More Goodbyes...

 I am beginning to have a love hate relationship with Pokai Bay.  We love going but recently the only time we have made it out there for a beach day it has been for a going away party.  Today was one of those days.  The Staffaroni family is just the latest to move back to the mainland.  Mike is leaving this week and Heidi and Jackson are tying up loose ends and staying until December ( yay- since I can't say good bye yet!). 

Matt left this morning to go to a Math conference in Baltimore for the week so the kids and I packed up and went after naps today. 

Uncle Shelley was so great and took the kids in the water.

 Abby, Jackson and Brooke are all within 6 months of each other.  They had so much fun playing in the sand and running around all afternoon.

Zack joined in too.

  

My kids love the sand

Cute but messy!

More Wedding Fun

We traveled over to the Kualoa Ranch for the wedding of Fern & Jasen, who Matt plays softball with.  It was such a beautiful venue overlooking the ocean.  We had a fun night out with the Weida clan.  It was so nice to catch up with lots of friends and dance the night away celebrating love!

This is the day...

That Zack is EXACTLY the same age as Abby was when he was born.  Almost 16 months.  I remember when we left Abby to go to the hospital she was my little baby still and in an instant as she walked in to meet her younger brother she all of a sudden became this older, big sister.  It's hard (let's be honest, terrifying) to think of having another infant right now so it looks like Zack will stay our baby.  Two little monkeys are keeping us very busy these days and although I love snuggling with newborns, I am more than happy to enjoy other people's babies- at least for now;).

Our family almost 16 months ago

What a difference 16 months makes!  This was a very rough hair phase for Abby:).  We still have our ups and down with the curls but it is much better these days!  It is crazy to see the pictures side by side.  For as much as the kids look alike now, there is very little resemblance between Abby and Zack at 16 months...at least form these pictures.

Father-Daughter Night

Since Abby is such a big girl these days, Matt figured it would be fun to take her to his softball game. We prepped her the night before and she was very excited. Matt found her a green shirt ( It is actually Zack's) to "cheer on the home team".   Matt talked to a few of the girlfriends of other players and they agreed to hang with Abby while he was playing.  She loved being with the big girls! I think all in all it worked out great. She even stayed up until 9 (2 hours past bedtime) to BBQ with the team and came home to tell me all about it.

ready to go!

2 of a kind!

Abby's First Book

Abby loves when we read "No David" to her and usually usually tells us what is happening on each page and what David is doing wrong.  The other night she grabbed the book and started reading it to me and asking me the questions like I usually ask her. I had to get it on video so this is Abby reading her first book to Matt.

Zoo...Again

We just renewed our passes to the zoo and this was the first trip that Zack was totally mobile.  He and Abby had fun climbing and checking out he animals together. 

Abby was helping Zack out on his shoes and they loved seeing the fish in the tunnel.

They love their daddy!

too cute:)

The Dips

I started this back in PA but didn't have the right pictures and I finally remembered to finish it....  

Five years of dips!  I have embraced the cheesiness of the dips and now look forward to many years of them!  I was thinking about how each of the pictures says something about each year.

Newlyweds:   A perfect day with lots of dreams for the future.

Year 1. Well, we posed backwards.  Obviously, we had no idea what we were doing this year and just learning as we go!

Year 2.  Pregnant.  I was 3 months preggo here and so excited!  We were looking forward to our growing family.

Year 3.  Parents of a 6 month old on our first vacation away form Abby.  Enjoying the romantic and adventurous trip but missing our baby!

Year 4:  In full family swing and embracing it! Definitely a balancing act with the two little ones.

Year 5: Living it up in NYC