Vacation in the Mountains

My sweet parents have a time share at the Alpine Village in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina (just outside of Burnsville and near Ashville). This year they could not use their first week so they offered it to us. They have a 2 bedroom unit so we were also able to bring our friends, The Colyers! Here are some of the highlights..

Chad was really looking forward to reading his Bible outside on the balcony looking over the mountains.

Georgia had fun bouncing with Anna Colyer while the adults played Settlers of Catan. After playing Jeff and Brittney's favorite game we were sold. If we go ahead and buy it are there any of you all out there who like to play games? (Check out the Colyers' blog for a video of the girls)

There are some neat shops and this nice courtyard in downtown Burnsville so we stopped to let the kids play a bit.

This is the bed all 4 of us piled into. Georgia is just a bit too big for the pack and play so we didn't even bother bringing it and Noah won't sleep the whole night in the bassinet so all four of us (plus Ruby Buttons, Cookie monster, the monkey and blankets Georgia brings with her) all slept in this bed.

Here is my sweet boy in his Spiderman outfit.....my superhero.

This was another break from little shops; this time in Little Switzerland. We have been here several times but this year was a bit different now that Georgia is 2!

The best family photo we could pull off at the orchard.

All 7 of us at the Orchard at Altapass

Georgia loved this toy of Anna's. She thought they were bracelets. And Jeff and Brittney brought Georgia some Sesame Street Stickers for her birthday and she loved sticking them all over herself!

More catching up to do...

We have been pretty busy in the Nuss household lately and I just haven't seemed to be able to pull off uploading photos to our blog. I will try to do better...


Noah is getting stronger and more handsome all the time!


Georgia and I made play doh. She loved teh rolling pin and cookie cutters. She could take or leave the play doh. She didn't really like it until I rolled it into little balls. I guess she is still a bit too young but I'll keep trying. Next time I make it I will try to remember to do that cool thing where you take a photo of all the ingredients and each step of the process. It is so easy to make!

We were able to go to the KY state fair when it was in town. Here are some highlights..

Georgia was sacked out by the time we made it to the midway.

This was a motorized puppy that drove around by remote control. The sheriff who operated it stood a bit away from the car and spoke into a headset so it sounded like the puppy was talking...and he would say things about the kids and to the kids so it was like he was real. Georgia LOVED him. I do believe she would have followed him all over the fair for the rest of the evening if we had let her.

She loved everything this year. She loved all the exhibits, she liked the animals (not as much as I thought she would though). We had so much fun!

I got Georgia some sidewalk chalks last year when we repaved the driveway but we didn't get them out until a few weeks ago. She loved them!

Freshly shampooed Noah...has a few curls!

This past weekend I was in my friend and college roomie's wedding.


Sara and Brian VonAllmen

Sara and Olivia

Beautiful Bride

Sara and Me

Feel free to check out my Facebook for even more photos!

Baby Pool and Baby Smiles

We got Georgia a baby pool and swim suit (now that the summer is almost over) and she loves it!

Yes, it is on concrete but it is the only flat area we have so I was watching her very carefully and yes, she has on SPF 50! The pool was partially in the shade by the time we got to it too.

This is one of those bouncy seats. It was Georgia's when she was an infant and we just got it out for Noah but Georgia has claimed it. She barely fits in it from head to rump but she LOVES it!

In the quest to get one of Noah's very handsome smiles on camera we have gotten some very cute shots. No real huge grins caught just yet but we will keep trying!

He loves his swing!

How cute is this?!?!?!?

This is part of our night time routine. Noah loves hearing Daddy read a story from the Jesus Storybook Bible and loves to be by his sister!

Another Gro Baby Give Away!

I have bought some of my cloth diapers from a site called Soft Cloth Bunz and every Friday they have a give away on their blog. This week's "Feed Your Stash" Contest is for a Gro Baby One size cloth diaper, a box of Tiny Bubbles baby detergent and a wetbag for your dirty duds! Check it out!

Gro Baby Cloth Diapers

As some of you all know, we have been trying cloth diapers both to save some money and to help the environment. We have recently found a new type of diaper that I LOVE. They are Gro Baby one size diapers. Yes, the same diaper adjusts to fit my 8 week old Noah and my 35lb, 22 month old Georgia who wears between a size 3T and 4T already! They are pretty bulky on Noah and won't work for Georgia for much longer but for now, they both fit! They have a waterproof shell and a "soaker pad" that snaps inside keeping it in place. When it is wet you just replace the soaker unless the shell is soiled (which doesn't happen often since the pad inside is made to fit the diaper). No folding or pinning! So much more convenient than the chinese prefolds and wraps we have been using! Check out this blog to enter to win a free one to try it out.
Check out the manufacturer's website, The Natural Baby Co. to learn more or buy one to try for yourself!


Here are a few pics of my 'Gro'wing babies in their Gro Baby's!



They look so somber, don't they? This was better than the alternative...screaming!

Chuck E Cheese

My sister had this fabulous idea to take Georgia to Chuck E Cheese. We were originally going to go when Chad was out of town in New York but that week got so packed with stuff to do and Chad wanted to go too so we waited until he got back. We had a BLAST!

This is actually us on the way home. I have such a hard time figuring out how to get the photos in the order I want!

After all the games we all gave our tickets to Georgia and got her a little prize from the prize counter. She loves her Uncle David!

Aunt Rhonda with Noah. He was so good and just hung out in the baby carrier on Chad while he played games!

Daddy and Noah

Uncle David, Nick and Ben...and Georgia right in the middle of it all.

It looks like she was going down the slide but she really just climbed it half way then slid down.

Georgia LOVED this game. She didn't have a clue what the object was but she loved playing with all the basketballs. We sure got our exercise for the day chasing the balls around!

We tried to get her to really play/ride some games but she really wasn't interested. She was perfectly satisfied to run around adn just touch everything. More tokens for us!

We got her to eat almost a whole piece of pizza in the 2 and a half hours we were there!

She played with everything!

She loved him from the first time she saw him!