Vacation!!!

For the past 10 days, Mama and Dada enjoyed the beaches and cuisine of Anguilla and St. Maarten/Martin. Here is what we saw (you'll quickly notice the theme).

The view from our balcony at Cap Juluca




At dinner the first night


A view of Sandy Ground, Anguilla

The entrance to Cap Juluca, covered in snow?

(Turns out it was just lots of salt from the salt pond!)

The beach and villas of Cap Juluca

A sunset? dinner on Anguilla



Enjoying a private beach on Anguilla, Cove Bay

Alex decided to try his hand at windsurfing (Lorraine stayed on the shore)

Finally, one last perfect day at Meads Bay

We also spent a few days on St. Maarten, at the Westin. Beautiful pool and facilities on Dawn Beach, plus there was a casino! Here were the views from our room - an end suite!

A very relaxing trip!

Fun around the house

Although Pop Pop left, we are so blessed and lucky to have Grandma G staying with us for the entire month. We've already had tons of fun with her, and she's got the whole house under control these days. Best of all, she's staying with Cooper while Mom and Dad head to Anguilla on vacation!

Playing trains in the living room (trains courtesy of Ben and Jason)


Sitting on our new potty


Eating "nacks" with Grandma

Showing Grandma and Aunt Bebe a football

And now he's showing everyone his airplane

Running around in the backyard

Cheesey boys!

Our nighttime routine...

Starts with brushing teeth

Then rinsing off

Followed by some lotion and then bed

We love you so much, Grandma G. You're the best!!!

Happy 4th!

We were fortunate to have whole Gershman family together to celebrate July 4th. We spent the day helping Scott and Jodi get settled into their new house. The next day, Cooper got to spend time with Pop Pop G.

Swinging together

Peekaboo!

Pop-pop is funny!

I love the sand!


Pop-pop is also busy teaching C how to play tennis.

We miss you already Pop Pop!

The trip to the tri-state area

This past weekend, we stayed at Grandma and Grandpa K's house in NY, went to Charlotte's baptism in CT, and played at a park in NJ. It was a quick trip, but action-packed!

Dada and Cooper at the baptism


An attempt at a picture of great-grandma and the two babies


Relaxing after running around


Chatting with Charlotte over the exersaucer


Smile!

The best of the group pictures

The next day, at the park (a.k.a. a day with Grandpa!)

Waiting for the train to start moving - definitely not sure about this

Wow, there is so much to see!

Now a quick spin on the carousel

Followed by a run to the playground

Jumping on a bridge

And finally, throwing coins in a fountain

A good time was had by all!

One cool kid

Over the past few weeks, Cooper has become very hip. He's always been a fan of the baseball cap, but now he's added sunglasses to the mix. Of course, he doesn't wear them outside...

Chilling over lunch in the kitchen


Getting ready for a day out


Hamming it up for the mirror

Now also with the hat

My two cheeseballs!