Great Weekend at the Beach!!! Hello once again to everyone. We had a wonderful weekend (extended one that is!!!) in Shediac last week. Mom picked up the keys to the new cottage on Thursday morning and Charlie and I arrived that afternoon; along with cousins Carlie and Chloe. We had such an incredible 4 days that I can't wait for you to see all the photos.....so.....I'm just going to stop talking now and show you some shots.....

Here is Charlie on the beach. He LOVED the water coming in over his legs. Also enjoyed eating the sand!!!!

After his swim he wanted to dry off in the sun and catch up on his tan! Again, he ate some sand and tried a few rocks too! Mmmmmm!!!

After getting "dirty" at the beach, he came home and took a nice warm bath out on the lawn in his "ducky tub"! Thanks to a good friend, Heather, for telling me about this wonderful invention. There is no bathtub (only shower) at the cottage, so I went to Wal-mart and bought a duck!!! It fits perfectly into the shower (or on the lawn) so the kids can have a bath afterall! Charlie thought it was quite spectacular.

These next couple of photos were taken on Father's Day. David had gone fishing for a couple of days, so we decided to take advantage of the weather (27+ degrees) and stayed in Shediac. We had lots of visitors on Sunday for some beach fun and barbeque! Here's Charlie and Carlie (say that 5 times really fast!!!) playing "ball".


I love this picture!!! He's quite amazed at every little thing he finds! And yes....he ate grass too!!!

I went to visit Donna and Allan for a few minutes and left Charlie behind with everyone. When I came back he was sitting beside uncle Eddy looking like he'd had a few too many "booby juice cocktails!!!" He thought he was pretty cool sporting these shades. What do you think? Oh....and check out that top tooth! My friend Julie called him "white fang" and so far, it's sticking!!!

We returned home late on Sunday night and he was pretty bushed from all the excitement over the weekend. He has slept quite well the past few nights. This last photo David took on Tuesday morning as we waited for Charlie to wake up. Quite typical....Charlie and Schooner in a king sized bed and David and I pushed out! Oh to live the life!!!!!

So....that's it for now. Charlie is now 10 months old and he seems to have grown up so much in the past 2 weeks that we don't want him to keep going. He is now crawling (ahhhhh!), he still smiles all the time and laughs at all my jokes! He is eating like a horse (had a whole steak for lunch today!) and I'm going to get the scales and tape measure out tomorrow because I'm convinced he weighs over 20 lbs and is definately 30 + inches long! David is not so convinced....so, we'll see if Mom knows best! I'll keep you posted!

We will definately be going back to Shediac throughout the summer and would love for you to join us (oh...by the way...Mom IS renting it out by the week if you and your family/friends are interested)

Take care,

love Tracy, David and Charlie

My foolish ploy! Well, I thought after that last post of only 2 photos....sorry Lucy.....that perhaps my plan was starting to work. I thought that maybe if I only put on a couple photos here and there, you maybe would start going through withdrawl and get fed up and decide that you are better off just coming east for a visit and seeing us in person!!!! Is my plan working for anyone??? Just in case it's not, I thougth that I had better start "snapping" and get some more Charlie pics on here before Lucy gets REALLY upset with me.

Tomorrow we are heading off to Mom's cottage in Shediac for a couple of days to enjoy some sunshine...I hope! So, I figured that I had better get these photos on tonight. Here are a few snapshots taken this week of our pride and joy....and our new house (for those who have been asking for pics)

Here is the front.....

and the back....(look at all that lawn to mow...poor David!) Great family home. Wonderful patio for entertaining! We'll be in the end of July so feel free to plan your visits after that - hee!hee!

and this is a nice shot of the river just a short walk down the hill from the house. Great for fishing (obviously), swimming and my favorite....tubing!!!


Now....for our little charmer! Here he is in somewhat of an action shot (hence the blurry hands) He was clapping for the camera. He thinks it's pretty funny now whenever you say "yeahhh!" he claps his hands and laughs.


This was also taken yesterday. It was a beautiful day and so we got the sprinkler out for Charlie and his cousins to play in. He thought that was pretty cool!


Today we went to our soon to be house (it's great having the current owners as relatives, we can just go over and work on the yard whenever we please!!!) Charlie was a big help in cleaning up around the yard - notice the golf ball in his hands he found on the lawn - Then he sat and entertained himself with that ball for quite awhile. When I got the camera out he wouldn't show the teeth though....hmmmm!


But tonight, after his bath he was ready and willing to show those pearly whites to mama for a photo....I LOVE this one.....tooooo funny!!!! He really is a "ham". I'm sure he'll be very upset with me in a few years for taking this picture, but........


Let's see, what else can I tell you....He is starting to crawl. Now has 3 teeth - as you can see above - and another one (front right) is almost through. He hasn't been enjoying teething. Still says "ball" CONSTANTLY but has also added "bird" (or so David seems to think) I can't believe that he will be 10 months next week....where oh where does the time go?

Hope you are well. Keep in touch!
Tracy, David and Charlie

Still having fun! Once again I have been lacking in my blogging....sorry! There just seems to be soooo much going on around here I just can't seem to find the time. So, here I am at 11:15pm on Thursday night downloading photos of my handsome little guy to post. We have had a very eventful couple of weeks. We are very happy to report that we have found a house!!!! We will be moving in the end of July! Not the one we had originally thought....better....perfect house for entertaining so book now!!!! David is very excited as there are many trails around, a river just around the corner and a little pond for winter pond hockey right in the back yard!!!! It belongs to my aunt and uncle so we are really excited (as are they) to be the ones to move in. I'll post some house photos in the near future.


Charlie is loving all the attention he's getting from his cousins. He is learning soooo much from them too. He is now almost crawling....he'll get up on his hands and knees and then lunge forward. He will scoot backwards while on his belly and he can pull himself up in his crib now. His favorite word is "ball" and then "uh-oh". He claps his hands and waves alot too. He still has just the 2 bottom teeth, and is also sporting an eye tooth on the top! He looks so cute with that little "fang" poking out.


Anyhooo.....here are a couple of photos to enjoy.


Here he is with 2 of his cousins inside a fort we built one rainy day!


And this one was taken on a beautiful day last weekend while visitting Nana and Papa. He got to go for a ride in his wagon that they had given him at Christmas. He enjoys it very much!

Well I guess that's all for now. I will have to get a few more shots this weekend. I hope you are all doing well. Keep in touch!