Natural Bridge~Friday

We took a trip to Natural Bridge this past weekend (8/3). We meet Grandma, Grandpa, Kayla & Aidan and had lots of fun. We fit a lot into a short weekend. Here are a few pictures. It may take a couple of posts to get them all up. Enjoy!!

Everyone playing around when we first got to the hotel. The kids were very excited to see each other!

After we got checked in we decided to go visit the Safari Park. Originally we thought we would take a wagon ride but we missed the last wagon so we had to drive through. It was probably best that we drove through I am not sure how we would have handled having the animals climbing all over us. They were VERY friendly and wanted the food we had. They would come right up to the car and stick their head in- if you weren't careful you were running the risk of having another passenger in your car. It was a lot of fun-if you ever go to Natural Bridge I would recommend making it one of your stops. One of the funny things we saw were HUGE camels. There was an RV in front of us and they were feeding the camel well the camel decided he wanted their bucket of food and he actually ate the food bucket and all! It was amazing!!

Riding in the front with Mommy getting ready to feed the animals! (Disclaimer: I NEVER let Christian out of his seat but they said that we could since we were on the "Farm")

Mommy & Christian feeding a ZebraHe was looking for more food!

Daddy feeding the OstridgeHe stuck his head right in the Van looking for the food we had to roll the window up to get them to back off! The HUGE CamelsDaddy feeding a camel look how his legs are higher than the bottom of the window in the Van they were HUGE!Eating the food bucket he took from the RV in front of usChristian's hand at the window look how small his hand is compared to his mouth! We kept the window on our side closed and just looked out at the Camels! The weather was perfect and the views were wonderful!Christian loved looking out the windowCatherine and Kayla feeding the animals from their car behind us

After we drove through there was an area to get out and walk around and feed some of the other animals. Here are a few pics from that....

Catherine and I pretending to be Kangaroo's I was almost to short I needed a small ladder

The kids playing with the goatsChristian watching Kayla and AidanChecking out the monkeys...Christian is such a climber Aidan got up on the the rail and Christian followed right behind!Look at this big ol' turtleOk so I dont often post pictures of me because generally I don't like them this one is ok so I decide to post it Christian and Kayla being Kangaroosback at the hotel after all the fun eating dinnerBenjamin decided he needed a nap!

We had a great room and this was our view from the patio it was beautiful!

More to come on the rest of the weekend in another post....this was all on Friday!

A Visit with Aunt Nadine & Uncle Billy...

These pictures are from Friday. On the way to Natural Bridge we stopped at Aunt Nadine & Uncle Billy's for a quick visit. This was the first time they met Benjamin and from the pictures it looks like he had fun!

Sitting with Aunt NadineChristian talking with Mike
Playing Lions with Uncle Billy

Uncle Billy making Benjamin laugh

Sweet kisses for Aunt Nadine
Christian, Uncle Billy, Aunt Nadine, Benjamin, & Mike

From the Basinett to the Crib- Finally

So I am sure some of you are thinking what- he is not in his crib yet?? Thats right we recently made the move from our room to the room he is going to share with Christian. Here are a few pictures from his first night in the crib.

Ed getting ready to lay Benjamin in the crib for the 1st time

In he goes... still asleep

Our little man laying in his crib. Please notice the little elephant he loves to listen to the music it plays. My dear friend Emily gave that to Benjamin when he was born. She gave Christian a dog and he loved that thing he totally wore it out. I think Benjamin is going to love elephant just as much!

Peeking as we give him his blanket

All tucked in and sound asleep- he LOVES this blanket from his Grandma and always sleeps with his lovey named Lopez everynight.

Sweet Dreams baby boy....

and sweet dreams big boy sleeping right across the room. Notice: he is sleeping with his lovey in his face to. How cute!

Here are a couple random pictures of Benjamin playing in the floor...

Take a look at those muscles!