Vacation

Sorry I have not posted in a while, but we have been on vacation. I have not had time to upload the pics yet (Will come soon- I hope), but thought I would summerize our trip. We left on Saturday Morning (7/12) around noon and headed to Cleveland. Paige did great on the airplane. She slept for 1/2 of the flight and I was able to watch the movie Penelope. We landed in Ohio around 8pm. When we went to get our car from Thrifty and they were out of cars so they offered us a SUV for the same price. We had to wait a little while to get it, but at least it was fun to drive (And was green). We checked into the hotel and then went to my sister's house. We had pizza and hung out with all my family until a little after 11pm. After spending the night in the hotel, we woke up and went to breakfast around 10:30 AM. Then we spent the rest of the day at my sister's house, swimming and then had a BBQ. It was great for Paige to meet that side of her family and everyone loved meeting her. My nephew, Brady was just adorable- all though quite talkative. We headed to Boston the next morning. A quick flight and then we went to get our car from Thrifty again. We would have had to wait a while again for the car we reserved, and while I tried to get the same kind of SUV, they did at least upgrade us to a Chrysler 300 which was a very nice fancy "Old Man" car. Justin was happy though, but I am not sure I will rent from Thrify again. They were nice enough, but the service was not very good and when you have a baby you do not want to be waiting a long time for your car. We spent the afternoon with my Aunt Trisha, Lyndsi & Max- Then both my grandma & grandpa/Doris came over for a BBQ. We had a great time. The next day we hung out- shopped in downtown Salem. My parents got in late that night and the next morning we all headed to Hampton Beach. We took Paige to the beach for the first time (Of course she was asleep at first) awake and she put her feet in the ocean. It was still pretty cold. They had a great heated pool. We watched a fireworks show that night, but Paige did not like it very much. Too loud. We were in Hampton Beach for another night and then headed to Cape Cod. We went to dinner that night with my Uncle Rick, Aunt Cheryl, Kevin and his girlfriend and my parents/sisters. Paige threw up on Justin and I had to run to Marshalls to get him new shorts/boxers since we were on our way to a concert. I bought him red sox boxers (which he was just so excited about-Not!). We went and watched the Hyannis Sound. It is a group of 12 college age boys who live together for the summer and perform. They were accapela and awesome. The next day was my nana's 80th birthday party. Almost all of the Pidgeon family was there. Even my cousin Chris and his wife Gail who are expecting their first child any day. It was beautiful. We spent the next day shopping and hanging out with my family. Monday we got to see my cousin Patrick and went for a lobster lunch. We also went to the beach. The water was much warmer and Paige didn't want to get up. On Tuesday, we headed back towards Boston. We stopped to shop at Delias where I bought a decent amount of clothes. Then we had dinner at my grandparents house. The next day we hung out and then celebrated Lyndsi & Chelsie's birthdays with a dinner at my aunts house. Thursday we went to the John Adams houses tour and then to Fanuel Hall in Boston. Friday we headed home. Paige did well on the flight again, but Justin did have to get up with her for a little while. Overall- we had a great time. Unfortunetely, my grandma's boyfriend Duke was diagnosed with Lung & Liver cancer. They are not giving him much time. I am glad we got to see him again before he dies, but it is hard to watch my grandma loose the man she has lived with as long as I can remember. Please keep her in your prayers. We are just adjusting to California again. She got used to sleeping with us so we need to break her of that habit again. She is crawling everywhere now and our house needs a lot of help. She also broke her first tooth! I will update with pictures soon.

Here are a few of my favorites. I will add more when I have a minute.

My Nephew Brady is 7 and wanted to hold Paige all night.
Paige as a Pirate
Loving eating at my Aunt Trishas House
Daddy & Paige with their bibs
She loves the ocean.

4th of July

So, as mentioned in the previous blog, we went to a ranch for 4th of July. We swam, we ate some good food, played tennis and watched fireworks up at the cross. The Matthews have a huge ranch in San Ramon. If you have ever seen the cross on the hill from the highway, that is their property. And there was a great view of the fireworks. I thought Paige would be sleeping, but she was wide awake. And since we were not too close, they did not scare her. It was cold up there and we tried to keep her warm, but her nose is a little stuffed up this morning.

We had a good time, but when we got home CLO-E was missing. We had left her in the back patio (The side gate was locked and we still don't know how she got out). She was in trouble which is why she was outside. When we went to Wal-Mart earlier (Shopping for our vacation next week!) she had gone into Paige's room and tore up her mini blinds. Since this is a rental- that stinks even more. Plus she had gotten into a couple of other things too. So Justin put her outside and decided she could stay there. We did not think about the fact that fireworks scare her and that was probably the driving factor in her escape. So I put the baby to bed, and looked close to the house while Justin drove around calling her name. After about an hour he came home and we decided to go to sleep. She is a dark dog so finding her at 11:30 PM was nearly impossible. We left the front door cracked so she could get in if she came home. As I was writing a text message to my friends asking them to pray she walked through the front door. That is so like our dog. She never goes far from home. Usually when she gets out she sits on the front lawn.

So it was a long night! But everyone is OK.

Isn't her outfit so cute.
My sisters and I hopped in the back of a truck for the ride uphill to the cross.
Our family at the cross
A better picture
Daddy & Paige watching the fireworks- Paige took a minute to smile pretty for a picture.

Paige's first swim

We went to the Matthews Ranch (Friends of the family) for 4th of July (More on that on the next post). They recently re-finished their pool . It was not too hot but the pool was warm (I actually wished I have brought my bathing suit). So we put Paige in her bathing suit and Justin took her in. She was a little scared at first, but then she had a great time- just splashing away.

Just a little over a week until she gets to go to the Atlantic Ocean. We will be at Hampton Beach for 2 nights so she should be able to finally see the beach.

A little unsure of this water.
Daddy! Where are we?
Ok this is a little fun!
Lets never leave

New Foods

Justin was eating watermelon. After being stared down by Paige he decided to let her have a try. She just sucked away and when he tried to take it away she would get mad. Now we will have something to use the food things my Aunt got us for the shower. You put in cut up pieces for fruits into this mesh bag and they can chew on it without worrying about choking.

Visiting with Justin's Family

Last Sunday we drove to Auburn to visit with Justin's family. His "Cousins" came in from Utah to visit his Grandma's Sister (We call her Minga). Daphne is now 7 (She was 3 at our wedding and so cute) and we got to meet Zachary for the first time. They were so cute. Paige had a great time and was very excited with all of the new people/toys. In addition to hanging out, the kids played in the sprinklers, we went for a couple of walks and had dinner at Maria's (A cute little mexican restaurant). Besides the fact that we hit some road work that caused a 45 minutes delay (Causing us to get home around 11pm) with a screaming baby, we had a great time.

Kids love playing "Horsie' with Justin
She wanted to hold Paige
Chris & Michelle