Beach, Birthday, Back to School

August was a busy month! We started by traveling. We went to the Poconos to meet up with my dad's side of the family and stayed for one night....because we were headed to the beach! It was a full 24-hours of fun :)

We arrived at the beach on Saturday afternoon and headed straight to the water!

It was a busy week - but oh so much fun. Kevin's brother and sister-in-law were there with us and we did "all the things".

Peter got a belated birthday gift (nerf gun!) and Chloe got an early one (karaoke microphone!!)

A highlight for everyone was the Dolphin Cruise that we did. Look how close we got to the dolphins! They liked swimming in the boat's wake.

When we got back, it was time to celebrate Chloe's 10th birthday with our family! Look at her blowing out all the candles :)

She got to have a friends part this year too - American Girl Doll themed. 10 sweet girls came to celebrate her and she had a blast (and got a lot of nice gifts!)

Chloe's birthday signals that school is right around the corner. Our first day was last week. 4th grade and 3rd grade for Chloe and April. Kindergarten for Peter!!

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Happy 4th Birthday Chloe!

You are growing into a compassionate, cheerful, young lady! We love you Chloe and are looking forward to this year with you!! 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Wedding!

Congratulations to the new Mr. and Mrs. Martin! :) We attended Natalie and Dallas' wedding on Saturday and had a lovely time. We know both the bride and groom from college....and just happen to be great friends with the bride's parents as well (Hi Bill and Doreen!). Here is the new couple - Natalie looked beautiful, and Dallas looked pretty good too ;) Here I am with the bride - check out her BLUE shoes! No wedding is complete without a little dancing and singing....particularly to Livin on a Prayer....Steve, Jeff, and Kevin sang at the top of their lungs and performed an air guitar solo: even the bride joined in: We had a great time! I'm thinking of the honeymooners.....kind of wishing I was on a tropical island somewhere too! :)

34 Weeks

34 weeks and my belly button has popped out :) haha! I'm still feeling a lot of movement and today my doctor said everything was great. Here's some info on our "Baby Brother", as I refer to this little guy with Chloe and April: Your baby now weighs about 4 3/4 pounds ( about the size of a cantaloupe ) and is almost 18 inches long. His fat layers — which will help regulate his body temperature once he's born — are filling him out, making him rounder. His skin is also smoother than ever. His central nervous system is maturing and his lungs are continuing to mature as well. If you've been nervous about preterm labor , you'll be happy to know that babies born between 34 and 37 weeks who have no other health problems generally do fine. They may need a short stay in the neonatal nursery and may have a few short-term health issues, but in the long run, they usually do as well as full-term babies.

Kevin and Alison

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