Letting go

Ever since having kids and returning to work, I have been advised over and over again that the key to surviving is to learn to let go.  For those of you that know me well, you know that this is not an easy task for me.

I am over 18 months behind on the blog. Coincidentally, this timeframe gap matches that of the timeframe when work just got unbelievably busy.  I have made many attempts to try and accurately depict this gap.  Unfortunately, none were successful in completely closing the gap.  My last hurrah was prior to Becca's birth. I made some jumps, but it just didn't happen. 

I have been struggling for a while with this issue.  You see, for me, this blog is my children's baby books.  Don't get me wrong, I have a formal baby book for each of them.  It gets pulled out every year or so and a few more items are jotted down.  And there is a shoebox full of pictures and items to be added to it, eventually.  But this blog is where I have detailed our lives, with pictures and details.  So for me to just omit a period of  time, is really really hard.

However, I see things happening every day that I want to document and remember.  Since I have already learned that 'catching up' is almost impossible, that means leave a gap or don't blog at all with Becca.

I  am trying to focus on the big picture here.  I plan to print the blog into a book for the kids. Kinda like the day to day baby book.  Therefore, the middle of May 2012 through August 2013, sorry, but you are being omitted.  Stay tuned for lots of new pics of both Jesse and Becca. Guess that means I need to rename the blog too, as there are now four instead of three...

Vacation to Sesame Place

The weekend of May 11th - 14th (Friday through Monday), we headed to Sesame Place to visit Elmo!  Sesame Place is an amusement park with the Sesame Street theme, located outside of Philadelphia, PA.  It is roughly the half way point between NH and OH, so we were able to meet the Reynolds and the Szygendas there as well.

It is always a great time when we all get together!  Especially this trip, since we celebrated Rob's birthday and learned that the Szygenda's were expecting!  Unfortunatly, the Reynolds headed home early, since AJ and Mason developed hand foot and mouth disease while on vacation.

We messed up, because we left the good camera battery plugged into the wall in NH charging.  We had the camera, just no battery.  So the pictures from this trip are from the video camera.  Hey, they are better than not having a camera at all, right?

Jesse was afraid to interact with all of the characters.  We were able to get him to stand with Mom, by the characters, as we had him 'honk' their noses.  As we were literally walking out of the park, he actually walked up to Bert and Ernie and took a picture without Mom or Dad!

The park is half amusement park and half water park.  On our second day, we tried the water park.  It was very short lived.  Jesse was not a fan of the falling water throughout all of the water park.  So we spent two days hitting the rides and shows.

Thank you for meeting us at Sesame Street Reynold's Family and Szygenda's Family!

Day 1 with out friends:
Jesse, Grace, AJ and Mason on the carousel...

High Five with the Count...

The three older kids

The only snipit I have with all four kids.  Unfortunately, the camera was on video instead of picture...

 By the time I switched to picture, AJ had moved and Jesse almost fell asleep...

Jesse is ready for a nap!

The little dancing Mason, during the parade.

Happy Birthday Rob!

Day 2 - Heaton's on their own:

 The parade - Day 1 Jesse napped through the parade...

But on day 2, Dad and Jesse were both needing a nap midday, due to all of the excitement!

 Let's honk Elmo's nose!

 Look Mom...I can honk Ernie's nose all by myself!

Aerobie with the neighbor kids in the front field

There is a town field at the entrance of our neighborhood.  In early spring, the grass is still fairly short.  Scott enjoys taking Jesse up to the field to run around and play.  On Monday May 7, 2012, we headed up to the front field for a little bit of aerobie (similar to frisbee) with the neighbor kids.

The kids had a great time running around!  Here are a few pics of the fun.

2012 Madbury Pancake Breakfast

On Sunday May 6, 2012, our local fire department had their annual pancake breakfast fundraiser.  Scott and I have enjoyed going to this since we moved to Madbury.  We love supporting the fire department through the breakfast and silent auction.  Jesse has enjoyed climbing around in the fire trucks too, as he gets older.  (Don't be fooled, Scott loves talking with the fireman about the Unimog)

The unimog is a four wheel drive all terrain vehicle that was used in world war II.  Scott can talk with the fireman for hours about this truck.  It is by far his favorite.  I wish I had a picture of it to share.

This year, Grandpa and Grandma Kuntzman were with us as well.  Looks like Grandpa was having fun playing on the trucks too.   Must be a boy thing!

My favorite part is taking a yearly photo of Jesse on the front of the fire truck.  My grandmother adores his picture on the truck from last year, so it has kinda become a tradition.