The Life of the Zupan's

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Day at the pool

We are lucky enough to have a friend that has a pool and has invited us to come out a couple times. Cami is absolutely a fish and could stay there all day! She is very brave and likes to jump off the side of the pool and also have Devin throw her up high in the air and catch her. We have a lot of fun summers to come with the kids and the water. This was also Brayden's first time floating around in the pool. He seemed to love it as well and was all smiles.

With the floaties on Cami's arms she actually would let go of us and try to swim some.

Boston in August

Last week we got back from Boston from a wonderful trip visiting my brother and his family. We hung around the house and played Wii, baseball in the yard, made hair clips, watched the kids play outside, ventured to the beach for a day and more importantly for some reason decided to try to go to the outlet mall. After a 30 minute drive turned into an hour we remembered why last year we didn't go and ended up visiting the Patriot's center. Mary Anne did end up finding some cute shoes for Reese and we found a couple items ourself so it made it worth it. And it made for some funny stories. Thanks again for hosting us, we had a blast and made a lot of memories!

Brayden needed a place to lay down so we decided to try out the doll Pack-N-Play

Jack and Brayden. Sadly Brayden isn't old enough to play with Jack he discovered, but maybe in a couple years :)

Jack made an awesome robot costume

Blast at the playground

These girls were SO funny playing together. They are definitely at a stage right now of learning how to share and sound so much a like it is crazy. I absolutely loved watching them play together!

Beach day!

Traditional matching outfits {they are only 8 weeks apart}

OOOHHHIIIOOO

About a month ago we decided to make a last minute trip up to Ohio to visit my sister and her family. We had a lot of fun at Mandy's Mop group Ice cream event, going to the mall playground and the jumpy house. It was a great visit and we are so blessed to of been able to go up. Here are a couple pictures from the week. Cami had a blast and I loved watching her interact with her cousins.

Happy 4th!

The day of the 4th we just hung out around the house and relaxed. Then we went over to a good friends parents house to shoot off fireworks on their farm. Below are a couple pictures from the evening. We forgot to take a family photo :( Oh well I guess there is always next year! :)

Brady Bear did so well and even slept through all the fireworks

Cami loved her sparklers even though her face doesn't show it in this picture

Weekend in Birmingham

The weekend of the July 4th the kids and I decided to venture down to Alabama for a couple days because my sister and her family was going to be there. We had a lot of fun and even got to see some cousins that we haven't seen in years. It was a great time with family just hanging out and catching up.

Brayden and his cousin Emily, just 4 weeks apart.

Cami, Papa, and Jake

Cousin Aiden, Jake, and Austin with Cami in the pool at Papa and Nini's.

Cami sure loves giving her kisses.

Papa and Nini with 5 out of 7 grandkids. Can't wait until we can all get together with all 7!

Sisters and our little girls :-)

Austin and Brayden... such a good big cousin!

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Side note

As most of you know Cami is very attached to her "lodey" {aka her blanket that we call lovey}. Well the other day we were getting ready for bed. She runs over to her crib and gets on her tip toes trying to reach it. Well, she couldn't reach it and started crocodile size tears. This might sound horrible but it was so cute I grabbed my camera to take a picture because she was so pitiful, yet so cute. As soon as she saw me pull it out she stopped and just smile and said "CHEESE." haha. All I could do is laugh and get her the lovey. Maybe I take too many pictures?! What a little ham!

Grandma and Grandpa's visit

We were blessed to have Devin's parents come to visit us about 3 weeks after Brayden was born. Luckily I was feeling better so we were able to do a bit more. We went to the park a couple times, Splash Pad and the Zoo. They were also gracious enough to take the kids sometimes so I could nap since Brayden was not the best of sleepers yet. Sometimes I look back and don't know how I made it through the day after all our visitors left. We were blessed beyond belief to have all their help.

We also celebrated Father's Day that week. I could not of thought of a better man to be the father of my children. He is an amazing dad and loves our children so much. Devin and I are also very blessed to have two amazing father's who have been great examples over the years. Thanks dads and we love you!

Also, during their visit John and Marilyn celebrated their anniversary. Thanks for being another great example of a great marriage for us to look up to. We hope and pray we are as blessed to be married as long. Love you guys and thanks again for a great visit!

Family of FOUR!