Lake Anna Vacation

This year for our summer vacation we went to Lake Anna in Virginia.  We had to schedule the trip months in advance and hope that Eric could get off work but unfortunately that did not work out.  Hayden and I made the trip without daddy but were happy to spend the week with my parents and my sister's family.  My brother-in-law, Sam was able to bring his boat to dock at the house so Hayden enjoyed lots of boats rides and tube rides with his cousins.  We spent the week boating, swimming in the lake, swimming at the community pool, fishing, and just relaxing with the family.  With help from pops Hayden was able to catch his first fish!  At first he was a little scared of the fish but after a few days of fishing he warmed up to them and even touched one.  We hope this will be the last vacation without daddy!  We all missed him a lot!  Here are some of my favorite pics from the week.  There were so many it was very hard to narrow down.  :)

First time out on the boat with Sarah and Ryan

Tubing with Aunt Vicki

Baby Emily

Mommy trying to fish with Hayden

Pops and Hayden's first fish - they caught 3 total all week.

Ryan showing off his fish

Ninja Spin move

Love this pic!

Group jump

Playing at the pool with Grammy

Paddle boating

Swimming the lake

Prego shot - 24 weeks

Howard County Fair

Last night we made a trip to the Howard County Fair.  It was the first time Hayden has been big enough to ride most of the rides on his own or with daddy.  I had a great time watching him have so much fun!  Here are some of my favorite pics from the night.....

Airplanes!

Family ride on the Ferris Wheel

Hi Mommy & Daddy!

Hayden loved the fun house - he went through 4 times.  :)

High Speed

A little American Ninja Warrior Action

Tilt A Whirl

Giant Slide

Pony Ride

Finished the night with icecream!

Camp Vaillant

The first week of July my 8 year old nephew, Ryan, came to stay with us for a week.  My sister and I had planned his trip in advance so I was able to plan lots of fun things for the boys to do while he was here.  Eric was off the weekend we picked him up and also had most of the day off for July 4th so he was able to do some fun stuff with us as well.  Ryan is a great big cousin to Hayden and was very patient with him all week.  Hayden loved having Ryan stay with us and was up early every morning excited to see what we were going to do next.  Here are some pics I took to document our week...

We kicked off the week at the pool....it was the hottest week of the summer so we were at the pool almost everyday.

On Sunday we took the boys on an Urban Pirate Adventure at the Baltimore, Inner Harbor.  Aaargh!

On Monday morning I took the boys to the Baltimore Aquarium.  The dolphins and sharks were a hit!

Ryan requested we go to Pump it Up where we had Hayden's 3rd birthday.  On Monday and Thursday afternoon we were able to go their family jump time.  They went wild on the slides!

On Tuesday we went duckpin bowling.  Towards the end of the week I asked Ryan what his favorite thing we did was and he said bowling.  I took them back for a quick game on Friday morning since he enjoyed it so much!  :)

On Tuesday afternoon we met up with my friend Katie and her 3 boys for a pool playdate.  She also has an 8 year old so they all had fun playing together.

On Wednesday morning, July 4th, I made festive waffles for breakfast.

The boys also did a holiday craft decorating red and blue buckets to put their sparklers in.

Once Uncle Eric got home we headed to the pool for some fun in the sun and ice pops!

That afternoon we went to the movies to see Brave in 3D.  It was the first movie Hayden made it all the way through in the theater. 

Ryan helped me make some July 4th cupcakes and strawberries.  Yum!

Sparklers!

We tried to beat the heat early Thursday morning with a visit to the park and farm.  It didn't last long as it was just too hot for all of us. 

Hanging out at Bass Pro in the mall

Playing at Dave & Buster's.  Ryan can't beat his Aunt Angie!  :)

Out to dinner on our last night of Camp Vaillant.  It was a great week!

2 down, 4 to go

Friday was the last day of Eric's 2nd year of residency.  I would say 2nd year was a little tougher than intern year so I am glad its over.  Eric takes it all in stride and pretty much keeps a positive attitude through the schedule changes, hard work, and lack of sleep.  I really don't know how he does it sometimes and he is truly my hero.  :)  Four more years until he is the one graduating!

Eric had a busy day Friday, golfing in the morning with the other residents and then he rushed out to meet me for my 19 week ultrasound.  That evening we went to a graduation dinner in Baltimore at the Frederick Douglas Maritime Museum.  The dinner was very nice and Eric had the job of roasting one of his chiefs that was graduating.  There were lots of laughs and I was able to meet many of the people Eric spends his days (and some nights) with.  On Saturday, the Chiefs hosted a family cookout in Arnold at a really nice park on the water.  We were able to go for a couple hours and Hayden enjoyed playing by the water.  Eric starts a 6 month rotation at Johns Hopkins on Monday.  It is supposed to be pretty grueling and I've received lots of warnings from his co-workers and spouses so please keep him in your prayers.  Luckily he'll be finishing up soon after the baby is born!  Here are a couple of pics from the weekend.

A night out!  Thanks Grammy & Pops for staying with Hayden!

Funny Guy

E & A

So happy my daddy has off all weekend!

Frogs & Snails and Puppy Dog Tails

It's a Boy!  We confirmed on Friday that Baby #2 is definitely a boy.  We ended up seeing the goods at 16 weeks but wanted to wait  until our 19 week Ultrasound to confirm before we spread the news.  :)  Looks like I am outnumbered!  We are very excited for Hayden to have a little brother and are counting down the weeks until we get to meet him.