Shaz by the Sea

First off -- Happy (Belated) National Dog Day to my Zeta!! Even though you jumped on Caden and knocked him over yesterday, we still love you. Jim and I had a few special visitors this weekend - my cousin Jen, her husband Nick and their two kids, Patrick and Callie, as well as my Uncle/Godfather John (my Dad's brother and Jen's Dad). They were on their way to my cousin John's hockey game and came by our place beforehand.  We tried having all the kids do "touchdown" but Patrick was the only one who pulled it off. Good job Patrick! Patrick and Callie were "so excited" haha look at Cal. Love this pic. Then we all had a goldfish party.... Conor and Caden LOVED eating Callie's goldfish off the floor. Haha they were in heaven. Callie is wondering what is happening to all her goldfish. Here's a serious #tbt to my Uncle John (top, center) and my Dad (on the right) with their siblings at what I am assuming is their hou...

There is no real "deep" meaning behind this post nor anything I am trying to convey through my computer screen. Rather, I simply wanted to document our fun, silly days outside this summer thus far -- either in my parent's yard or on the beach down in the Cape.   As I've said since these two little men were newborns, C and C love outside. They are the happiest outdoors so we try and spend as much time outside as possible. For example, we love the SLIDE! Conor actually loves walking up the slide and then sliding down crashing into Caden. Caden loves the sliding part (who doesn't??) and finds it entertaining when Conor crashes into him. Con left and Cay right in the following two sets of photos. Conor is super nervy and Caden loves it. Here's Caden walking towards Conor who is chillin on the bench waiting for Caden to walk over to him (yup, totally typical Con-man, relaxing). Sometimes when either of them walk or cra...

The boys have made some serious growth progress over the last two weeks. To me, they are interacting more both with each other and with MAMA! It comes at a perfect time, now that I am going back to work full time this week (waaahhhh). They are super cute with their waving, high fiving, curiosity and desire to learn. They love to walk (still assisted), 'swim' in their little pool, and giggle at the doggies. They also made the transition to regular whole milk two days ago, and that seems to be going great. No complaints over here. Happy proud Mommy. :) Here are a couple summery pics. We loved feeling the watermelon and seeing all the little "pools" of watermelon juice floating around. We were splashing and having fun! Once we were all cleaned up, we went on a long walk. We picked flowers, watched the cars drive by, and saw tons of other doggies.  Bath time! I only got a picture of Conor. I usually wash them in the tub together, but I thought this was...