Thursday, June 26, 2008

Sing Along with Us, dada di di di, yada da da da, Ya We're Hap-Happy...

Visits from Adam's grandparents are so bright, he's just gotta wear shades.


So yesterday I was very, very busy with my many important summertime activities. Although for the life of me, I can't remember which critical task I was accomplishing (it might have been playing at the park, relaxing, creating masterpieces with sidewalk chalk, eating a popsicle, reading, relaxing, swimming, relaxing, napping, relaxing, relaxing, relaxing, or catching up on reruns of The Ellen DeGeneres Show...with so much to do, one cannot be too sure) when I received a text. It was from my wonderful sister Emily and read, "For the love of God, update you're blog. You're on break for Pete's sake." Upon receiving it I called her up and whined about how busy I was and tried to talk her into doing it for me. Man, that girl cannot be bought. (Emily you, like summer, are fabulous.) However, I do know that I am LONG overdue in an update and for that I apologize. I have cleared some space in my very busy evening though and am ready to report. :) First of all I have to say again: Summer. Is. Fabulous.

I have always known this fact and applauded myself for choosing a career that I not only love but that I also get to leave for two months, which I love as well. However now that Adam is here and I get to just spend the day with him, I appreciate the beauty of summer even more. We have filled our days with just normal, tiny, happy things that have meant the world to me and have made for the most wonderful summer ever. We have gone on walks, gone to the zoo, played outside and it amazes me how magical such simple things can be. We are truly blessed (bet you wish you had a nickel for every time I said that phrase in this blog.) We had a great Father's Day and went to Water World and even spent a wonderful weekend up in Breckenridge. It has been fantastic to get to spend time with friends and family alike. Adam is in swimming lessons with his cuz' Christian and loves the water. He is getting so big and has entered full-on toddlerhood. He changes so much everyday and is loving some of his new hobbies like playing with cordless phone and meeting new friends in other states, dumping out mom's purse in under 2 seconds flat, and happily screeching as loud as his little lungs will allow simply because he can. :) We are having a blast. My only complaint is that time is flying by too fast. I just want to wrap it up and put it in a tupperware container in my fridge where it will stay new and fresh for as long as possible (how's that for an analogy hmmm?) I guess that's the way it goes with time. In the meantime, we'll just make the most of every second we have.


Hope you and yours are having a wonderful summer as well!!


A photo shoot I have dubbed The Summer of Fabulousness

Adam's first time going swimming

"Wait, we're going to do what??!! This is not fabulous.






Well... I guess it's sort of amusing...












YAYY!!! SWIMMING IS FABULOUS!!



I knew it. From the get go. Never a doubt in my mind. Let's go to the high dive shall we?















Fabulous times with fabulous friends.












"So...what's yours about? Mine's fabulous"







Matt's first Father's Day. Taking the family truckster to Water World. Isn't he fabulous?










Wheeeee, we're going to Water World.











Hey wait, what's Water World?










Ahhh. Water World has cool attractions and ice cream. Now that is fabulous.

5 comments:

Tanya said...

Ooooh, I get to leave the first comment.....Well your blog is ...what's the word I'm looking for?... fabulous!!! You all look wonderful and I'm so glad you're having such a great summer so far! It is definitely not complete without a trip to Water World. It's so nice to be able to see Adam grow up, even if it isn't as good as doing it in person. Thanks, Carly!
Love, Tanya

Carolyn Benik said...

Whew, I was not far away from voicing my concern at a lack of blog updates as well, so thank goodness Emily was on it! :-) Sad we didn't get to hook up in Breckenridge. :-( Looks like you are all having a blast - let's have some more summertime fun - maybe the pool next week? Love you guys!

Susan said...

Yay, an update! I was trying not to lean on you, so I'm glad your sister took the bullit for all your fans. Thanks for turning off Lost long enough to throw us a bone. Love you!

Beth said...

Awesome, welcome back to bloggetry!!! I've missed your posts - I check your blog all the time so I'm glad to see something new. I even linked to it on my blog, see how fancy that is?!?! Awesome summertime post and Adam looks so stylin' in his board shorts!

Anonymous said...

FAB! FAB! FAB! I have been waiting and waiting for an update! I am so glad you have pushy relatives!! Hope we can get together!! We could make bibimbop! It is, well, FABULOUS!