The Gounaris Family

Friday, July 08, 2011

Caroline - 23 months

Caroline is just so cute and we have so much fun...when she's not whining! She has started to talk a lot more in full sentences...mostly demands like "Dadda, sit here!" "Momma, baby swing. Momma play!" "I want this...I want that". "JoJo play too!"It's pretty cute. Last week I took her to Party City with me and I asked her if she wanted to have an Elmo Birthday party. She said yeas of course because Elmo is her favorite. Well, she has a good memory because today I asked her if she wanted a birthday party and she said "Yes, Elmo!" She does so many cute and funny things that I am always taking pictures...so here are a million pictures of my Caroline!

Finger painting for the first time. She LOVED it. She made a little something for Daddy for Father's Day






An evening at the beach












Random Funnies...

Trying on headbands and hats
CHEESE!
Sneaky!
Trying on Dads socks!
It was raining, but she just HAD to go outside! She took off all her clothes and went swimming in the rain!

As soon as I sit down to feed AJ, off come her clothes!


She copies EVERYTHING I do...including breastfeeding


She told me "Momma, I swimmin in da sand!"


Throwing the sand and saying "weeee"


A day at Heckshire Park


Playing at the splash pad at Hoyt Farm










Another day at Hoyt...Kissin her brother.

My babies....



Happy 4th of July! She was a little scared when the fireworks first started, but she did great! She kept saying "wow...what that?" Near the end of the show she asked me for her binky and blanket and just cuddled in my lap. Not bad!



The flash was kinda getting to Tom, haha.

AJ - 2 Months

AJ is officially 2 months old! He is such a good baby! I really got lucky with him...I just might have some more. He is awake a lot more now, he holds his head up pretty well, and he usually enjoys tummy time.

Our usual schedule is as follows:

8:30pm -4:00am he sleeps
4:30-7:30am he sleeps
About every 3 hours thereafter he eats, smiles at me for about 1-1.5 hrs, sleeps 1-1.5 hrs
He only cries when he is hungry, tired, or needs a diaper change. Pretty great baby I think!

AJ and daddy



The froggy after his bath...


Some smiles I tried to capture on my phone...


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Grandpa and Nana Visit

My step mom Cathie is awesome! She came to NY for 1o days just to help me out. It was great, I did not wash a single dish or cook a single meal while she was here! She helped with Caroline and AJ a lot...she even watched them twice so Tom and I could go out. My Dad was only able to come for 3 days...but those three days were great! Thanks so much for coming Grandpa and Nana! We love you! We took a lot of pictures, but I think Nana was behind the camera the whole time because we have no pictures with her. Very sad...next time we will get you Nana!

We went to Sunken Meadow Beach a couple times during their visit...






A few random shots....






One of the days we went to Hoyt Farm...






I guess when you live in a desert you appreciate the beauty of NY more, lol. Here are some pictures Cathie snapped around our neighborhood.





Our place... on the right




Another day we went to Sagamore Hill (aka Theodore Roosevelt's home)











Their last full day here we went to Robert Moses Beach with them and Tom's mother, Maryann... it's kinda scary how much Caroline LOVES the beach. She will just run right in the waves so we have to stay close!






Dad, right after a wave got him.


I loved watching Caroline play in the sand with my Dad....I wish we could have stayed longer, but AJ was crying and it was windy.