Two Years.

Adam and I had a wonderful anniversary celebration complete with dress up and a dinner out! By dress up, I mean I put on my wedding dress and Adam put on his wedding tie and coat. Amazingly everything still fit - probably more amazing for me than for Adam. It was a lot of fun to remember our wedding day and the things that we wore... it really helped bring back all the memories of the day.

The weekend after our anniversary, we went out for dinner for the first time in over a year. We can't even remember the last time we had dinner out just the two of us. A girl just a few houses down the street from us came over after Elie went to sleep and she listened to the monitor (easiest job ever!) while Adam and I escaped and had a wonderful time out. We even got créme brûlée for dessert!

Adam and I all dressed up and no where to go!

Me wearing Adam's tie

Getting silly with the veil

Elie playing

My new Moby wrap - a wonderful gift from Anne & Bob!

Adam enjoying our fall walk

Aunt Lara & baby Vivi came to Chapel Hill

After much anticipation Lara and Vivienne finally made their trip to visit. We had such a great time - the babies napped and I had lots of time to spend with Lara. It was so nice to have company for a few days. The babies loved each other - the both grinned each time one of them would come into a room. They played well together and seemed to have a lot of fun. We had a fun trip to the park, but mainly enjoyed staying close to home and letting the babies play. We very much look forward to many more visits in the future.

Elie and cousin Vivi play together

Pajama play

Vivi's first ride in a swing!

Aunts and nieces

Aunt Lara with Elie

Elie and her very cool walker

Fall Activites

I have been working on this post and meaning to do others, but we've been busy... and Elie got a cold and has given it to me. She is feeling a bit better today, but I am a few days behind her so it's been no fun at all in our house.

Fall is in full swing here these days - beautiful weather and colors! Recently we took a trip to a local farm and had a lot of fun. We went in a corn pit, fed some goats some corn that we picked ourselves, went through a corn maze, picked cotton, went on a hayride, and picked pumpkins to take home. We all had a wonderful time and were fully exhausted when we got home. Here are some pictures from the day:

Corn pit

Hello there!

Mommy & Elie on the hay ride

Team Singer!!

Elie with friend Carabella (13 months)

Pumpkin patch

We got pumpkins!

Some Recent Pictures

Playtime with Daddy

Hi there!

Life in a white basket

Cute socks! (from Aunt Pam)

Yoga baby

Happy 5770! Happy Autumn!

Here is a quick video of Eliora walking around the table and going for my computer - she will do anything to get to the computer. Sorry it's so dark, but I wanted to post something showing her cruising ability. She is crawling on hands and knees now as well as pulling up and cruising on anything nearby. We've had to baby proof a bit more and rethink some other things in the house. I've just come to accept that this will be an ongoing process for a while as she becomes more and more mobile.

Rosh Hashanah services were quite different this year since we also have Eliora to look after. We didn't stay for quite as long as previous years, but we had a very nice celebration nonetheless.

It's amazing that fall is here, it's 5770, our nephew Skyler is 8!!!, Adam and I have almost been married for 2 years, and Eliora will be 1 in two months! So much to celebrate! So much to look forward to!

And recently...

So, two weeks back from the beach now and we've been rather busy. Adam has been really busy at work and I have been busy with the baby and playgroups. Elie has been busy as well. She cut her first tooth on my birthday and then the second one followed just a few days ago. Teeth make for a cranky baby (just a little), but it's fun to see the changes in her and how she adapts to these strange things growing in her mouth. Once they're fully in I'll snap a picture to post. She's busy moving about crawling and climbing up on things and doing all things baby. We have a new playgroup on Wednesday mornings and I hosted the first meeting this past week. It was a bit crowded with about 8 mother - baby pairs. But, it was nice to meet new people and hopefully this will continue to be a good playgroup. Adam and I are off for a lunch date today while Gale and Peter come over for a little bit. Adam is also taking Labor day off tomorrow so it will be a nice 3 day weekend. We are hoping to make it to Raleigh to see a Chocolate exhibit at a museum. Should be fun!

Outer Banks 2009 (228 photos), by Helene Singer

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