Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Our lil monsters

We visited the nurses of the NICU at Hartford Hospital and North 8 (where I spent my long stay in 2009) in costume.  Courtney was Cookie Monster and Bella was Elmo.  We brought homemade baked goods and candy for the nurses and everyone took lots of pictures.  The girls even visited a patient and brought a smile to her face.

Courtney and Bella with two of my favorite nurses Terry and Kara

our lil monsters

Foster Farm with Papa and Tita

The girls getting ready to slide!  We went to Foster Farm in South Windsor with Papa, Tita, Andrew and Josh.  It was an unseasonably warm day and sunny, the girls had a great time!

Our sweet cow and lil ram!

Tita helping Bella down the slide

Sweet baby bella cow

Bella running through the tunnel

Bella driving the tractor

Hanging out in another tunnel together

Driving the tractor together with Papa looking on to make sure no one gets crazy

Playing in the giant sandbox-they loved it

Our sweet ram Courtney

Running through the tunnel

Driving the tractor

Courtney looking out of the train

More October 2011

Bella

Courtney

Bella

Court

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

The first wknd in October

Apple Picking at Johnny Appleseed

Courtney is ready to go shoppin with mom

Picking out a pumpkin with grammy

Our strong little girls

Bella enjoying her apple

Bella having a hard time being strong

Bella took a bite of a tart apple

Painting our pumpkins

Starting to get paint on our bodies

Bella's pumpkin

Painting the walkway and our bodies

Courtney's pumpkin

So kindly the girls painted each other

More paint on the bodies then on the pumpkins

Bella rocking out with Mr Potato Head Glasses

Courtney trying out some potato head accessories

Playing with cars and the car mat

Bella and Courtney playing outside

Running outside

Beach Barbie is taking a ride in the dump truck

Bella is calling to the birds

Very intrigued by the dandelion

Our sweet girl looking up at the tree

Courtney driving her cars on the road

Courtney wearing her Red Sox Hat and Backpack

Courtney running outside

Our big panda

Trip to VA Beach

Bella warming up

Both girls managed to make their room in VA Beach look just as it does back home

The beautiful morning sky at the beach

Courtney enjoying the water

The cottage we stayed at

Crab

Papa with Courtney

Grammy with Bella

Taking Courtney into the waves

Parents of the bride and groom light the candles

Marshall waiting for his bride

Here comes the beautiful bride

Marshall's vows

Sarah's vows

The kiss

We drove about 24 hrs in 3 days, but it was totally worth it.  A weekend was spent with family at the beach, the girls got to go to the beach for the first time and loved it, and most importantly we were there for my baby cousin to get married.  A wonderful weekend and we may have found our new yearly vacation spot!