11 Weeks

9 Weeks

We had a great weekend day trip to the Shenandoha Mts. with Amanda and Thomas Grabos. We drove through Skyline Drive to see all the beautiful fall leaves. We went to a pumpkin patch and got some great pictures of Caroline. I love fall, so today was a special day for me. I got to share my love of fall leaves and pumpkins with my sweet girl.

Mt. Vernon and OSU

This has to be one of my favorite memories from Caroline's first few months. I love Mt. Vernon, and it was only a 10 min drive from our house in Alexandria. We toold Caroline to the Mt. Vernon Wine Festival. We had a blanket out on the beautiful back lawn of Mt. Vernon overlooking the Potomac River where we ate cheese and fruit and drank our wonderful wine. We toured the rarely seen wine celler where the tour guide told us Caroline was their youngest visitor ever at 8 weeks. This was another wonderful family evening.

Caroline and Sara Grace

Our dear friends from Neal and Dawn had their little girl Sara Grace right after we had Caroline. We met them in Del Ray for the Del Ray Art's Festival, and had a wonderful day. We walked the streets and ate lunch at the Dragon Fly Cafe. We had such a wonderful day with our sweet girls. I love seeing these girls together. I know that they will be great friends if we stay in this area.

7 Weeks

This week we took Caroline to the Virginia wine festival. It was super hot, but we had a blast. I loved the sweet yellow outfit she wore to the festival.

Hiking

We took Caroline hiking in the Shanandoha Mts. when she was 5 weeks old. We went with Thomas and Amanda Grabos and had a great time. After the hike we cooked hot dogs and smores. We ended up leaving early because Caroline started crying and would not stop- until we got rolling in the car.

First Trip to St. Simons, GA

I don't know what possesed me to do this, but I drove from Alexandria to St. Simons with Caroline and Sawyer by myself when she was 5 weeks old! Todd, B, Max and James all flew in for the week. It was a special time because it was the first time Max met Caroline. He loved her at first sight! It was also a special time because Caroline laughed for the first time. She actally laughed out loud at Mimi. This was her first trip of MANY to St. Simons.