McCabe Family Delaware Trip

Every two years Mike's parents take all of the kids and grandkids on a trip to Delaware  Why Delaware?  Well, Greg and Catherine both grew up in Wilmington, DE and spent their summers vacationing at Rehobeth, Bethany Beach, and Ocean City. So it has been a McCabe tradition to visit there ever since they moved to Denver. We visited DE two years ago and you can read about it here.

The next time we take pictures at the beach will be the last day instead of the first, because we won't be so white!

Give her something fun to look at and she is happy as a clam.

The Beach House

The Carney fam came with us too!

The newlyweds

Riding the carni rides.

You know when you are standing in line at an amusement park and there is always that one nasty couple who is PDA-ing? (They can also be spotted walking around malls doing the guy-hugging-girl-from-behind-walk). We found it only appropriate.

The seafood feast at Waterman's

The Boardwalk at Rehobeth

It was Mike's Grandma's first time meeting Ashlyn

Uncle Mike sitting with Jaxon

Ashlyn's first time trying Rita's. She was in LOVE!

Our rooftop view from the beach house looking over the Bethany Boardwalk.

Cheeeeeeeeeesesteaks.  We ate a lot of these.  Yummmmm.

Hanging out at Mam Maw's house in Wilmington, DE.

We visited Mike's Grandpa as well. He was very sweet and took us all out for dinner at a nice steakhouse.

We look forward to this trip for 2 years and it comes and goes way too quickly! We had a blast together and made some great memories.  Thanks Greg and Catherine for a WONDERFUL trip!!!!!

Ashlyn at 5 months

 

Ashlyn is quite the traveler for a 5 month old.  She has flown three times and been in eight states: AZ, CO, CA, UT, ID, PA, DE, MD, MO. She is a great little traveler mainly because she gets to people watch --her favorite thing to do. Even though she LOVES her own bed she does just fine sleeping in different places just as long as she has her beloved Piggy.  

This month we have definitely seen the biggest changes in Ashlyn.  It seems like everyday she has learned something new or is suddenly interested in different things. At the beginning of her 5th month she was really into rocking back and forth. On several occasions she nearly gave me a fat lip as she slammed her head back and forth while holding her.  She is kind of out of that stage now.  

We started feeding her baby food and she is in love.  She wants to eat everything we are. The other night Mike was holding her in one arm and eating an ice cream cone in the other, and all the sudden she grabbed the middle of the ice cream.  We had given her a bite  of ice cream a few days before and it was clear she remembered what it was because she HAD to have more!   

She discovered her toes and plays with them all the time.

 She isn't a fan of others holding her bottle because she wants to feed herself.  It makes it nice for her mom and dad because all we have to do in the morning is give her a bottle and put the Piggy next to her. I will go and check on her and sure enough there is an empty bottle laying next to her and she is contently snuggling with Piggy.  It is so cute.

She has figured out how to roll from her back to her side. 

Although I miss the days when she would fall asleep curled up in a ball on my chest and how tiny she was, I love how interactive she is now.  It is fun to see her little quirks and preferences show up everyday.  Ashlyn is seriously such a good baby.  We can pretty much take her anywhere with us and she still sticks to her eating and sleeping routine.  We are lovin it while it lasts!  She is our angel baby and we love her to pieces. 

Want to know where I get Ashlyn's cute bows and hand bands???  I seriously get stopped everywhere I go by random women asking where I got them.  My good friend and college roommate, Michelle Gibson, makes them and recently opened an Etsy shop.  Click on the picture below and check it out!

Last weekend we went to the Chalk Art Festival in downtown Denver with our good friends, the Tripps and Gross'. Every time we go downtown we ask ourselves, "why don't we come down here more often?!?"  There is always something going on in Denver.  We just need to make more of an effort to go there. There are so many fun places to shop (including the new H&M that is opening up soon), and fun little restaurants that would be so fun for date nights. I am glad we seized the opportunity to enjoy the Chalk Art Festival this summer.  So fun and so pretty!  Too bad it rained today.

Lauren, Emi, and Me





 

You probably are noticing my ugly logo on my pictures.  Remax suggested that I put a watermark on my work to avoid lawsuits and people stealing the photos.  My friend, Lindsey Marlor, helped me figure out how to do the watermarks, but I just realized that they are going on all of my photos.  I need to figure out how to just put them on my real estate photos.  Anyway, my watermark it's a work in progress so it will look much better and more professional than it appears here.

I made Lauren pose in front of this.  She wasn't too excited to take the picture but years down the road I think she will thank me.  Ha!  How cute is her bump?!?  She is having a girl in like 5 weeks.  We are soooo excited for her and Trevor!

Michael and Emi

It's starting to get hot here and I am not sure how I feel about it. I used to love the heat because it felt amazing after the bone chilling Rexburg winters.  I think I am so used to the cold that the heat makes me uncomfortable, like I am having hot flashes or something.  What is wrong with me?!?  Guess I just need to make good use of the weather and hit up the pool more.