Home Sweet Home!

I was looking through all my pictures last night from our first trip back to the US and there are just some that are too good not to post. Better late than never is my motto! I really need to be better at updating my blog!

We had a great time going home and seeing all of our family and friends. Connor went to two zoos, two pumpkin patches, an aquarium, a medieval times show, and even got to be a pirate on ship. He is one lucky little boy! Let’s not mention his little stopover in London where we toured Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, and Buckingham Palace. He also crossed over the London Tower Bridge and got to see the magnificent Crown Jewels at the Tower of London.

How could I forget? We also had the opportunity to actually meet a US Paralympic track and field athlete from Baltimore, Tatyana McFadden, who was bringing home three gold medals and one bronze from the London 2012 Paralympic Games.  You can read her very inspiring story here!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/paralympic-sport/9506907/Paralympics-2012-Tatyana-McFaddens-miracle-is-to-compete-after-abandonment-in-a-Soviet-orphanage.html

How grand of a trip is that for a two year old? We sure are setting the bar high for such a young age.  Alright, enough babbling already! Here are the pictures!

 

 

Chris and Connor in front of Westminister Abbey

 

Chris and Connor at Buckingham Palace

 

 

Buckingham Palace

 

Posing in front of the famous red London telephone booths

 

London Bridges Falling Down...

Big Ben

 

 

Changing of the guards at the Tower of London

 

Proud of the US Paralympic Athlete.

 

Changing of the guards at the Tower of London

 

Nice view of the Tower Bridge

 

 Fun with cousins!  Starting from bottom up, Connor, Max, Madelyn, Kaeley, Cameron, and Troy.

 

Chris and I with our silly hats at Medieval Times.  We could barely stay awake.  Suffering major jet lag right now.

 

Watching the 4D-Happy Feet movie at the Baltimore Aquarium.  This is where his love of Happy Feet began!  We now have both movies!

 

Inside a sharks mouth with Mimi and Poppy!  This is where his obsession with sharks began also!

 

I am this tall!  Posing with Alyssa.

 

Got the pumpkins!  Connor is thinking his is bigger!

 

Got another pumpkin!

 

 

Fun with Jackson, and Reagan, and Taylor, OH MY!

Riding on the big tractor!

 

 

Rounding up the cattle.  He kind of looks like a natural, ha!

 

Play with his best pal Domi-Do!

 

On the Pirate Ship with Wawe and Granddaddy.

Getting his pirate treasure

 

 

ARR, Matey!  Ready to go on the pirate ship

 

I think our little pirate is a bit sea sick here

 

Water pumping-racing ducks with Mimi at the pumkin patch

 

This is the pumpkin he wanted to take home

 

Eating nothing other than nuts with Poppy

 

 

At the Baltimore Zoo with Wawe and Granddaddy

 

 

Bird watching at the zoo