Boxing up Eloise

So a friend I have that I met on a message board before Desmond was born, dang that seems a long time ago, but anyways rambling on, was in Baltimore this past weekend. We didn’t realize she was here and we were home until Saturday. She had thought it was the weekend we were in Atlanta. So we made quick plans and decided to meet up on Saturday at The Maryland Science Center.

She has twin boys a few weeks older then Desmond, and they had heard about the Science Center the day before and decided it sounded like fun. I’ve lived in this area for the past 9 years (now I feel old, but anyways), and DH had lived in the area most of his life and neither of us knew about it. So we met up, we were planning on meeting in the kid center, but both pulled into the parking lot at the same time so we walked there together.

We all had a lot of fun, Desmond enjoyed some of the regular exhibits, well the two we went through, Dinosaurs and Weather, and all 3 of mine really enjoyed the kids area for children 0 to 8. They all had a lot of fun there and there was a ton for them to do and explore.

After we had been there a few hours we decided to all go to lunch, we were planning on heading out after lunch to hit Costco before Desmond had to go to a birthday party of a friend that evening, and they were planning on heading back to the center for awhile longer and then driving 3 hours home. We got to lunch and the skies opened. So we had a nice long lunch with desert, and after about 2 1/2 hours at lunch we all headed back to the cars, since the rain finally broke for a bit. We headed home, no time for Costco and they headed home as well since the rain and taken so long to clear they were ready to head home.

We all had a great time and here are a few pictures from our adventure.

Here we all are minus, husbands and Sully who was on Dan’s back.

Desmond shooting a foam projectile from their launcher, he had a blast with this, they flew all over the museum.

Eloise playing with magnets in the kid area

Sully in the 0 – 24 month area playing with the blocks on the waterbed type area.

And here is Sully at lunch playing with some asparagus. We aren’t doing solids yet, but I am letting him play with them a bit.

Water Fun at Nonnie and Grandpom’s house

This weekend we went to Sesame Place. We were planning on going last weekend, but it was the middle of the hottest heat wave of the summer, and we didn’t want to be out in temperatures that felt like 115 degrees. So we decided to go this past weekend instead. It was still hot, but it was much nicer then it would have been. Desmond had a ton of fun, we really need to just take him one day, because it is a bit unfair for Eloise and Sully to have to wait while he does the rides he wants, that they don’t want to or can’t go on. It was really obvious on the second day that the two littles would have been fine not going back. Oh well, Dan will take Desmond solo at some point for a day trip probably. Anyways Eloise loved the carousel, and riding on horses. Sully got to ride on the bench which he didn’t mind, and Desmond loved the water slides and the roller coaster, so everyone had fun.

It is a great weekend trip for us, and next year Sully will be big enough to go on rides and play more which will be nice. I doubt Eloise will hit the height limits on the roller coaster by next year though. Then again I don’t really see her liking the roller coaster either so it sort of works out. Anyways here are some pictures from the park.

How Eloise rides on the stroller when she gets tired of walking.

naptime!

So Desmond had been asking to go pick fruit all week long, so I told him we would go this past weekend with Daddy. Yes it was predicted to be ridiculously hot, but I was hoping if we went early enough it won’t be horrible. Plus I felt kind of bad because we cancelled our plans for Sesame Place because of the heat. So Sunday morning, which was much cooler then Saturday morning (88ish, so it only felt like 100) we headed up to the farm where we pick our own fruit. Desmond and Eloise were a bit disappointed that strawberry season was over, and that apple and pumpkin seasons have not started, but they enjoyed picking blueberries and peaches. Here are some pictures from our adventure, Eloise was actually almost helpful this year and Desmond was actually fairly dedicated to actually picking and not just eating.

First off peach picking pictures

How Sully spent his time while we picked peaches

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With Mommom

So I don’t know if I have mentioned it before or not, but I can not take pool pictures at the fitness club, they don’t allow it. So the only pictures I get of Desmond, Eloise and Sully swimming in a big pool is when we visit my parents. Since we were just there all last week I have some pool pictures from this summer to share. I am hoping to get some boat pictures next time we go to the lake house since we didn’t end up on the boat at all this time, though Eloise and Desmond did end up on a boat at my sister’s in-law’s lake house, but I wasn’t there to take pictures of that.

Anyways here are few of the pictures I took of the small ones at one of the pools by my parent’s lake house.

Eloise swimming in the shallow part of the pool

Sully in the turtle float at the pool

Desmond on the water slide, his favorite part of the pool

Sully and Eloise sitting with my Mom at the pool

Des in the frog float, having fun.

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All three snuggled together

Here is Desmond in June 07

Here is Eloise in June 09

Here is Sully in June 11

They don’t look at all similar do they? The first picture of Desmond I thought was Sully for a minute or two. Unfortunately I couldn’t find any of Eloise in a t-shirt from the right age or I might have played guess which child this is with all three pictures!

I got the idea for this post from my friend’s Anjie’s post at her blog Of Pandas and Pirates.

Today Sully is 12 weeks old. It is hard to believe that in 12 weeks he has gone from this:

to this:

He is now rolling over, playing with toys, interacting with his big brother and sister, babbling and not seeming like a little newborn anymore. He is just getting so big, it is hard to believe that next week he’ll be 3 months old! He is moving into his 6-9 month and 6-12 month clothes, he is a big boy, he is going to be in size 3 diapers soon, just like Eloise. He is already wearing the same size cloth diapers as she is. He is a mellow baby, except when he is screaming because of his reflux or because he wants me right now! He is sleeping mostly through the night from about 11pm till 5 or 6am before needing to nurse again. It is just weird to think about how fast the last 12 weeks have gone.

He has been to Easter at my Aunt’s house and met his Great-Grandmother, he has been to Sesame Place in Philadelphia. He however has still not been on an airplane, unlike his big brother who first flew around 8 weeks and his sister who first flew around 4 weeks and had flown round trip 3 times before she was 4 months old, he will get to fly for the first time in August at 4 months old. He is about to take his first long car trip when we go down to visit my parents at the lake. He is so little and yet he seems so big as well. Here are a few pictures from his first 12 weeks.
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