A Wonderful Week at the Jersey Shore

Do you ever wonder why God is so good to us? I do! Our family was blessed by God with another wonderful week down the shore. It's an annual summer vacation we look forward to every year with the Hooper side of the family. Mom and Dad Hooper graciously rent a house each summer for us "kids" to enjoy. We had beautiful weather all week long. We did many fun things this year and Carter was at a perfect age to start enjoying them. In the mornings the grandkids loved going on walks and bike rides with Grammi and Papa. They walked to the sticky bun shop, the beach and the local park. Carter was aways ready for his morning nap after being out in the mornings with some of his favorite people and Ryan and I greatly appreciated that! The middays were spent at the beach. It was fun to watch our brave boy walk right into the ocean water. He loved jumping the waves with Daddy and Papa. He learned how to dig some big holes with his shovel and loved going in and out of them all afternoon long. After naptime in the afternoons, we enjoyed relaxing with family. We went to the boardwalk a bunch of times and Carter is starting to love his rides. Carter enjoyed eating ice cream and drinking some fresh lemonade for his treat. We did have a bump in the road when Carter's molars decided to make their entry into this world. Carter spiked a fever of almost 103 degrees and was just not himself for a couple of days. Thankfully the fever didn't last forever and he had many loving adults around him to comfort him during such a rough time. Little does he know how those molars are going to help him chew some red meat one of these days...Rye is looking forward to that day! We praise God so much for a wonderful week at the shore and look forward to next year bringing our newest addition. Please keep us in your prayers as we transition from one to two boys in the Correia household. November 1st is rapidly approaching...

Beautiful Bermuda

Ryan and I spent the second weekend in August in beautiful Bermuda! We went mainly for his dad's wedding and also considered it our last chance to get away before baby boy #2 arrives. We had such a great time visiting family whom we have not seen in two years. Thanks to Grammi and Papa Hooper we were able to leave our little guy in PA while we traveled abroad. It was very hard for us to leave Carter, but knew it was the best thing for him at this time. Of course he was spoiled while we were away and he loved every minute of it.

Ryan and I enjoyed staying with Aunt Doris and Ted in South Hampton. The house has a beautiful pool house which we lived in for the weekend. We enjoyed eating out, swimming, taking walks, relaxing and just talking with one another and family. We had a great time attending Jerry's (Ryan's dad) wedding. The ceremony was conducted on a sailboat which was very different then an American wedding. We also enjoyed celebrating at the reception which was at a restaurant overlooking the ocean. We are very excited to welcome Allison to the family and wish them many wonderful years of growing old together as a married couple.

Ryan and I were super excited to return to Carter after being away for a long weekend. We rushed home after our flight returned and ran into the house to see our amazing son. We will never forget his precious face...he just looked at us with a huge smile on his face and began laughing hysterically. He was so excited for us to be home and we were too. It's amazing how much we love Carter!

A Weekend in the Poconos

This past weekend was spent in the Pocono Mountains with the Hooper side of our family. We spent all of our days at the swimming lake which Carter loved. He is so content to just play in the water, shovel the sand and play on Grammi's beach chair. At the house we spent a lot of our time outside with the kids. We took walks, played on the swings, and watched the goldfish swim in the pond. We also went out on Saturday night for some ice cream. Ryan and I decided to not get Carter his own cone, but for him to share with us, well, he not only ate almost all of our ice cream, but everyone else's as well! He would walk from adult to adult taking huge bites of their cones. What a character! Thank you mom and dad for a wonderful weekend in the Poconos!

It's a BOY!!!

Yes, that's right around November 1, 2008 we are expecting our second son and we couldn't be more thrilled! We are trying our hardest to keep the name a surprise...so don't even ask! My pregnancy is going great and our littlest guy is quite active these days in my tummy. It's hard to even imagine who God is forming and knitting together right now, we are just so thankful that everything is going great. We can't believe that Carter is going to be a big brother this fall.

Myrtle Beach, May 2008

Shortly after we moved in to our new home we took Carter on a road trip (yes, we are crazy!) to Myrtle Beach, SC. On our way we stayed a few nights in Williamsburg, VA and then headed to a beautiful resort in Myrtle Beach. We spent the week just enjoying being together as family. Of course Carter was spoiled by "dada" and loved all the attention and affection from Ryan. We spent a lot of time at the pool which Carter loved floating in his turtle. We also took Carter to the beach and he learned how to shovel sand into a bucket for the first time. Thankfully, he didn't want to eat the sand this time around. We also went to an aquarium, ate out at some great restaurants, shopped, relaxed, watched a lot of NBA, saw a lot of motorcycles (it was Bike Week!), and went on some amusement rides. It was such a great time! On our way back home we stayed a night in Richmond, VA and ended up in Annapolis, MD. We loved Annapolis, MD and hope to go back someday. We went on a ferry tour ride and enjoyed seeing all the gorgeous sailboats as the sunset. We thank God for such a great vacation with our little guy...it'll be the last one with the three of us since we have another one joining us this coming fall.

Carter turned 1!!!

Carter turned one on April 17, 2008. We can't believe our little guy is growing up so quickly! On his actual birthday we had immediate family over to celebrate his special day. The theme for that party was Sesame Street. Carter got many cool presents such as a train, airplane, buggy car, books, clothes, and lots of love. After we moved in to our new house we had another birthday bash for our one year old. We had about 50 of our favorite people over to not only help us celebrate with Carter one last time, but also for them to see our new place. One of Ryan's clients made us a gorgeous cake (pictured above) and once again Carter was spoiled with lots of presents such as basketball hoops, beach toys, lots of stylish clothes, a farm, bubbles, books, etc. The sad reality of this birthday is that Carter will probably not remember even a minute of his birthday celebrations, however, they were so much fun to plan and carry out and I wouldn't do it any differently even if I could. We think the world of Carter and treasure our precious gift from God. He is the best!!!

The House of Our Dreams!

On April 24, 2008 we finally got the keys to the house of our dreams! We now live in Royersford, PA about 45 minutes from our first home in Drexel Hill, PA. With the help of our wonderful friends and family we successfully moved in without a hitch...Praise the Lord! We have done some minor improvements such as painting and are enjoying the process of truly making it our home. Carter is right at home and has explored every inch of his new domain. We only had one little incident and that was when my mom and I accidently locked Carter in the house all by himself. Thankfully, we were able to keep him occupied by playing peek-a-boo by the window and knew he wasn't in danger. We were more then eager to have the police come and break through a door or window, however, I discovered a bag of random keys the previous homeowners left and was able to unlock our back door before they came. As I ran through the door, I scooped up Carter and hugged and kissed him like he has never experienced before. That was certainly a day to remember.
Our new address is as follows:

111 Abbey Drive
Royersford, PA 19468
484.369.4852
We welcome visitors, cards, and phone calls any day of the week!