Winter 2009-2010

I'm still trying to catch up on my blogging and I'll try to do more frequent updates. In December we went to San Diego for 3 weeks. We had so much fun visiting family and friends. Here are some of the highlights of the trip:

Playing with cousins Andrew & Daniel at Legoland.


Taylor chills at Bubbe's house.


Teddy and his BFF Spiderman.


Playing in the sand in La Jolla.


Hanging out with Pooh at Disneyland.


Taylor gets a hug from Minnie Mouse.


Meeting Mickey was a dream come true!


Back in NJ for some fun in the snow in February:

A few short videos

Here we are playing in the leaves in October:


Some bubble bath fun in November:


Taylor looks for Bubbe in Bubbe's house in December:

It's Fall! (or it was a couple months ago, oops!)

I apologize for not keeping up to date with this blog. I blame Facebook for this. Now that so many people are on Facebook, I've been uploading pictures there instead of here. Sorry! I'll cut to the chase and just put up some pictures...

Here we are playing in the leaves in our yard. Fun!


Pumpkin patch :)



First time trick-or-treating! They had so much fun. At the end of the night, all they wanted to do was move candy in and out of their buckets. I don't think they realized that you could actually eat it.



Hanging out with Cyrus at Chuck E. Cheese.


Playing with our new train table.


X-ray fun for Taylor (she was so good!). She's all healed now :)

The Last of the Summer Pictures

I know, I know, it's already Fall, but I haven't been very good at updating the blog pictures so I thought I'd throw in some more Summer pictures before I started with Fall. If you have Facebook, then you can check out the new Fall pictures that I just posted there today. Here's some more pictures from the Summer that haven't even made it to Facebook yet!

The three amigos.. Taylor, Dylan, and Teddy.



Teddy and Dylan rockin' out with their cloth diapers in the lake.


Awesome action shot of Teddy at Weber's.


Taylor chills in the lake.


Don't worry, we're not naked, we have diapers on! This was at a splash park in Toronto.


Here we are splashing... well, walking and getting splashed by the bigger kids.


Taylor loved to hang out in Sheryl's "pocket".


Papa Lou reads Taylor a story.


This picture was taken during the dancing video in the previous post.


Driving home to New Jersey.

Dance Party USA! Er, I mean CANADA!

That's our cousin Dylan dancing with us at the cottage this summer. We had so much fun playing with him almost every day! Oh, and if you're wondering how mommy did in that gDiapers contest, she came in third! Someone else came from behind and zoomed all the way past her. But that's OK, because she still won a $200 gift certificate and we got some really cute new diapers.

Updated Pics & a Plea for help!

I have some cottage pics to post, but first I have some potentially exciting news. I entered a gDiapers contest last month that I actually have a chance at winning!!! (Update: I came in third and won a $200 gift certificate!! wahoo!!) I was winning last week but someone just passed me, so I need to increase my "sales". Each person in the contest has a unique discount code and I get credit for every time someone uses my code. So far, 114 people have used my code! The first place person has 133 (5 days ago I was beating her).

gDiapers are an eco-friendly alternative to disposable diapers that are kind of a cloth diaper, disposable diaper hybrid. They consist of an outer cotton cover, a snap in waterproof nylon liner, and biodegradable inserts that can actually be flushed down a toilet! It really is a fabulous invention. You can also use them with cloth inserts (that's what I do) if you are into cloth diapering (I highly recommend it!).

(Contest details deleted as the contest is now over.)

I guess I'll start with this super cute picture of Teddy in an orange gDiaper:


A diva in the sand...


Daddy takes Teddy for a walk on the dock. I love this one.


Teddy has been eating his spinach!


Papa Lou and all FIVE of his great-grandchildren!


Nagymama plays with the Ts in the lake.


Seaweed!


Taylor contemplates the loss of her pants while admiring the Canadian flag.


Mmmmm, yunch!


Taylor water's Bubbe's flowers.


I LOVE this picture of Teddy. Cutest little boy ever!

Teddy & Taylor are now TWO!!

Two years ago today (I'm writing this after midnight, so technically yesterday I guess) the two most wonderful little people were born into this world. Happy Birthday, sweet babies... I guess you aren't my babies anymore :(

Here's a little video of Taylor counting to three for the first time. That's right, the first time caught on video! She usually only makes it to two, so that's what I was expecting when I started the video. I've watched this about a hundred times because I'm just so proud of her!!!



Taylor's speech is further along than Teddy's speech, but he's making lots of progress. His favorite word these days is "cookie" and he loves to eat them too. Of course our "cookies" are really organic animal crackers. So don't worry, I don't let my kids chow down on Oreos all day ;)

We had a birthday party on Sunday. It was tons of fun and the weather was PERFECT for an outdoor party. We just got a new fence for our backyard and put up a gazebo to house our new patio furniture and create some shade. It also has mosquito netting so we can relax on the patio at night. We haven't actually done this yet, but I like the idea! Here's some pictures from the party. There's more on my Facebook page.

Teddy and Taylor helped put the gazebo together.

Taylor wore these sunglasses almost the entire time.

Chilling by the pool.

Cake!



Teddy was obsessed with the rocks in our backyard.

Playing with our "boons".