Matt and Jess get Hitched!!!!

Matt Pieroway and Jessica Kramer are great friends of ours.  Matt and Dave were stationed together in Ketchikan, Alaska 10 years ago!  They instantly hit it off and have been buddies ever since.  With Matt came his amazing family.  The Pieroways have "adopted" us into their family and have shared the holidays, graduations, birthdays, boat trips, and every other function with us since we have moved out East. We love them so much and will miss every single one of them terribly when we move to New Jersey.

Matt and Jess met a couple of years ago and I have to say, Matt found quite a catch!  Jess is one of the nicest girls I have ever met.  She is always so bubbly, happy, driven, and sincere.  I have no doubt that they will have a lifetime of happiness together.

Fast forward two years and we are in Chatham for an amazing Wedding Weekend.  First up was the rehearsal dinner at the Queen Anne Inn.  This is had tons of charm and was a great place to stay the night of the rehearsal.  The cocktails and food flowed freely and everyone had a terrific time!

A cottage behind our room

View from our balcony  

Ellie and the handsome groom-to-be

Gorgeous Hillary and I at the rehearsal dinner

The following day, we moved to the Chatham Bars Inn.  Now the Queen Ann was nice, but this was NICE!  Aside from the main building, the hotel also has many cottages on the grounds.   Although these didn't have a view of the water, it gave us ample room which was perfect with the little one.  The service at the CBI is incredible, but you wouldn't expect anything less.  On Friday we had some free time so we walked around the property and then took Ellie down to the pool for some swimming.  The weather was perfect for her fair skin.  It was overcast but still fairly warm.  The pool was warmed to 85 degrees so it felt great.  

Our room

The wedding was Friday afternoon in the side lawn on the CBI.  Afterwards we went into the dining room for a fabulous cocktail hour followed by dinner and dancing.  It was such a great night.  Even the kiddos held up surprisingly well. 

Kinda look like Dave and Chris are scheming something huh?

Owen helping Ellie with her binky.  The joke is that in 25 years he will be feeding her  wedding cake :)

Dancing with Momma P

Little chair, perfect for Ellie Reese

Big chair...she thought it was fun

Saturday was the large wedding reception hosted by the Pieroway family.  They had an unbelievable tent set up on their property with 2 bars, tables, lighting, and decorations...it was a great party...Pieroway style!

At the wedding reception at the Pieroways

One of the flower girls, Mirabelle, playing with Ellie on the dance floor

No more pictures please

We ended up heading out early because Ellie had had enough.  After partying her little butt off three days straight she suddenly fell asleep in my arms, which she never does.  All-in-all, it was a great Wedding Weekend.  We are so, so happy for Matt and Jess and can't wait to hear all about their honeymoon in Italy!!!!

7 months old!

Well, it's that time of the month again.  I am now 7 months old and loving life!  A lot has been going on lately so I have tons to share.  Where should I start?

How about my stats:

17 lbs- 60 percentile
26.5" long- 75 percentile
Wearing 6-12 month clothing (although the 6 month stuff is getting too small)
Still sleeping through the night
Eating solids 2-3 times per day with 4-5 bottles per day
I'm sitting up on my own, pivoting on my belly, pushing myself backwards, but NO CRAWLING!  Not yet anyway....
My hair is crazy...long in some areas, thinning in others
No teeth yet
I love to sing (scream) along with my parents
Had my first double ear infection
Developed reflux, so now I'm on Ranitidine twice a day.....that stuff tastes so bad!!!  But I take it down like a big girl.

Reading my ABCs

We recently started swim lessons at the YMCA and it's so much fun!!!  I just want to stay in the water forever!  I get to splash around, practice my kicks, blow bubbles, and float on my back.  I  have so many new friends that are in my class too.  Sometimes some of the boys cry and I just tell them that it's ok, being in the water is fun, and sometimes they listen and calm down.....BOYS!

I also went to my first baseball game at Fenway Park!!!  It was so much fun.  I got an up close encounter with Wally, the mascot.  I wish I could have taken a picture with him.  A nice lady gave me a First Fenway game button, sticker, and I guess they are sending me dirt from the field.  Who knows why?!  Momma hates dirt in the house and don't they know I have some in my back yard? I even tried sneaking in a bite of my Auntie KK's polish dog but she caught me before I could get to it.   A couple of times when I was getting sleepy the crazy people behind me kept yelling which scared me.  So I cried a bit but momma walked me around until I fell asleep, away from the crazies.  All-in-all, it was a good time!

The Green Monsta'

Got my rally cap on!  We ended up staying 12 out of 17 innings that day!

Coming up I have my baptism, a going away PARTAY, and I get to fly to Washington to visit all my family and friends.  What's an arranged marriage?  Because I'm meeting an older boy named Brayden and everytime I hear about him I hear those words.  I just hope it involves Puffs and Elmo's song....my two favorite things!

P.S.   It's gonna be a while before I can probably catch you up on everything so I just want to say happy momma's day and daddy's day to all you guys!  Thank you for having babies so I can have lots of friends.  :)  Next time I write I'll probably be in New Jersey!!!!

XOXO,

Ellie Reese

Swim Baby Swim!

Ellie had her first group swim lesson at the YMCA last Sunday.  Seriously....babies in bathing suits, it's got to be the cutest thing in the world!  Ellie Reese absolutely loves the water and seemed to have a great time in the pool.  The instructor had the parents sing along to different songs and swim around with their babies  during the 30 minutes in the pool.  I started off in the pool but switched half-way with Dave so he could join in on the fun too.  Here are some adorable pictures of our water baby.

Ellie's new swim buddy- Pierce!

Pooped after swimming :)