Saturday, October 18, 2014

Vermont Fall Wedding

We were so lucky to spend our anniversary weekend in Vermont with our family celebrating the wedding of our friends Jeremy and Jeff.  
We took Friday off to drive up and enjoy the beautiful colors; on our way we stopped at Sugarbush Farm where we were able to feed goats, taste test cheese and enjoy the scenic views.  The kids loved the farm and Berkeley loved feeding the goats and tasting the cheese.
We arrived at Lareau Farm for the pre-wedding festivities of carving pumpkins (that were used to decorate for the wedding the next day) and a flat bread pizza dinner and smores by the fire.
The venue was so idyllic and probably the most adorable I have seen, not to fancy but so beautiful.
Our friends Travis and Lauren were at the event as well so we got to party all weekend with them.  They are such  great friends and wonderful to our children.  We are so excited for them to have little baby boy Owen this December!

Saturday before the wedding we took a wet trip to tour the Ben and Jerry's Factory.  It was fun and the ice cream was AMAZE BALLS!  What a cool story Ben and Jerry have.  

Then on to the wedding which was just perfect in every way!  The grooms looked fabulous, the ceremony was beautiful and the food and reception were great.  It was a smaller wedding of about 80 people and it really was the perfect size.  Both their families were so kind and sweet and we loved getting to meet them.  We loved that there were children there and that they got to have such a fun time as well.



Sunday morning we stopped by a Cider Mill to see how apple cider was made and tested some (obvi).  We also tasted some yummy cider donuts.  We then visited Cabot cheese and Lake Champlain Chocolates, testing more cheese and chocolate.  

Then we drove to the Von Trapp Famiy Lodge for some great views and for lunch before we headed home.

We did our rendition of the Vermont Hills were alive with the sound of music.

Such a wonderful weekend getaway.  Happy 12 years to my amazing husband!  
Congrats to Jeff and Jeremy.

Sunday, October 5, 2014

Vivienne at 9 months

Vivienne at 9 months

Biggest Milestones: Babbling,  can say Dada, clapping and Crawling  
During Miss Viv's 8th month of life she got to spend a week with her Gram Dianne whom she is named after.  They played and had fun all week going to the beach, playing at home and going on adventures around New England.  Vivi is starting to be very interested in everything her big brother does; sometimes he is good about sharing his toys and playing with her and other times he is very good about pushing her over to stay out of his way....
 Viv had her first experience Apple Picking, which will not be her last.  

 Viv's hair is coming in thicker now and there is no doubting the fact that this little girl is a ginger!

 Vivienne loves taking baths and splashing, lots and lots of splashing!



Vivi has her two bottom teeth, her fist word was Dada and it took her until her 9 month birthday to actually get crawling down after 3 weeks of being oh so close.
She continues to be a very happy girl and attracts the attention of anyone we come into contact with.  She is very social and loves to interact with anyone she sees, she has however acquired the ever present stranger danger and is very much a mama's girl.

Vivi started daycare at Mrs. Lorraine's house, a woman who does daycare out of her home.  Vivienne is the only child being watched this year, which we couldn't feel more lucky about.  Vivi gets lots of attention and is very loved while her parents are out working.  We feel lucky to have such a great arrangement.  

We love this little lady!