Anton, Viktor, and Max) and one with 2 boys (Aidan and Pierce) so Mara was the only girl there. She held her own though. It was fun to see them all “playing” together and it was good because Mara doesn’t necessarily get to do that too often. She enjoyed watching all the boys and the attention she got.
We got a bunch of pictures so we created a separate album for them and posted what we could. There are a few teaser pictures below, but click on any of them to be taken to the full album. We should also be able to post some video next week of the trip, but it is limited. The day we were going to take the beach footage was the day that Ophelia decided to make her presence known. She didn’t hit while we were there but she kicked up the surf and wind a notch by Saturday enough to keep Mara off the beach.
First time touching seawater
Me in my sassy suit and hat…. stylin’
Mom and me in the ocean… who knew waves hurt?
Mr. Sprinkles is a stuffed toy that hangs out on Mara’s cribside, and every night before bed Mr. Sprinkles gives Mara a kiss goodnight. She gets a big ‘ole smile when we pull Mr. Sprinkles in for her kiss. Its funny how much she instantly liked him. I foresee her dragging him around for a while to come (Thanks Amy P.).
Usually I smile for the kiss…
See… this is how I really feel
Well, Mara got to spend some quality time with Parker this weekend. I guess he gets to be the first man posted to the blog then (sorry Thomas). They spent dinner at the rib fest, dessert at Ganache, and after hours at Parker’s house. That’s a late night, she must have been impressed. Here are some pics of them “hanging out.” Mara is enamored…. just look at her eyes.
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