Confession Time

I have not picked up my camera in at least a week. Unpacking has been hectic, and while things are starting to finally feel kind of put together, I just never seem to remember to take any pictures. I'll try to revive Project 365...we'll see what happens.

Until then, here are a few pictures I have taken with my cell phone.

Natalie's first day of Little Gym in Houston. She fell right in to place!

Hangin' out on the couch

This was Natalie's first trip to the Galleria that she can actually remember. Serious excitement overload for a four year old! The ice skating rink, two-story fountain, Chick-Fil-A, Build A Bear, the Disney Store, a giant candy store, and the sheer size of the mall had her eyes bigger than dinner plates. And she is now already asking to go skating!

First Day of Pre-K!

Where did our baby Natalie go?!

Kentucky

We took a trip to Kentucky to visit Brad's grandparents and extended family before moving back to Texas. The drive from New Jersey to Kentucky is much shorter than the drive from Texas to Kentucky, so we decided to take advantage of that. The girls did surprisingly well on the car ride there...a little worse on the car ride back home, but still overall, they did great!

Crossing our first state line...only about 10 minutes from home!

In to West Virginia...

...and then Ohio. Little did we know at this point that we'd be hitting 5 mph traffic for about an hour and a half in Ohio. As miserable as it was, the girls hung in there.

We made it!

Natalie wasted no time getting Grandmother to read her a story.

And shucked corn with Granddad.

Here are the girls playing Ants in the Pants with Grandpa.

And coloring pretty pictures on his sidewalk for him.

Four generations!

Lots of little girl cousins working in the garden...Natalie had a blast with so many little kids around (on both sides of the family, but I didn't have my camera with me for one of our other visits).

Sisters!

Swinging with Grandpa.

Julia's sleep schedule was a little thrown off on our trip. We were keeping her up later than usual in the evenings and sometimes she woke up too early from her naps. It would have been better for her to sleep in her bed the entire time, but it sure was fun to have her fall back asleep on us!

A park close to Grandmother and Granddad's house has a big fort, which Natalie loved.

My pretty big girl...

...and my pretty little girl, always handing things to people.

On the last day, we drove in to Cincinnati to visit the museum complex. The girls loved the children's museum and Natalie enjoyed the science museum. Here Julia is trying to catch the fish in the tank.

Project 365: Weeks 33, 34 and 35

These weeks are incomplete because we were in Kentucky part of the time. I am going to make a separate post with Kentucky pictures, so I'm combining these two Project 365 weeks into one post. There are also a few days without pictures...some days I just didn't pick up the camera in the middle of all the packing craziness :(

8/13/12: I love the expression on Julia's face when she gets a hold of something that belongs to Natalie. She knows she has to savor the moment since it could be ripped out of her hands at any moment!

8/15/12: This ended up being our last trip to Terhune, although we didn't know it at the time. It was perfect to be there with friends one last time. Natalie and Teagan really became great buds while we lived in New Jersey, so it was especially hard to say goodbye to that family.

8/16/12: One last trip to Sesame Place before moving!

8/24/12: Brad and Natalie doing a P90X DVD. Julia got in on the action too, but I was a little too late with the camera to capture it.

8/27/12: A group picture of all the kids who could make it to the last playdate before we moved. It perfectly captures the moment and the group -- someone throwing a fit, someone hidden behind someone else, a couple people distracting each other, and lots of people not looking. Love those kids!

8/27/12: Last mom's night out before we moved. I love these ladies so much and am so sad to not hang out with them anymore!