Look Who's Walking!!!

Sawyer...oh do we have our hands full!

Walking at 14 1/2 months...Sawyer

Sawyer is on the move!

It's official...Sawyer started walking this week. He has been taking a few steps for a few months now, but would dive down and crawl after 3-4 steps. Something clicked this week and now he is off and walking. BTW...he has already mastered climbing and we spend a good part of our day removing him from high surfaces such as the table. I see a visit to the ER in our future!

Open Gym with Friends

Cole and his pal Griffin

Kate

Sawyer...basketball boy!

Sawyer, Kate, Cole and Natalie at playing at open gym

Sawyer checking out the big boy bike

Saturday morning we met up with Natalie, Joel and Kate along with Jen and Griffin for some fun at the YMCA open gym for kids. Much to our surprise the open gym program wasn't scheduled to start until next Saturday, but the gym wasn't being used for anything else so they let us pull out all the kids stuff and we had the whole place to ourselves!

Our Little Beach Boys

Cole and Sawyer playing by the shore

Sawyer and his pal Braden

Acadia, Sawyer (kicking back) and Clay enjoying a snack at the beach

Yes...that's Sawyer under the sand



Sawyer...just another day at the beach

We spent the morning at Sand Bar this past Tuesday as it was looking like it was going to be one of the last beach day of Summer 2009 and were joined by many great friends. Despite the rainy start to the summer we fit in many trips to the beach where the boys had a blast playing in the sand and water. Thanks Jen, Acadia, Emma, Stephanie, Braden, Jen, Clay, Anna, Stella and Kendall for the great day at the beach!

Wordless Wednesday!

Sort of wordless...Stella and Cole...Little Lake Sunapee, August 2009.

Just Another Day at the Cudney's House

Keep in mind that Cole announced he was ready to go out side and play!

Cole's 1st Fish!

Uncle Junie introduced Cole to the sport of fishing during our trip to Little Lake Sunapee at the beginning of the month and helped him reel in his first "big one". Cole has been talking about his big fish ever since. Thank you Junie for taking the time to show Cole how to fish and creating a special memory for him.

Country Living Here We Come!

We thought it would be nice to do an activity with Cole to get him excited about our move and the home building process. We spent the morning in Hinesburg talking about house plans and placing a bird house Cole built on one of the trees on our lot. He was so proud picking the perfect place to put his bird house!

37 Ledge Drive...Under Contract!

It has been a busy few weeks around here trying to sell our home, vacations, visiting with family and keeping up with Sawyer who is into and on top of everything! We posted our home for sale by owner in July and have had showings and open houses throughout the summer. A special challenge keeping a home in showing shape with a three year old, toddler and a shedding dog in the house! I created a blog link to show potential buyers our home before they arrived to cut down traffic...people had a good idea what the house looked like before they showed up: http://www.homeforsale37ledge.blogspot.com/. We are excited to say that our home is under officially under contract and we are on track to close on October 30th!

Cole's New Gator

Cole riding the Gator with Chris close behind!

Cole taking Acadia for a little cruise!

We said we would "never get one for our kids", but when this little John Deere Gator appeared on Craig's List...I just couldn't help myself!

Fun on the Farm!

Sawyer with the baby chickens

Cole carefully eating his maple creamie!

Cole driving the tractor

Sawyer petting the baby calf

Sawyer grinning with excitement as he eats his maple creamie!

So...it August in Vermont...you have a beach day planned...and the forcasted high temperature is a chili 67 degrees and partly sunny...back up plan...a day at the farm! We spent the morning at Allenholm in South Hero with Nana, Grandma, Chris and my friend Jen and her son Clay (Sawyer's little buddy). The kids had a blast playing on the tractor, going down the slides, petting the animals and eating maple creamies! For anyone that has never been to Allenholm for a $1 kiddie size maple creamie...hop in your car...it's worth the trip.

More Fun on the Farm Pictures!

Clay and Sawyer checking out the calves

Cole, Grandma, Nana and Sawyer off to sea!

Grandma, Mommy, Cole, Sawyer, Nana and Chris

Clay and Sawyer playing

Clay and Sawyer wondering why no one ever told them about maple creamies before today!

Santa's Village

We had a wonderful family day trip to Santa's Village in Jefferson, NH with the kiddos, Sara (our family helper) and my cousin Kristian meeting us for the day. We played hard from when we arrived at 10:30 a.m. until when we left at 5:30 with two very exhausted children. Cole loved all the rides including Rudy's Rapid Rollercoaster, Santa's Skyway Sleigh, Yule Log Flume and the Old Time Cars. There was nothing that Cole wasn't big enough to try which made him feel like a very big boy!