After our beach weekend, we came back to Atlanta and enjoyed another week of Grandma. I got to go to the mall (first time since Eli was born), we took the boys to an inflatable play place, had pizza night at the park, and just generally loved having Grandma (and she put up with us, even after the boys got her sick with a miserable cold. That's love). 

 We tried giving Eli corn on the cob after Caden decided he was finished with it. Big success. That boy was chowing down on that ear.

 Caden playing with his trains, kept safe by the barricade Gma set up so Eli couldn't "torment his trains" as Caden likes to put it. Eli looked on longingly, wishing he could rip up those tracks and chew away at them.

 Our budding Mozart. He does the same thing with our computer keyboard and mouse. How is he so big? That outfit is 24 months (and he's been wearing it for the past two months now). He eats like crazy, and we've gotten to the point that my milk is just not enough for him. So, nursing, 3+ meals a day, and a supplemental bottle, and he still wakes up to eat at night. He is BIG and HEAVY (haven't weighed him, but our educated guess is around 26 lbs at 8+ months). 

G&G W come visit!

In May, we were lucky enough to have G&G W come out to visit us in Georgia! Grandpa was here for a week, then we got to keep Grandma for an extra week. There were some set backs, such as both boys being sick and Caden had a yucky, croup-y night followed by our first visit to the pediatrician since moving here. Speaking of croup, Caden has twice woken up around 10pm with awful croup after going to bed with not a symptom of anything. Twice Jess and I have been out on a date and Grandma has been home watching him when said croup has occurred. We're just grateful it was Grandma watching and not some teenage babysitter, since the first time we had to take him to the ER to get the symptoms to calm down. Anyway, yay for Grandma!                           We spent one day down at the Atlanta Zoo. I must say, after having a pass to the Cincinnati Zoo and going there on a regular basis, Atlanta's zoo was a little, well, sad. It just doesn't compare. But, Caden loved seeing the animals and Eli sat happily in the stroller. The top two pictures are at the zoo. The second one Caden is standing in front of a sleeping giant Panda.

 

We spent the weekend down in Savannah, GA at a beach house on Tybee Island. Despite a car accident that apparently totaled our old camry, we made it down there safe and sound and enjoyed our time immensely. We had deep-fried sea food, and then we had some truly incredible sea food (okay, I had chicken, but mine was incredible as well). We played at the beach between downpours and went into Savannah to see the city. We ended up not spending much time there, because frankly, little ones don't care about historic sites or sight-seeing in general. We had a grand time at the beach, though. Jess drove down Friday night after work and spent the rest of the weekend with us, then we had to drive back Sunday and drop my dad off at the airport. 

 Eli started "real" crawling days before the trip, and figured out how to pull himself up at the beach house.

 Daddy, Caden and Grandpa playing in the waves

 Eli was not quite sure what to think about the water.

 Caden LOVED playing in the sand, building sand castles and burying daddy.

 Our family at the beach. Caden was absolutely miserable at this point (still sick) but still loved playing at the beach and didn't want to stop and take pictures.

 These faces just make me happy :)