1st Trip to the Beach!

Chase's first trip to Ocean City, NJ! He stayed on the blanket and tolerated the sand. As you can see he was not a big fan of the water.

Our first beach family photo

We didn't bring a booster seat so we figured the island sink was a perfect place for Chase to eat lunch. Everything went well until his shorts got hung up on the faucet and he accidentally soaked himself! I didn't have the camera on for that one.

Yep that's a WaWa hoagie you see. Chase didn't have any, but we'd been going through withdraw recently and needed a fix:)

Another food pic of course. One of my favorite memories from growing up- waking up early at my grandparents house and walking to Mallon''s on a cool shore morning. Here Chase is having sticky and crumb buns for the first time!

The Big Move

As you all know after 11+yrs in Baltimore, we decided to head back to Jersey. Once we've completely moved- we still have our house down in MD, and I'm down there part time til the end of the term for work, I'll post about all the things we'll miss. We already have a running list, and its pretty long:( It is however so important for us to be closer to family, and Jas' commute of nearly 3 hours a day for over 8 yrs. had frankly gotten a little old.

Jas has already been working hard to rip down wallpaper, paint, knock down cabinets(I never thought we'd have too many), and put in new lighting. I'll post pics of the other rooms soon, and of course ones of our "hot" lilac bathroom. The tub and toilet are purple, I kid you not. The house was built in the late 60's so what do you expect? Oh, and our bedroom has mint green walls, green wall-to-wall carpet, a platform for the bed, and columns. It is fantastic! Chase's bedroom is done, so its time to move onto the next project:)

Chase's perspective on the new house...

My favorite place. Looking out the sliding glass door for friends, Summer, or chipmunks. We also have deer visiting to eat our hostas some days!

Open and close over and over. Still watching me Mama?

Taking a break from crawling around like a madman.

Too hot to go outside. Time to do laps with Dada in the house.

Faster please!

WELCOME TO OUR NEW HOME

The house is light green, with green shutters-sense a theme? This won't change soon, but eventually the green has got to go, or as Jas said we'll just hang Eagles gear everywhere.

We love the huge beautifully landscaped yard, and every day we find something new blooming. The maintenance and weeding is going to be a lot of work(Jas is now covered in poison ivy) and a riding mower would definitely be helpful...

Our Family Room

Chase eating in the breakfast nook(another light fixture and set of curtains that need updating)

Pass-through into the family room

Yea!! I finally have a bigger kitchen! Jas knocked down cabinets that hung over the sink and put in recessed lights already. He is no joke when he wants to get something done.

Dining Room(no light fixture, I'll have to post a pic from our walkthrough-the chandelier was huge and this room and the living room were pink with flowered borders. We started ripping down the border the night we moved in:) I'm very proud of my new china cabinet, it was a craigslist find!

The Living Room almost complete. We still need curtains, rugs, and to hang things up, but its coming along.

We've already had lots of visitors, and we actually now have a few guest rooms. One even already has a bed. For our NY friends that have slept on an air mattress every time you visited us in Baltimore, sorry it took so long, but you're all welcome to come and stay in a real guest room now!

And We're Back!!

Sorry it's been so long again! Now its time to catch everyone up on what's been going on for the past few weeks. Jas suggested instead of one giant post for the past month that I backtrack. So I think the order will be...the move, Chase's first trip to the beach, the 4th of July, and Jas' family visiting from NM. The last one will include a trip to Philly, the aquarium, the beach again, and a family reunion-they are still here visiting so this last post will be continued in a part 2. Needless to say, we've been a little busy.

Hiatus

Sorry for the blurry pic, it was from my cell phone and I was moving toward Chase to try to prevent all of the books from coming off the shelf. Oh well! This is why we've been MIA for a little bit. Unpacking and putting things away with a one-year old is a losing battle somedays:) We'll be back up and running with regular posts and pics of our new house soon!