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Remember the "How to Hold your Baby Brother" post from a year ago? Well on opening day of Ravens season we tried it again- this time in matching number 5 jerseys...
Then we tried- "How to Help Your Baby Brother Sneak Away From Mommy's Camera...
We will always be true Raven's fans no matter whether they win, lose or miss the final field goal attempt with seconds left.
LETS GO RAVENS!
So- I couldn't wait to share with you the rest of my favorites from my photo shoot with the newest little Meadows Man- maybe we should call him Hot Rod since he's so comfortable in the Mustang. By the way, his Mommy and Daddy also both have convertable Mustangs!
Meet my new nephew we will call him Mr. Miracle here on the blog. Go ahead, you can say "AWWWW." This is a sneak peek for our family- more are coming soon!
I got to hang out with him yesterday since he finally came home from the NICU. He was born at the end of August, 8 weeks early, after a lengthy bed rest by my Sister-in-law.
Below are some shots I took while he was in the NICU in Annapolis. We are blessed to have such a wonderful place for tiny babies!
1 day old around 3 lbs-
5 weeks old around 5 lbs-
This is a biased review since we LOVE Yogi Bear campgrounds! When we first got the RV we visited the Hagerstown one and had a great time during their Halloween weekend.
Last year we went to the Lancaster/Quarryville Campground in June to visit Thomas at Strasburg Railroad when I was REALLY pregnant with G. They were building the water park so we could only swim in the pool. Once I saw how awesome the water park was I knew we were coming back this year after it opened. We booked for August this year in the hopes G would be walking and he was -barely. I worked with my new point and shoot camera Hubby bought me for my birthday which is why these shots aren't the same quality as the ones with my pro camera.
We couldn't get the pull through "red-carpet" site like we had last year which was really nice and paved! But we actually liked the site we had this year better as it was wider and backed up to the woods which was really quiet.
We stayed next to our good friends and Ham had the best time with his "girlfriend" Hail-
Finally- G proved each night that he could be the dirtiest kid at the campground- here he is by the "jumping pillow"
and eating rocks chocolate chip cookies at the campsite...
On Labor Day weekend we went back to Drummer Boy in PA for the second time this season. We first visited over Father's Day weekend and we really liked it so we decided to head back. Besides, Hubby and I were only half way through the driving tour CD at the Gettysburg Battlefield and we had ambitious plans to make it back to finish the tour- didn't happen. We ended up staying at the campground the whole time and swam in the pool and played a little golf at the putt putt course (which cost an extra $9.00!)
Drummer Boy is a fairly big campground so we had to rent a golf cart- it's easier than waking up the whole campground with our diesel engine at 7 am when we forget the syrup. We used to haul out an extra car seat when Ham was little and bungy cord it to the golf cart. With G we just strap in his booster seat and put him in it- we still have to hold on to him but it does make him more secure than sitting in our lab while we're driving.
Our site was a pull through up near the "back pool" this time and we could hear more truck noise from the interstate nearby. Our site was lower down the hill in June and the interstate was quieter. There are some sites in the campground that are right next to the interstate so close if you tripped you would get run over. There were big rocks everywhere including right at the edge of our site and, wouldn't you know, Ham just couldn't wait to climb them- which explains the pjs and crocks in the next photo...
G wanted so bad to climb those rocks like his big brother- at this point he had only been walking about a week or two...
We liked the "back pool" a lot- it has a water slide but Ham was too short to go down it so he made his own diving board from one of the walls that seperated the zero entry from the deeper part.
The next shot is one of my all time favorites- I'm seriously thinking of printing it big for his "big boy room" I'm going to call it "the approach"
About a week before we campedg had a really scary reaction (hives)to some fish we were eating for dinner but we had no idea when we served him french toast for breakfast he was allergic to eggs...
Apparently its the eggs that cause eczema- who knew?!
We also found out that G was allergic to peanuts (like every other kid in the world) and Mustard which is in Old Bay. The mustard and the fish are the worst - poor kid - living in Maryland is tough when you're allergic to fish and Old Bay!
WAAAY back in August my Sister invited my Mom, the boys and I "downy ocean" for a wild women and children only weekend. It is always a fun filled weekend of junk food, diet coke and lots of gossip. When I say diet coke I mean Diet Coke for EVERYONE... like...Piezanos on the boardwalk sharing a pitcher-everyone...
There are no actual shots of the kids in the water this year because everyone was in the water all the time -even G which means I was in the water too!! But I did grab this shot of Ham after he learned how to pull his pants up all by himself...
We did however get a shot of all 6 kids together which is an amazing feat- it turned out a little dark which I can fix in photo shop but I'm too lazy, too busy too tired- you get the point.
I always strive to "get it right in the camera" which actually stems back to my film days and most of the time I don't even open photoshop when I'm proofing- I just open the photo, sharpen it and save as a jpeg.
But something comes over me when I'm photographing my own children and my sister's kids who are "my best clients"(snicker) and the frustration gets the best of me- so, instead of that dark group shot here's a shot of our crazy group on the board walk...
and here are are crumbsnatchers individually, in age order, on the beach...
Finally here are the boys sitting next to each other with out pushing, shoving or biting- which lasted 30 seconds...
My name is Stacy and I'm a blog neglector. Once again, I apologize! Hopefully over the next few days I can catch everyone up on what's been going on since- wow... July!
Lucky for me my biggest blog readers (my Grandparents) have had a broken computer over the past 3 months so they haven't had to catch up on a lot.
We've had lots of fun things to report from the family front from 3 months ago... G started walking, Ham started school, Hubby actually got to relax on two camping trips and we got a new nephew that I've had the pleasure of photographing twice!
While you are waiting for me to get my act together here are some shots of the boys this summer to hold you over...
