Nantucket 2010

We just got home from an AAAAAMMMMMMMAAAAZZZZIIIIINNNNGGGG vacation and I took way too many pictures so prepare for an overload. Ella, Ryan and I headed out on May
19th and flew into Philadelphia then drove to Massachusetts. Jack stayed home with Grandma Nette and we are sooooo appreciative that she let him spend so much time with her. Grandma Rosie was able to come for a few days too so Jack was on his own special "Grandma" vacation which he absolutely loved too. We would have loved to take him with us and he would have had a great time but we were hoping for a stress free time and we got just that. Ella even was nice and let us sleep in past 9 am almost every day! She did however get the stomach flu one of the days which was not enjoyable but we survived! Jack also got the same flu while home with Grandma.... luckily I didn't get it! We were able to stay with my great friends Mike and Christie and had such a good time with them. They are so nice to us and gave us a car to use for the week and let us totally invade their house. Ella had a wonderful time playing with their kids Nicholas and Claire and I don't think she wanted to ever come back home. She enjoyed being an only child and getting ALL the attention... especially from her dad! Words cannot begin to describe how wonderful it was to spend some time with Ryan (kinda) alone and to just have fun with each other. It was much needed and definately appreciated! Although we had a great time it was wonderful to get back home to our little man who we missed oh so much!













Ryan got to try a wide variety of new foods while we were there and he thought that was pretty fun. He tried escargot (SNAILS!), lobster, raw clams, fried clams, shrimp nachos and he had a Nantucket Fluke (fish)! I'm pretty sure he will avoid the clams in the future but he had fun giving them a try. Claire who is 4 showed him how eating clams was done and she ate sooooo many of them complete with lemon juice and hot sauce! She was a trooper!