The show was already in progress… John (Declan’s Godfather) lighting the baptism candle.

Declan with his Aunt and Godmother, Donna.

With the grandparents.

The after party.

Declan was having a good time.

Party!

Cake! (Made by Kate)

Nicole with the boys.

Presents!

Rescuing animals, so hot right now!

Declan relaxed in knowing that the following weekend would be his christening and he would show up “mr. seersucker shorts”.

Thanks to Emmett and Lisa for letting us make a mess of their house, and thanks to everyone for the great presents.

Every summer, Ryan gets his friends together and we all go to a Brooklyn Cyclones game. This year he had 53 tickets spoken for. Impressive. Ryan’s name even made it up on the scoreboard, appropriately under “Our Lady of Miraculous Medal”.

Sleepy dude waking up.

A little too much cheering, too soon after a nap.

Uncle Tim joined us too.

We ran into this dude.

Then we ran into Oliver who was beating up an ice cream cone.

Oliver’s proud dad and little sister.

T-shirt toss!

Ryan trying to out cheer the cheerleaders.

Ryan’s cheering worked, The Cyclones won!

A victory photo for Ryan and Ellen.

Lou and Avi.

The seagull doing some last minute, back-alley autographing.

Later Uncle Tim.

Thanks to Ryan for getting everyone together!

Lil’ Napper.

Declan!

Urban men.

This is the moment when Emmett figured it all out…

Emmett’s pretty good with those tongs.

Meanwhile in the backyard, the hero of our story was waging a battle of his own.

The happy (sleepy) couple.

Thanks to Emmett and Lisa for having us all over.

I also want to thank the place where I dropped of this computer to be fixed last Monday. What was going to be a 2-3 day repair turned into a stressful and agonizing 6 days.

After we tore apart the Easter Bucket, and got cleaned up, we walked over to Nana and Opa’s for lunch with the family.

Victoria (who Noah calls “Micky”).

Custom eggs, as always.

Another bucket/basket left for Noah at Nana’s.

A little walk after lunch.

Uncle Matt banged up his knee, so Noah coached him to the park.

Playing with some parachutes.

Our audience.

Hug-fest, as always.

Back at Nana and Opa’s we dug into the cookies that Kate and Noah made the day before.

Mmm… Holidays…

Hey, thanks Tim

Angus needs to read up on pregnancy too?

Wow, this is FUN!!

The New & Improved Urban Family

Ready to go yet, Kate?

How can 2 little shoes be so hard?

Uncle Emmett bragging to Noah about all the holiday cards they get.

Noah gave Nana T. and Opa an ornament that he made for them at school.

Uncle Tim and Uncle Matt talking to their Aunt Annette who was visiting from Florida.

Opa gave Noah some lunch.

Then it was time for presents!

Uncle Matt gave Noah a bunch of great Hot Wheels tracks and cars.

A bulldozer from Nana and Opa!

Trains and tracks!

Noah (and Kate) had ornaments for everyone.

I can’t remember what sound Noah was hiding from, maybe a blender… or a vacuum…

Playing cars with Uncle Emmett before we trekked back to the city.

Thanks to Emmett and Lisa for hosting, and thanks to everyone for all the great presents!

Lisa is pregnant!  Noah’s cousin is due in June!

Time to start picking out presents.

Putting puzzles together with Auntie Mindy.

Go Pats!

Michigan cousins, Emily, Ceon (getting the high-five), and Cami.

Lil’ TV blocker.

Nana T. and Opa (Urban) did an amazing job hosting everyone as always.

Then post nap shy guy set in…

Nana saved the day.

Opa.

Puzzles with Kat.

Angus.

Goodnight Opa.

One last run in the driveway.

No scrapes this time.

Packing up.

Lisa was ready.

Fast forward 5 hours.

Lemon eater.

Disclaimer, Noah did not sleep in the cabinet, and he eats more than lemons.

Fast forward 3 hours and to a found playground.

Ok, not the greatest playground ever, but it did the job.

…just keep an eye on the car..

Rabbits, which are probably hard to see.

One last ride on the truck.

Balls over New Jersey.

12 hours after leaving Avon, we were back in Brooklyn.  Vacation over.

Noah getting more adventurous in the pool?  Must be the last few hours he can be in it!

Opa saved his aquatic acrobatic routine for the last day too.  Splendid.

Maybe Noah thought something was wrong because the sun was out and Uncle Tim was awake…

Noah showing off his “Situation” to Alex, who can’t handle it so he has to turn away.

Solid times..

“What the..?”

“Lisa! It’s raining…  …  …is that why you are doing laundry?”

“Nana!”

“Emmett!  Skateboard!”

Things were a little drier after Noah’s nap so we went to see the house where our friends The Kennedy’s were staying.

To recap we were on The Outer Banks because Anne Kennedy was/is/did get married on the beach outside the house they rented.

Anne’s niece Kate, and nephew Ryan were cooped up too I think.  They were eager to show Noah their cars…

..then they showed Noah some hermit crabs.

The ride home.

More games.

Noah and I began to go crazy.

Me, on the dune between the house we rented and The Food Lion…

…a closer look at the same photo reveals that I was trying to let everyone know that I got TWO different kinds of margarita mix so we could compare. (Photo by Katherine Holt)

Slow going.

Test out some other strollers while we rent bikes.

Emmett thinking maybe I should just concentrate on giving Noah a safe ride, rather than trying to take his picture…  He’s probably right.

Uncle Tim’s skid mark…

Poolside baby sitting.

Exploring with Aunt Diana.

Deer.

…because after I got back from a grocery run with Emmett, Noah was running in the driveway and took a dive.

Nana dried up the tears with strawberries.

Then Noah got mad at us for trying to clean up his wound and ran into the corner of the cabinets and got a cut on the left side of his head, more strawberries.

Luckily, he’s alright.

The pool is fine too.

Intercom.

World Cup Final.

Post nap bruiser.

Birthday party for Emmett.

Bratty birthday boy with silly string.

The poorly influenced younger brother.

The battered and bruised birthday boys nephew who is nervous about all this silly string stuff.

More pool.

Kate hoping tomorrow can be less eventful.