Enjoying the water
Lilly holding a sand fiddler crab

Dada burying Lilly in the sand

Front view of our mermaid

MJ in his napping spot!

Lilly and Momma

Taking Le Noodle into the ocean for a swim!

MJ wake and enjoying the shade!

Lilly and Dada enjoying the big blue ocean!

Chocolate faced Lilly...after enjoying some "dibs"
Fitzula's and Grandpa!

MJF Sr, III, IV

Great "big" Grandpa Fitzula and MJF IV and Lilly

The merging of generations!

Too Cute!

Grandma Fitzula and her two Fitzula grand kids!

Lilly is all smiles before Library story time!

MJ's pout face!

Tummy time MJ!

We have been staying busy and trying to stay cool in all this summer heat! Library story time is one of our favorite activities on Friday, and Lilly loves to sit outside before and have her snack! MJ is not as excited about the reading time, but he will learn with time!

We made a quick trip to SC for a visit with some of the Fitzula family. Fitz's Grandfather was up visiting his daughter and Ftiz's Mom made the trip down from NY. So we drove in on a Friday night, spent Saturday with the family and heading back Saturday evening. It was great to see everyone and have a chance to take some photos of MJ (michael joseph fitzula IV) with Grandpa Fitzula (michael joseph Fitzula Sr) and all other combination in between! Lilly is still struggling with names of everyone so when I told her we were going to see Great Grandpa...she repeated back to me "great big grandpa." So at least for me that stuck!

MJ smile!
Lilly and her purple backpack on the day to "school"

Surprised MJ!

Lilly getting ready for roller derby!

July update on the kids!

We have been busy, busy, busy on the coast! Lilly has become a fixture at the Sports Center Pool and a favorite among the life guards! She is quiet the dare devil at jumping in and is slowing learning to swim, she kicks like crazy, now we just have to get her arms going. MJ is not quiet as sure of the water yet, but he loves him some bath time, so there is still hope! We have had adventures to Fort Macon, all the local parks, the water boggen, and nearly everywhere in between! We are enjoying all of the company we have had recently, it's always nice to have visitors. Looking forward to more adventures to come over the rest of the summer!

Jackson, David, and Fitz showing off their "booty".... Finally got a smile on camera

Happy 4th of July!

Low Key 4th of July

We had about as low key of a 4th as possible...no beach, no pool, never really left the house and it was perfect. Fitz was spear fishing with friends from dawn till dusk (well not all that time, but pretty much). My folks were hanging out with us for most of the day, and we did cap the night with fire works.

Updates: MJ is three months old, and is very smiley when in a good mood. He is not sleeping through the night, but we are working on it. He looks more and more like Lilly each day, but I still have to take photos because she was always in pink!

Lilly swims like a fish, know what she wants, when she wants it, but is not always clear in her communication of her desires. She will help clean up with much encouragement, and is starting to use the potty.

We are reading a book on "making the terrible two's, terrific" and first thing we had done is to eliminated nearly half of the toys and most of the ones that make alot of noise (thank goodness). Hopefully, we can make our two year old more terrific then terrible!

One of the only photos of me, fitz, and MJ
Lilly, Hudson, and Dane having fun with the hose and bucket at the BBQ

My little gymnast!

MJ enjoying the shade at the beach

March, march, march!

For Memorial Day weekend, we did all the classic things....beach, bbq, pool, and rest. We had a great time, and Lilly is a water baby to the extreme. We are still working on MJ, but I have faith that he will love the water soon! We managed for no one to get sunburned, and always remain in good moods!

And we've nicknamed him "scency" for sensitive!
Lilly is learning the art of the Thank You note!

MJ enjoying the beach in his own way

And Lilly enjoying the beach her way!

Me, Meg....and our five children....YIKES!

As Bill Cosby said your not really a parent until you have two...because then you never know who did it! Well, we still know who did it, but not for long. Time is short, and sleep is few and far between, but we are enjoying life with two little ones, and find that we are in a state of juggling at all time. MJ seems to be more of a sensitive child, and much more so then Lilly was. He loves to he held, and seems to cry at a pin drop. But on the flip side, he loves to cuddle.

We have managed to keep our normal schedule with gymnastics every Tuesday, and I managed to go all alone today. Keeping with our adventures we made a trip down to Topsail, NC to visit my good buddy Megan and her family who happen to be vacationing there for a few days. It was very nice to seem Meg, and her kids are great! Little Molly was a mear 3 weeks old and doing great! We are looking forward to our trip to Raleigh in a few weeks to see everyone and let them meet MJ!

We can't wait for all of our summer fun begin, including all of the visitors who have booked rooms at Casa Da Fitzula (or Hoover-depending on who they are related to). Can't wait for that warm weather and sunshine!

Don't feed the wild animals
Gardening with Dada!

Sleeping MJ

Look at all those curls

Kiddos having a chat

Kisses for MJ

Big Blue Eyes

Strawberry picking at Garner's farm with Hudson and Macy

Lilly, Hudson, and Jen at the farm