Time Travel

Since June we've been on the road and on the plane visiting friends and family. It's been a great summer, but I'm ready to be home for a while!  We are taking lots of family pictures, Stephen is just so busy with his photography business, that it seems difficult to find the time for personal family picture printing and organization! Here's what our schedule has been:

In June:

week in Houston

In July:

a week in Watercolor, FL

a weekend in NYC

In August:

a weekend in San Diego

a weekend in Ft. Smith, AR

a weekend in Vicksburg, MS

In September:

a week in Houston

a weekend in Dallas

a weekend in Gulf Shores, AL

That's 7 states, 10 flights,  and 10 road trips in 4 months!!!

The boys are doing great! Adler is ready to get back to school (he's missed the first 2 weeks), we are planning a busy October- Adler will be turning 3 and Stephen will turn the big 3-0. We also have tickets to the U2 concert for October 6th! Stephen has a very busy photography month as well! Eli Beckett is crawling, or dragging himself across the house. He is rocking on all fours, but not quite crawling on all four. He is attempting to pull up on things, so we are having to revisit some of the baby proofing things around the house. He's been awfully quiet (often seeming to just be taking it all in), but has suddenly discovered that he can make noises just as loud as Adler's and they seem to have their own kind of competition. Eli loves for me to kiss the back of his neck when I put him down in his crib for bedtime. His little giggles are so cute, even when he is so tired and has his eyes closed, he still manages a little grin when I kiss his neck and say, "I love you". He loves dance parties with Adler and gets excited when I turn on the CD player in our bedroom. They are sweet brothers!

We are getting ready for fall and routine at our house! October is my favorite month in Atlanta!

Adler quotes

Adler: "Get out of my way!"

Mommy: "Adler, that is not a way to talk to Mommy."

Adler: "Get out of my way, please!"

While doing P90x video w/ Stephen:

Mommy: "Adler, are you getting hungry for lunch?"

Adler: "No, Mommy, you keep playing with Daddy"

After Sadie stole the boiled egg I had fixed on Adler's plate for lunch:

Mommy: "Sadie!, UGGGGHHHHH!!!"

Adler: "Mommy, you NO do that..."UGGGHHHH"!"

(We had recently talked about attitude and not making the sound UUGGGGHH when frustrated...geez, wonder where he got that!)

Adler: "Mommy, you poo poo in the potty?"

Mommy: "umm, uh huh.." (sorry if tmi)

Adler: "Mommy! You get a sucker!!"

While changing a diaper

Adler: "I need butt cream!" (referring to Desitin)

Adler: "Mommy, I like Ramsay"

Hmmm, first crush? We love Ramsay too and are definitely pro-arranged marriages at our house. :)

While getting boys ready for a bath:

Mommy: "Adler, ok, time to jump in the tub"

Adler: "OK, Mommy!"

As I look up to see Adler standing on the bath tub ledge, literally about to "jump" into the tub of water!

Mommy: "Um, I mean, crawl in very carefully!"

Adler: "Oh! Okay, Mommy!"

Places to go

I know I'm behind on posts. Since San Diego, we've been to Arkansas and Mississippi - call it the "grand parent" tour of the South. Blogs and pictures to come, but wanted to say...have you seen Stephen's new website? If not, check it out here. He has some great family videos up. 

Time for bed now! I've P90xed myself to complete wastedness. 

And, yes, we've just begun...to live!

It's a new era at the Hunton house. Both boys can fit into a shopping cart! We had a successful trip to Target this week....that may actually not be a GOOD thing! :)

San Diego Baby

San Diego, baby! Did I tell you Stephen sent me on a mommy get-away weekend? Katie and I flew to Sunny San Diego two weekends ago to visit Stasia. Stephen did a great job with the boys and seemed to have had lots of fun! Needless to say, so did we!

Always a reason to strike a pose.... (pics compliments of KT)

Friday morning, we dropped Stasia off at work and took a walk on the beach

Later, we went to Hotel Del Coronado to check out the beach, pool and historic hotel
We were obviously hit on the entire weekend....ugh!!
Sunset at George's with blueberry mojitos in hand couldn't be beat!






Would you believe we went surfing? These were the pros:
This is how the amatuers do it. Step 1) load surf board into jeep
Step 2) wet suit up
Step 3) Try to think happy thoughts
Step 5) Smile, even if you are afraid of stepping on a sting ray, being eaten by a shark, being run over by another surfer, and being beaten by waves and dragged out to sea
Stasia had some amazing friends who took care of us in the water and even cooked us dinner! Surfing turned out to be a blast!
I was the only one who wanted to see the view from Mt. Solidad. Stasia re-inacted the scene from Rocky.
Good morning at Stasia's place...

OK, now for my pics..... KT and I met in Houston

Back to our Friday morning...we had the most amazing mochas and shared a beautiful blueberry muffin






Stasia's room









Thanks, Stasia, for an awesome weekend!

xoxo

Posting away..

Lottie and Eli.....Lottie has her princess patch on, she is strengthening the eyesight in her right eye. She is such a smilie girl and her doctors are so impressed with her progress. We love you, Lottie!

Watching big brother Adler take on the Piedmont Park playground. (his bottom says "life is good") :)
Buddies.......

Auntie Meg and Uncle Benjy came to play...
Pool side with Colby