We had a very busy Memorial Day weekend. We were planning on a fairly relaxing one but things changed. On Saturday we did have a relaxing day, went grocery shopping, but that was about it, though the grocery trip did span 3 stores.

On Sunday we went strawberry picking and then to my in-laws for their annual Memorial Day cookout. One of Dan’s friends from middle school came as well with his wife, so it was nice to hang out with them. We had fun at the cookout and strawberry picking.

On Monday we decided to go to Sesame Place. We had discussed maybe going on Monday on Sunday and decided that both Dan and I felt up for it. So we made the 2 1/2 hour car trip up, there was next to no traffic, which was nice, and the Delaware toll plaza has been finished off and the traffic flow actually flows there now rather then being a 30+ minute ordeal. We had a fun 4 hours at Sesame Place and then headed home again. It was a nice day, though the ride home, was a bit rough with Eloise melting down at one point and us having to stop to get her to calm down, which woke up Desmond, sigh. Everyone had fun at Sesame Place though, Eloise even went on more then the carousel! She did the family water slide twice with Dan and Desmond, and one other water slide once with Dan. Desmond got to ride a bunch of water slides, and the roller coaster 3 times, which he really loved. Sully had fun in the water, and slept a lot, since it was so hot. All in all it was a great day if hot, and long with all the driving. Oh and we think that Eloise has motion sickness, which would explain the occasional car sickness episodes she has and her dislike of spinning rides as well!

Anyways here are a couple of pictures, I’ll actually do a post for pictures from each event, well except grocery shopping (since even I don’t take pictures of that!), since there are a bunch. I’m going to spread out the posts through this week though, so that I don’t have a ton of posts on any one day.

So we have a new pool for our backyard. I had bought one back when Desmond was 1, but it has a leak in it and is way to small for Desmond. So we went out to Toy’s R Us and bought a bigger one, for the small ones to play in. It even has a water slide! A small one, but it keeps them happy anyways. Unfortunately our backyard facet is not working right now, and Dan has not been able to find the shutoff/turn on valve for it yet, so we’ve had to fill the pool by hand. The two small ones have really enjoyed it though, and even Sully has had fun in it, getting wet. It is even big enough for Mommy to sit in it with the small ones. Overall the pool has been a big hit. So here are some pictures from 2 different days of using it.

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Here are a bunch of pictures from 2 Sundays ago when we were at my in-laws. We visit them almost every Sunday. It was nice out so we were all out in their backyard and they were playing with the three small ones.

Eloise sitting outside on the bench

Des running playing tag

Sully with my mother in law

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A lazy Saturday afternoon.

So I took some pictures of Sully this afternoon since my in-laws took Eloise with them to go pick up Desmond and go to the Mall to play for awhile. I was hoping to get one of him smiling, but he won’t smile for the camera, hopefully soon. Anyways I thought I’d share a bunch of pictures of the different faces that he made today at 7 weeks old.

So here are pictures of Sully’s varying expressions within a 5 minute or so time period at 7 weeks old.

While my Mom was here, back in April we took Sully to Sears, along with Eloise and Desmond to get some pictures done. I forgot to post a couple of them here though once we had them done, so I’ll do that now. On that note I still need to make up his birth announcement, hopefully I get to it this week. Anyways here are some of the pictures we got of Sully, Eloise and Desmond when we went to Sears.

Eloise giving Sully a kiss

Unfortunately Desmond’s hair kept getting in the way of a picture of him giving Sully a kiss.

Sleeping baby!

All 3 of them together. This picture actually was really easy to get, unlike trying to get a picture of Eloise and Desmond together, or even Eloise and Desmond individually with Sully.

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Since the weather has been nice out and I’ve had a lot of help, thanks to my in-laws, Dan, and my Mom. We have been to the playground quite a few times this spring so far. So of course I have brought the camera, both the big and little one depending on the day. Of course since Sully Bear is so new, I haven’t had much time to blog, so I thought I would just post various pictures from the playground, from various days without making them all separate posts. So here are my 3 enjoying the playground!

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We had Sully’s 1 month appointment on the 29th at exactly one month. He is now 11 pounds 3 ounces and 23 inches. He gained 1 inch and almost 2 pounds in 1 month, which is a nice growth rate. He is in the 95th percentile for height, weight and head circumference. He seems to be staying big so far, though he did not gain as much as Desmond did in his first month. Desmond gained a lot his first month, actually looking Sully’s gain since he stated so big is closer to Eloise’s gain for height and between Eloise and Desmond for weight. So we’ll have to see how he continues to gain. Sully at 1 month is basically the same size Desmond was at 1 month almost exactly.

Here are his stats:
At birth he was 9 pounds 4 ounces and 22 inches
At one month he was 11 pounds 3 ounces and 23 inches

Here are Desmond’s stats for the same time period:
At birth he was 7 pounds 14 ounces and 20 3/4 inches
At one month he was 11 pounds and 23 inches

Here are Eloise’s stats for the same time period:
At birth 7 pounds 5 ounces and 19 3/4th inches
At 1 month 8 pounds 8 ounces and 20 3/4 inches

Sully enjoying his new swing. We went out on Sunday with Nonnie and found it, he is quite happy with his new farm themed swing. Still having trouble keeping Eloise off it, but at least she is well within its weight limit. Desmond is good about staying off, and he loves to start it up for Sully when I put him in it.