Reunited in New Jersey

In mid-July, we went to New Jersey (and next door to Pennsylvania) for a family reunion on Dave's dad's side. Our drives went very smoothly; we did both trips at night, and while the boys staved off sleep for a good chunk of the evening, it meant that Bridgie was able to get all the z's she would have gotten at home. Ah, to be unconscious during a five-hour road trip...that's the life.

 On our way!

Brother and sister

A sports-oriented reunion at Pat and Vicki's

Finn and his beautiful cousins

 Family of five

 Family of...a lot more than five

 Swimming in their cousins' backyard

 More swimming

 Bonding with Grandpop...how can you not love these photos?

And some video:

Maine Attraction

On the first of July, we headed up to Maine to visit with Kerry and Christian for some 

pre-Independence Day fun.

Bridget slept wherever and whenever she could:

And the boys barely managed to get out of the water:

But when they did, they loved the train table Uncle Christian made for his (actual) nephew, M:

They also loved the sand pile that's waiting to be used in The Next Big Project:

And then it was time to go home. Do you think they had fun?

June in Review, Part II

Picking up from where we left off...for Father's Day, we went up to Storyland in New Hampshire. It was awesome.

The boys were as thrilled as we expected they would be. They both take after their dad when it comes to love of roller coasters, and they had a blast on the teacups:

Back home, we took a little time to admire our cute brood:

And also admire their engineering skills (and commitment to the part):

Bridget bonded with one of her godmothers:

Will went from trepidation to sheer joy at soccer class:

Will also got really good at puzzles suddenly:

I took the boys to meet Clifford at the library:

 It was here, at about 3.5 months, that we realized Bridget was this sort of baby:

 And she started to sleep in her crib, after putting herself to sleep, all night long.

(Also she started to roll pretty frequently.)

Will also started some swim lessons to work on the basics--

and he loves them, especially because he might just have a C-R-U-S-H on his teacher:

And Finny remained my little lovebug throughout it all: