Trip Up North 2

I finally got around to adding the rest of the pictures from our trip up north. They are in no particular order.

This first picture is actually not from up north, but our dining room at home. I just felt like adding this picture anyway.


Here is the beginning of our trip at the airport in Houston. This is an important part of the trip because it was Charlotte's first time flying.

Taking a picture with Mommy at the gate.

Picture with Daddy at the gate.

Asleep on the plane before take off.

Sitting up like a big girl in Daddy's seat.

Playing with her cousin Lucia in Connecticut.

Here are our attempts at getting a group picture of the cousins. As expected, we had mixed results.

Chilling out on the couch in Connecticut.

Happy baby.

While in New Hampshire, we were able to see some friends we hadn't seen in almost a year. At our friends Heather and John's house, Charlotte was able to go in a swing for the first time. . . and she loved it.

Charlotte sitting on the hammock with Heather and John's daughter Emma.

Nice picture of Emma, Heather and Charlotte.

Continuing with more firsts for Charlotte, she was able to meet her Great Memere.

We were able to take a short trip down to Dartmouth, MA to Sarah's grandparents' house so Charlotte could meet some more great aunts and uncles for the first time.

Here Charlotte is with her Great Aunt Lynn.

Her Great Uncle Alec.

Charlotte was also able to meet her Great Aunt Debbie and Great Uncle Noel, as well as Sarah's cousin Peter.

Playing with Aunt Debbie's hair.

Group shot with Aunt Debbie, Uncle Noel and Cousin Peter.

Close up shot.

Pepere sharing some watermelon with Charlotte on the Fourth of July.

Playing with Memere.

Charlotte also met our friends Lindsey and Derek for the first time.

Picture with Memere.

Trip Up North 1

I am splitting our trip north into two parts because I took pictures off of different cameras. So the two parts are not necessarily in chronological order. The second post will fill in some gaps in these pictures.



We flew into Boston on June 29Th and immediately drove down to Connecticut to spend some time with Charlotte's Aunt Natalia, Uncle Josh, Cousins Lucia and Nolan.



Here Memere is helping Lucia and Nolan with their art.




Lucia.

Nolan giving his Uncle Craig a big hug.

Lucia giving her Uncle Craig a big hug.

Lucia having fun on her butterfly rocker.

Charlotte playing with Lucie and Mommy.

Sitting on Mickey and playing with Lucie.

Charlotte, Lucie and Memere watching TV together.

Out to lunch at a Westport BBQ restaurant.

Having a bottle with Aunt Natalia.

Mommy playing with cousin Nolan.

Group shot playing in the living room.

While in Connecticut we took a group stroll through a bird sanctuary/nature preserve. Lucie pointing at the birds/owls while Uncle Josh carries her around.

Owl.

Charlotte is always happy to go for a ride in her stroller. This was really the first time she saw trees in forest form, and had the joy of riding through it.

Nolan deep in thought looking out over the pond.

Nolan sitting with Pepere.

Taking a break.

Uncle Josh and Lucia.

Nolan checking in on Charlotte. If you look closely, you can see that Charlotte is more interested in the rice cake Nolan is holding than she is in Nolan.

Fascinated by the turtle puppet that Nolan and Lucie gave her as a gift.

Back in New Hampshire, sitting in Pepere's chair.

Charlotte got to meet Memere's friend Lynda on the 4Th of July.

We went to a family outing for the 4Th of July at Charlotte's Great Aunt Cheryl and Great Uncle David's house. This was Charlotte's first trip to New Hampshire and the first time she met most of Daddy's aunts and uncles.

Sitting out on the deck with Aunt Chris, Aunt Sylvia and cousin Jessa.

Playing with Aunt Chris and Aunt Denise.

Talking with and getting kisses from Aunt Denise.

Having fun with Aunt Margie and being silly trying on her sunglasses.

Laughing.

Sitting with Mommy.

Having a nice time with everyone on a beautiful 4Th of July.

In the next post, I will add pictures of more firsts for Charlotte, including her first airplane ride, meeting her Great Memere, meeting some aunts and uncles from Sarah's family, and meeting some other friends of ours.