Up, Up and Away

We took a mini-vacation this past weekend to visit our friends, The Urban's, in Apex, NC.  Also, joining in on the chaos were the Naticchione's.... it's not a party unless we're all together :)  [FYI, I love this time all together.]  You may remember that when we made this trip last February that we made the insane decision to drive, which was approximately 8 hours, with a 3 month old.  Thankfully when they're that little, being in the car seat that long does phase them and we were able to leave late at night so she could sleep the whole way there.  Being that she now despises being in the car for more than an hour, we capitalized on a huge savings with Southwest Airlines and flew down this time... Reagan's first plane ride!!!

Besides the fact it was a really short flight, she did phenomenal!  She loved being in the airport watching all of the people waiting in the terminal and definitely loved sitting by the window checking out everything on the tarmac.  As expected, she put on quite a show for everyone in the terminal... classic Reagan. 

Watching the airplanes at PHL 

Who else would occupy her time on a plane besides Mickey? 

Because it was such a BEAUTIFUL weekend in NC (and up here in NJ I hear) we were able to do outdoor activities with the kids and let them release some wild energy.  Saturday's high was near 70 with sunshine so we went to Pullen Park near NC State's campus where they recently re-opened a newly renovated park that is just FABULOUS!  There was an indoor carousel, a train that rode around the entire park, "boat" rides, and lots of jungle gym equipment to keep them occupied.  After seeing how great this space was, I'm now going to go on a hunt to find something similar up here.

Reagan & Daddy waiting in line for the carousel

Brett, Reagan and Daddy on the carousel

Jeanine & Peter having a snack at the park

Reagan & Nella running around the park

Aunt Jeanine & Reagan

That's a full house there

Reagan liked the view from Daddy's shoulders 

If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands!

The rest of the weekend was spent playing at the house, outside in their great backyard space, meeting Jen's NC friends, and running around like maniacs just enjoying the chaos.  Of course the guys had to get a round of golf in, I don't know why I would expect any less.  I need to find a hobby that steals me away for alone time for 6 hours.

Cole showing us the lay of the land in his yard

Peter found the sandbox 

Nella & Peter cooking up a meal 

Jump, Jump, Jump

Breakfast time 

Cole & Brett

We have to send a huge THANK YOU to Brett, Jennifer and Cole for letting us come down and stay with them for four days!!!!!  There were six adults and four kids under 5 years old in one house, so it's quite an undertaking to house us all.