Rhode Island, Beach House, Williamsburg, and MORE...WOW!

WOW! This summer so far has been so busy but also so fun! We just got back from a great family vacation. It started off in Rhode Island to celebrate my grandparents 50th wedding anniversary. They flew our entire family to Rhode to be a part of it all! It was so special to get to be there to celebrate with them! And we had so much fun hanging with the family! The renewed their vowels in the same church they got married in 50 years ago. We then went to a reception with my pepere's 13 siblings and significant others and my memere's sister and brother! It was quite a party :)

Evan did not exactly cooperate during church service...let's just say he wanted to sing when singing time was over and when the reverend was talking...thought he needed to also...people around us thought it was SOOO cute but, he watched the rest from the lobby! :)
The 14 siblings!

The best restaurant game EVER...napkin hide and seek!


The next day was the Barrette family reunion. Well...let me tell you...WE KNOW WHERE THE RED HAIR COMES FROM! It was CRAZY!!!!!! There were 4 other red heads!!!! All within a few years of eachother (which is even CRAZIER!). We of course had to get a pic with the first one we saw (Joshua)! Everyone that saw him commented about how he got the red hair. No one from my grandparents generation has it, so it goes back pretty far and it surfacing just now!

After a wonderful weekend in Rhode Island, we headed to the Outer Banks in NC to hang out at the beach house. After a very interesting day of traveling, we finally made it. Evan had a blast chillin in the sand, swimming, and hanging out with Cousin Marley!


Has no interest in things cut in pieces...



We were supposed to return home on Saturday afternoon but due to a canceled flight, got to have an impromptu stay in Williamsburg! We took my mom down to Colonial Williamsburg and browsed the historical buildings and shops. I just couldn't resist purchasing these shirts for Evan and Marley and Grandnan couldn't resist the hats! (EVAN LOVES THIS HAT! Wears it all over the house!)

He kept grabbing the bonnet...eventually we just put it on him...I think Bethany got a pic of that!
He is such a goofball!



After a wonderful vacation, we are back and I am working on getting everything put together and organized after our trip. More pics to come maybe later today waiting for my other camera to charge!

Summer is here and new adventures begin!

It's officially summer and I am officially a STAY AT HOME MOMMY! It was very sad my last few days of teaching, I had such an AMAZING class this year but, I am THRILLED to get the opportunity to be home with Evan and little lindberg #2! That's right, January 5th, 2011 Little Lindberg #2 is expected! I have already had a few doctor's appts and things look great! VERY different with this one-once you have one that is premature prenatal care is a little different.

Starting at 17 weeks, I have to get weekly pregestorne injections to prevent preterm labor. It is the only completely safe method (Tributelyne and Magnesium...YUCK) and it is effective. A home health care nurse will come to our house once a week to administer the shots and I will get them until I am 36 weeks. After that, doctor said be ready and prepared because in most cases, week 37 that baby is here. So...this time I will not be UNPREPARED! That bag will be packed the first week in December :) Other than that...baby was measuring right on track (not big like big brother). I have my next appt in a few weeks and we will get to hear the heart beat! Though I can kind of cheat on that since I have my own monitor! But I was thinking the first time might be the most fun in doc's office. I have been feeling pretty yucky with this pregnancy so I am counting down until my 13th week when all the baby books say it gets "better"...queasy about 90% of the time, only want fruit products (and about screamed at the lady at Jack n the Box when she said the milkshake machine was broken), HEARTBURN from EVERYTHING-Tums are my new favorite snack food :), very different from how I felt about Evan...I think this is going to be WILD CHILD! :)

Although things have been so crazy with finishing up work...we have definitely still had some time for FUN! We are in the pool like crazy and we have just been hanging out! Evan's most favorite things right now....swimming, BUZZ LIGHTYEAR, balls, yogurt melts, ravioli, playing on the computer, still loves SID, being outside, bossing around the puppies, dancing...I have seen the biggest changes with him recently though...he will wipe his face and nose, clean up his own toy mess (put it away), and follows directions so well! He went from like a baby to such a little person!

Happy!
ANGRY! He was carrying these around and kept stepping on them! Made him so mad!
Eating lunch with uncle!

Daddy couldn't resist the chair...
Last Friday night, we babysat Jayden! Got a little dose of what two is like :) hahaChowing down on asparagus...WILL HE EVER EAT NEATER????!!!! Doing so much better with veggies!
Few more pool pics from when some friends came over!

I have a good friend from college, Amy, who asked what kind of words he says...so right now we are hearing lots of mommy, daddy, more, please, uh-oh (purposely throws/drops things so he can say it!), puppy, bad-puppy, bye bye, hey, ball, what, bar (loves breakfast bars), that, a-me (meaning to give him something), down, NO NO, yeah....there are more but those are the main ones right now!

And some videos of our little water baby!

Little Gym Graduation!

Yesterday, we had Evan's Little Gym Graduation! He was running around like crazy! We are going to take a break for the summer with all the weekend festivities so I guess he was just living it up :) Here are some highlights...



Awww loves daddy!
Ms. Amy showed us a cool trick to get him to do the bar!

He can walk the beam now! He did not have the best control up until now...


Fam pic
He is so proud of himself
With his buds!
Amy did this on Camden's blog and I thought it was such a cute idea...so here is a pic of Evan from his first Little Gym Graduation! PS...I did not cry at this graduation!
And just a few pics of him just hanging out...
His preferred way of enjoying snacks...right out of the bag!
Here is a smilebox I created of even more pics of yesterday! (For the Grandmas :) )

Personalize your own slideshow design

Oh Boy...

On Sunday mornings, Evan likes to swim naked!

we were playing outside and he decided he wanted to swim...so after his clothes got soaked...we just stripped him down!

Evan just hanging with his crew!

Yesterday, Wes and April had everyone over to tell Allison, Chris, and Gracey bye. They are moving back to Minnesota! As happy for them as we are, it is such a bummer! But, we had a blast yesterday and with facebook, blogs, etc...we will keep in touch!

Evan and all the kids really liked the water table! May just have to get one of those for the patio!


Evan LOVES to go to Jayden's house! He can have marshmallows, cheese dogs, oreos, cheddar popcorn, Mr. Icee's...so many fun treats! :) OH and a new favorite...MUD PIE! Erin made the most yummy dessert! We cooked out and the kids were in heaven in the new play area that Wes and April just built! She got some pretty hilarious pics, so I will have to post some once she sends them to me!

After they ate and played a while, they decided to go in the "baby hot tub". We call it that because the water was like bath water. They loved it! Evan went right in, of course! I have got to teach this boy to swim this summer...absolutely NO FEAR! And he kept trying to lean his head back and float! It was hilarious. We told the kids this is the ONLY time they will be allowed in a hot tub in their undergarments! Little Maleah preferred to be fully clothed! When they got out, their diapers weighed like 20 pounds! Some of April's friends are in from Chicago and staying at the JW Marriot (we may be headed up today :) ) and that is their daughter Ella in some of the pics! She loved the babies!






We took a few pics as we said goodbye :(

The mommy pic (minus Dani, Nick, and Nathan...they had to leave)
Allison and Gracey, Erin and Maleah, Me and Evan, April and Jayden

The daddy pic...looks like chaos!

BFF...pic from the other night when Jayden came over to play! (what is Evan's foot doing? :) )