New Jersey 2010

Our trip to New Jersey this year was so fun and relaxing. We stayed with Uncle Steve and Aunt Helen for the first couple of nights. They live only about 5 miles from Ocean City so we spent some time there on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Emilia got to go on the same carousel as last year each night that we went to the boardwalk. She LOVED it this year and couldn't wait to ride once she saw it each night! We spent the rest of the days with Aunt Vicki, Uncle Murray, and the boys in Avalon and had wonderfully relaxing days and a fun night out in Wildwood on Tuesday.


Brian and I even got a chance to get up to Philadelphia while Emilia spent the day with Grami and Aunt Vicki! We officially made pigs of ourselves and had cheesesteaks from both Pat's and Geno's. Our humble consensus is that Pat's is better (although we've decided we'd eat either again).




Just like any good vacation we had dessert every night. Emilia really showed the ice cream who was boss!



When we first got to the beach Emilia wasn't so sure about the sand. She was alright as long as she was on the blanket, and she enjoyed scooping with her shovel. After a little bit of coaxing we got her to stand in the sand then eventually sit. Once she started burying my feet she was fine. After she got comfortable we couldn't keep her out of the sand and it was hard to get her cleaned off to get in the car (which needs to see the shop vac badly, by the way)!





The ocean was a different story. She loved it from the minute she saw it again this year. She kept calling it the "pool". It was hard to keep her safe, because she wanted to run in and out of the waves like the big kids! She got knocked down a couple of times, and her face got splashed or went under the water, but she got right back up and did it all over again!






The best part of the ocean was when Aunt Vicki brought down the tube. Emilia immediately got in and started riding the waves. We may have a future surfer on our hands!



The waves were obviously very relaxing...here she is in her zen state sitting in the surf!










We stopped by Aunt Jacky's house for dinner before we went home and got a chance to visit with Aunt Toni for a bit. It was so nice to see everyone again this year!!

Weekend camping trip

We decided to go on an impromptu camping trip this weekend. Saturday morning we made reservations at the Harper's Ferry KOA, hooked up the camper, and took off. The campground was awesome with a couple of pools, a big bounce pillow, an ice cream social, and a pancake breakfast. Emilia is starting to enjoy these trips more and more, and she's such a good girl around the camp site. She even has her very own camp chair. The most interesting thing at the site this time was the rocks on the ground!


After dinner and ice cream Emilia took a dip in the pool. The weather was absolutely perfect while we were there. It wasn't too hot, but it was comfortable enough to spend some time in the water.

She tried to empty the pool one bottle at a time.

After swimming we went back to the site and put on jammies. Emilia had a snack and some milk while daddy got the fire going.


We knew it was time for Emilia to hit the hay when she went to the camper door knocking to be let in. Brian and I were both outside!! I brought her in and put her in the pack n play, and she was out before I was able to close the door. She played so hard and was so tired! Luckily, she sleeps as well in the camper as she does in her crib at home. She slept straight through until 7:30 am!

We had a little time before check-out the following morning so we took a walk around after pancakes and saw some of the sights (mostly the campers that we'd like to get someday).