Voyages of the Ridges family part 2 SC

From New York we headed south to much warmer South Carolina.  It did present a bit of a packing challenge but I was up for it.
While there we managed to get in a trip to the beach.  Caroline was a fan of eating sand.  

We also went to Table Rock State park and did a VERY short little hike past the waterfalls and played at the playground.

Caroline liked the zip line.

Jared helped my dad fall some trees.  Yes, my dad is up in the tree.

Heading back for Utah!

Voyages of the Ridges family part 1 NY & MA

 Caroline was an excellent travel buddy.  Mostly because this is what she did most of the time on the plane rides and in the ergo.  She is such a trooper.

Tray tables make an awesome bed.

BOSTON

Mt. Auburn Cemetary

Jeffrey at Boston Commons at the beginning of the freedom trail.

Caroline's first time on the subway.

North Bridge

Boston Harbor

Paul Revere's grave

Lunch at the Prudential Building

View from the Prudential Building

Canoli's from Mike's Pastry.  Eating underground to avoid the rain.

MIT Museum

CORNWALL-ON-HUDSON

Hike near the Hudson River

Reading Calvin and Hobbes by the fire.

 NEW YORK/ MANHATTAN

Manhattan Temple

We rode the Staten Island Ferry by the Statue of Liberty

Central Park

Times Square

The Hershey Store... free samples... yum!

9/11 Memorial.  This is one of the new towers and is the tallest.

New York Stock Exchange

We had an awesome time.  Although Jared is not terrible excited to go back to Boston... something about having to drive in the torrential rain and crazy driver infested unfamiliar and lane-less roads.  We also we able to go the Boston temple with Emily and Dan.  A very generous friend of mine kept all the kids so we could go. 

Random Cuteness

I've finally gotten my hands on all the pictures from Jared's phone.  Okay, okay, so I've actually had them for weeks but am just getting around to sharing. Some of these are pretty old- and some are VERY recent. Like, a few hours ago recent. Enjoy!

Like father- like daughter.  Lovin' some chocolate chip cookies.

Heading for the pool!

Not toooo sure about it....

Grumpy gal.

With her little cousin.  4 days old in this picture. (2/9/14)

With her "little" cousin.  3 1/2 months in this picture. (3/23/14)   To say he's gaining on her would be a gross understatement.

Likes going for rides in the laundry basket.

Delicious high lighters!

I actually forgot to take pictures Easter morning, but this was a re-enactment a few days later.

Happy Mother's Day!

Caroline at 10 months

We're in the double digits!  How did that happen!?!

Caroline is still such a sweet little gal. While I think Caroline did go through a little growth spurt- I feel like this month has been more about social development than physical development.
-She's still a pro sitter.
-She still doesn't like to roll over.
-She still likes to grab everything.  But doesn't necessarily like to let go.
-She has recently discovered her pointer finger and now it looks like she's pointing at everything- it's pretty cute.
-She has gone back to sleeping through the night.  Hot diggity dog!  It's a lovely thing.  I think this is mostly because she's finally getting enough to eat.  I discovered recently that mother nature said I was done nursing so poor Caroline was not getting nearly as much as I thought she was.  Oh well, now we'll just spend our life savings buying powdered gold  formula for the next few months til we switch to the gallon style milk.
-She's a great travel buddy.  She was a rockstar on our recent journeys to NY, Boston, SC, the beach, and Capitol Reef National Park.
-She has much less stranger anxiety than she ever has before- even though she will make a really cute shy face.  I think this is mostly because during our trip she got passed around like a hot potato.  It's perfect for me now while I'm in singing time because she's not sad when someone else is holding her- or when Jared and I are both singing in the choir we can just pass her to someone sitting near us- or when I'm at an ward activity and the YW want to hold her.   I hope it lasts :)
-She will say "mamamama"  Unfortunately, it's usually when she's really tired and grumpy.  I'm such a sucker for that pitiful little mamama begging for food and a nap.
-She has recently gotten to be a bit finicky about her foods.  She used to love prunes.  Now she won't eat them.  Sometimes she won't eat anything with banana in it.  Other times she likes it.  Sometimes I can try 2-3 different foods and she may eat a few bites and then turn her nose up. Other times she is scarfing down food like she's been starving for two weeks.  She is getting a little bit better about handling finger food and seems to be developing an independent spirit already- although she I can't seem to get her to hold her own bottle... sheesh.
-She likes singing and still hollers on occasion just for fun.

Caroline usually has pretty good aim when she feeds herself- but occasionally she kind of looses her food and doesn't know where to find it.