After a restful night in Sarah and Corby's guest room, we got on our festive American flag colored clothing and headed downtown to watch the local 4th of July parade! We met up with another family that Sarah knew, and all sat on the curb watching the high school bands march past behind homemade floats that were full of waving residents. Noah had a look of awe, as usual, and happily sat on mommy's lap as the parade marched by. After the parade, we got to explore t...

The Bubble Show: We have an Entertainment Box for Noah that sits below his carseat. It's full of books, puppets, and everything I could find that may prevent him from getting grumpy. The bubbles were for emergencies only, and they worked like a charm during this long drive from Hedges Lake to Lake Erie.

After a long haul, we made it across New York State. It was a rough travel day; it took us 11 hours to get from upstate New York to Lake Erie. Noah was a trooper, though we had to stop numerous times because he was so over being strapped into his car-seat. We drove into Lakeside Campground and set up our tent just in time for the thunderstorm on Lake Erie. Noah was asleep when we arrived, so Ty carried him into the makeshift bed made of his changing pad that lay ...

Homemade Lemon Crisp Ice Cream in Cape Cod.

Made it into the town of Hyannis in Cape Cod by dusk. Noah loved swimming in the hotel's indoor pool, followed by family bath time. We took a night walk down the main strip of the town and ate on the patio of an Italian restaurant that was still open. The weather was perfect and lots of people were still out. We wandered back to the hotel and had the best sleep we've had in weeks. The combination of being done with packing/working on the house and the Sleep Numbe...