Monday, June 02, 2008

Elmo Live!

This past weekend, we took Meredith to see her favorite Muppets at the RBC Center in Raleigh, NC. It was wild. I found it very telling that the food vendors were selling beer at 10am.


Meredith takes a look around the stadium...man this place is HUGE!



Before the show. Note the stooges guarding the staircase to prevent any crazy kids from bum rushing Elmo.

Meredith wonders what all the fuss is about....

Bert and Ernie are the first main characters out.


Soon the Muppet flood gates open and ALL the characters come running out (except Abi Cadabi..wonder where she was?)
Meredith was very excited and in awe! She sang and danced for most of the show.
And she clapped with the rest of the audience.
For those of you who have baby-sat Meredith....this is what the Broadway version of "Elmo's World" looks like:

There were no actual characters to get pictures with, so we had to settle on a picture in front of an advertisement.
At intermission, they sold balloons. As you can tell, the balloons were obstructions, so the Elmo stooges came out and made everyone put their $5 balloons under their seats.

Meredith's 2nd Birthday

On May 25th we celebrated Meredith's 2nd birthday (one day early!) I am amazed at how fast time flies by. We were fortunate to spend the day with both sets of grandparents. Meredith had a great day, got lots of presents, and ate tons of ice cream.

We had party favors. Meredith shows off her fabulous side.



So did daddy!



Meredith opened presents very patiently, spreading out the fun all day. She played with each new toy for an hour or so before going to the next present.



The birthday girl got a great new Mickey Mouse hat from her cousins Connor, Mary, and Owen.



She also got a brand new Cabbage Patch doll.



This is how you feed it, Pop!



Hey everybody! Its time for ice cream cake!


A Carvel ice cream cake, decorated by Nancy!


Happy Birthday! Make a wish!
Boy this cake sure tastes good!

I think I'll get that last bite!

Yep! I was right. It was good.

Corolla, NC (Outer Banks)

Meredith recently spent a week in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, celebrating her great-grandparents 60th anniversary.
Susie finds that it is hard to catch Meredith while wearing a boot in the sand when she takes off .
Meredith loved the sand....
And the shells....

And the footprints.

I had a lot of fun with her on the beach.


Zac and Jane's Wedding

In May 2008, my cousin Zac Coburn was married to Jane Ly in northern Virginia. We had a great time. Since I was an usher, I didn't get too many pics of the ceremony. I was able to grab some photo ops in my spare time....
Meredith always likes staying in a hotel room. She loves the big bed! Here she is pretending to be asleep:
A quick peek to see if I am still watching her:
Fooled you daddy!
I got a couple of shots of the ring bearer (Caden) and flower girl (Emma) after the wedding. Caden was in a silly mood.
Like I said, Caden was acting silly.
Emma always knows how to cheese it up for the camera.
All the kids wanted to do was DANCE!
Emma got some great daddy time:
They had so much fun, even my photo editing program couldn't get the red-eye out!
Emma and Meredith hit it off:
Emma learned that Meredith runs really fast!
Pop and Meredith at the wedding party table with Sarah.

Herndon Park

We recently tried out a new playground in Durham called Herndon Park. Meredith seemed to like it.

Are you serious??? Its a new playground!



It has a cool short tube slide....


And big girl swings!