New Jersey Trip 2010 Part 2!

So from the beach we headed to visit Yaya, Poppy, Doug, Alli and Julie. We left the beach around nap time in hopes that the kids would go down. Riiiight.. After quite a bit of fussing on Cole's behalf we stopped at a rest stop, Steve and Addie went in for drinks, and I fed Cole till he fell asleep and put him carefully in the carseat. We instructed Addie to be very very quiet so as to not wake him up and if she needed to talk, she had to whisper. Well, whisper she did. For the entire 1.5 hours left of the trip. No nap for Addie that day...and a lot of whispered stories and songs later....we arrived! Cole and Julie got straight to re-acquainting.

Not sure why I can't turn this one, but I love it because they're holding hands again...awwww....remember when they did that back in May?

Coley loves hearing Poppy whisper secrets into his ear.....pssst.

Dinner time! Lots of yummy food to be had this weekend....

What....you've never seen pureed carrots before? They can be just as tasty as pizza.

Ayum!

Julie is a smiley bug! That bow was Addie's when she was a baby--featured in this old school blog post. Doesn't Julie look a bit like Addie did?

Addie loves to "hold" Cole like she did when he was little, but now he's so big, she has to settle for just hugging him from behind.

Couch photoshoot. BIG Smile :)

Sweetness.

Cousins!


We took a trip to Halo Pub for some ice cream. Yum!

The babies had to settle for chilling in their carseats.
Because this is what happens when Cole gets out...


Addie's first chocolate chip cookie dough...big fan!

Douggo and Cole relaxing


Addie and Yaya laughing...

....and giggling...

...and cuddling :)

It was Poppy's birthday the day after we left, so we celebrated early with some birthday eclairs.


Some more kisses and cuddles...

Some family pictures...



And it was time to go home :( The trip went too fast! So we left home around naptime on Tuesday in hopes they would go to sleep....riiiight. But wait! They did! I fed Cole until he was asleep at the house and put him in the carseat and Addie was--once again--instructed to be quiet. She was and...miracle of miracles, she fell asleep!! We were relaxing, feeling a bit smug actually because we got our kids both down at the same time when...what's that smell? Oh look, Cole's awake but happy. And yes, what IS that smell? Oh...he pooped. So we pull into the parking lot of a Burger King and I set to a 20 minute clean-up because he pooped all over the carseat, all over his outfit (in the trash!) and all over him. Addie woke up halfway through the cleanup and because it was only after 20 minutes of napping...understandably cranky. We whipped out the emergency portable DVD player and she was happy and Cole was happy for the rest of the 2 hour trip...seriously!

And look who followed us home!