Saturday, April 11, 2009

Grandparents and cousins, part 1

OK, OK.....feverishly trying to get caught up on the adventure's of Nick Nurik, private eye....remember 2 years ago, we made that name up for him in Kaz on one deliriously boring evening in minus,minus temp. apartment lockdown. Now, on to the story........

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As the snowbird Wisconsin Grandparents made their way back to the still cold north (yes, they were dreading it), they made plans for us all to be together at a timeshare (exchange) near mammoth caves....timeshares in Park City, Ky? I can hear the confusion in your voice......yes, they have "timeshares", No, Grandma and Ata Bob would not consider them prime real estate......ever!

BUT, I digress......we started out the trip wonderfully and fortunately being able to meet up with Pat's cousin Sarah and Family. I had only met them once at Pat's sister's wedding (we had the children that were banned to the nursery......must be why Nick and Ruby are so connected) but have chatted often with Sarah on FB.....love it! Her husband Tuck is from the Ft. Knox area (yes, the gold place) so we met them in Elizabethtown for a great lunch and fabulous park visit!

Our lunch at Cheddar's was followed by a visit to the big Etown mall for some play time while we waited for it to warm up outside......the sun came out and we headed to the park!

Our handsome Boy! Nick was excited to be with his cousins and we were also celebrating his Gotcha day! 2 whole years buddy.....can't even believe it!! We had more surprises to celebrate the big day later!!






Nick loves "babies" and always wants to help and make them laugh....so endearing but not quite sure Ruby and sweet Ezra below felt the same way! :) Nick is say tickle tickle or something of the sort.




Nick wanted so badly to help Ezra be happy! He was patting him on the head....awwww!







Nick is looking so cool and grown up here....I think he looks like he could be Yoko's and John's son.....what do you think? Is Ruby not the cutest little punkin ever!?!





He is totally into the bars right now.....he wants you to help him at this point but I fear it won't be long til he is monkeying across with ease.




I absolutely love this picture of Ezra that his mom took......she is our photog by the way...our camera was having issues! He is the cutest baby and has the greatest belly laugh ever!



Pat's mom, Ruth with her second grandson and great Niece, Ruby!
Nick has been into Knights and castles lately and was begging for a suit of Armor.....we found a nice set at Target and he HAD to take it to show Grandma and Ata Bob. He is thrilled to wear it most any time and gets a little mixed up because he says it so fast and calls it his "sh-army Army......instead of Shiny Armor! :)
We had a great time with the cousins and hope to make it an annual visit and playfest! Hope to see them in Wisconsin once and awhile too! We left them to go to our next adventure......an Irish themed/St. Patrick's day train ride and dinner. The grandparents have the pics on this one and we still don't have them downloaded or transferred to us for posting so be patient as I try to get all of the pictures collected. I may post out of order and go ahead and get started on our springbreak trip but you will just have to wait and see.......this is all I got for tonight. :)

5 comments:

Carol said...

Two years - Mazal Tov!!!

Enjoy your spring break. Josh and Kris arrive here on Thursday. I am really excited about that. They have never met the little ones and Kris hasn't met Shifra.

Happy Easter,
Carol

Karen said...

You crack me up—yes, he does look like Yoko and John (especially with the sunglasses). I love the group photo in the restaurant—Nick's exuberance is so contagious. He so reminds me of Garrett. The cousins are beyond adorable. Look how hard he's trying to turn Ezra's frown upside—such a little sweetheart, isn't he?

keoghclan said...

Hey there. Lovely to see the update. Nick as always is adorable. What a little cutie. So looking forward to seeing you guys in June. We are going to make the trip a week long and hope to go onto Memphis after Kazapalooza and then of course a day shopping for moi (ha, ha!!)

Congrats on the anniversary - it is 3 years for us today since we met Orinoko - hard to believe....really.

BTW I noticed in your above poster (Carol) the name Shifra.....is that from the Irish name Siofra?? Dave has a niece in Galway with that name - always loved it....it means little fairy or puckin.....(Irish for small fairy)

Bye bye.

Aaron and Julie said...

It sounds like you guys had a great time!! Loving the sunglasses photo :) Wow, 2 years already - time flies with our kiddos, doesn't it! Happy anniversary!! We just got back from visiting my parents in AZ - uh, no more road trips for awhile :) So glad the photos & book made it before Easter!!

Kim said...

Hahaha! Too funny! Isn't it amazing how fast time passes. We are coming up on the 2 year date of getting our LOI. I love all the pictures. Nick is just a cute little guy!