Our little miracle

Friday, October 21, 2011

Massachusetts

Thanks to a gift from our dear friends the Kaplan's Suri and I escaped the warm "fall" weather of Arizona and headed East for a few days to visit Brookline/ Boston Massachusetts where a much needed reunion was long overdue with friends Camilo and Jen. Jen and I were roommates when I lived in Miami and it has been about 7 years since we have seen each other! I must admit, I was dreading a 5 hour and 55 minute plane ride alone with the little nugget however Suri was a trooper and made for quite the little traveler. I was extremely proud of her as it is tough to sit still on Mommy's lap in a cramped space for such a long trip. I must admit though, each time the pilot came over the loud speaker and said the phrase " we are on our final descend... the choir of angels sang!!" I was so glad to land and be off the airplane!

The weather in MA was less than cooperative for our short visit there. We were blessed with mostly rain and soggy leaves which made for very few photos as it is not too much fun to sit a crawler down in a pile of leaves, no matter how beautiful they are! We did escape to Eastham/ Cape Cod for a couple of nights and escaped the rain only to enter the wind!! Although the weather was less than ideal, I must admit it actually felt like fall unlike it does here in AZ with 90 - 100 degree weather mid October!  The cool breeze was a welcomed change and I was able to get some photos when I could.


Our first morning in Brookline at Jen's house

Jen and Suri


What good is a photo without Marley dog!



Marley

One of the days, we attempted to go to the apple orchard as it was apple picking season!  I was really looking forward to being able to pick some apples with Suri however when we arrived at the farm, there was not a soul other than ourselves as it was raining outside. We made the best out of our visit by standing near the pumpkin farm and taking a few pictures. Suri was loving the wind and the rain as well as trying to walk through a soggy pumpkin patch in order to find a pumpkin we could hold. She was belly laughing, it was so cute!


Lookout Farm on a blustery MA day!



Suri was loving the wind and the mist in her face!

Suri thought this muddy pumpkin was hilarious!




Suri's first encounter with a pumpkin!


Jen and Suri


On the way home from the Farm, Suri had a moment of giggles!




The next day, we attempted to go to breakfast/ brunch at The Hole in One on the Cape however by the time we were called to sit down, Suri decided she had had enough and she began to tell the whole restaurant about it!  She was definitely tired and we ended up getting our food to go and went for a drive while Suri took a nap!




You're a "Hoot" Suri!

After Suri's little siesta, she awoke to find herslef at the beach for the first time!  Oh how I would love to go to sleep and wake up and be at the beach!  Ahhh, the life of a one year old!  I wish I would have had the video camera on Suri when she saw the ocean for the first time. Her expression was priceless. She absolutely lit up with smiles. She was loving the salty breeze (wind!) and eagerly wanted to touch the sand!

Suri's first time on the beach! She didn't know what to think of all the sand!






My favorite photo of the trip!




On the way home from the beach, she was all smiles!





On Saturday, we attempted the Annual Oyster Fest on Cape Cod... along with everyone else and their brother!!  This event truly draws a crowd!!
Suri enjoyed dreaming about oysters as she slept pretty much the whole time while being carried in the front pack and pushed in the stroller... again, to have the life of a one year old!

People, people and more people who had the same idea as we did to spend the day at Oyster Fest!
Oyster Fest is hard work!
Love Love Love her laughter!

After a long day at the Oyster Fest, the time had come to get packed up to head home. Once we arrived back to Jen's mothers house, we cooked on the grill and had a relaxing evening at home. Jen's mom found a rocking chair in the basement that was just Suri's size. She loved it!

A "Suri Size" rocking chair!





 I am so thankful 2 of my very good friends were able to meet and spend some time with Suri. Hopefully we will all be able to get together again before Suri gets too much older- only next time, you guys have to come to Arizona!

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