BOSTON Day Trip

Aidan all happy on his train ride to Boston

Aidan playing at Tadpole Playground in the Boston Commons

Aidan on the carousel across the frog pond from tadpole playground.

Aidan and Allan taking in the Boston skyline from in front of the Children's Museum.

And you thought only spiders barked!

The Children's Museum in Boston!

Aidan playing a really neat game at the Children's Museum where kids

were encouraged to be active (the game was played by stopping on colored squares

on the floor). It was really cool!

Aidan trying out his rock climbing skills!

Andrea and Aidan in on the Boardwalk in front of the Children's Museum.

Allan and Aidan taking in some of Boston's fince architecture on the way

to the New England Aquarium.

The sea lion tank outside the New England Aquarium.

Aidan climbed this statue of Dolphins while we waited for our DUKW tour to start.

Aidan was really excited about going for a ride on the DUKW.

If you look closely you will see Aidan in the driver's seat under the supervision

of our tour guide "The Joker". He actually was driving while we toured the

Charles river.

Future DUKW tour guide in the making?

The Family posing with The Joker!

This is a picture of the side of a building located across from The Garden where the celtics play.

The trains arive and depart from North Station just below The Garden.

So I'm slacking a little bit on our Blog...I'll try to catch you all up. Allan, Aidan and I took a day trip into Boston on June 6th. We had a great time. We woke up and it was overcast so we scratched the beach off our list and decided to take the train ride into Boston. Aidan loved the train ride. We went to Boston Common, The Tadpole Park, Aidan rode the carousel ride in the park, we ventured over to The Children's Museum....which is a must see if you are ever in Boston with children, we had ice cream on the Boston Harbor, we went on the Boston Duck tours....when the duck turned into a boat and we were on the Charles River, our guide let Aidan drive the boat....HE LOVED THAT! If you are wondering why we spelled Duck DUKW please visit http://www.bostonducktours.com/duck_history_main.html for a little history lesson (it may come in handy in a game of trivia one day!) We did a lot of walking and sightseeing and Aidan got to ride on his first Subway, Bus, and Train! We got back to New Hampshire around midnight....we were completely exhausted but had a wonderful time in Boston. Such a great city....if you ever get a chance to go there, do it. We want to go again and stay longer!

Our New Surroundings

Here are some photos of our new surroundings here in Lee, New Hampshire!

We are living with my Aunt Mary Ellen, Uncle Tom and Cousins Gwen Ivy and Taylor. Things are so beautiful and refreshing here.....it's a nice change from our life in Texas....but we do miss our family and friends. Hope all is well. Enjoy our pics.

Oh check out these links to some of my favorite little towns in New Hampshire Aidan and I like to hang out in....

#1. Newmarket, NH http://www.newmarketnh.gov/

#2. Durham, NH (UNH is there) http://www.ci.durham.nh.us/

#3 Portsmouth, NH http://www.portsmouthnh.com/

#4 Exeter, NH http://town.exeter.nh.us/

#5 Concord, NH (The Capitol and Allan's school) http://www.ci.concord.nh.us/

My family's home

Allan's School

Aunt Mary Ellen taking Aidan for a walk on a cold rainy morning

The River out at "Wagon Hill Farm"

Aidan at Wagon Hill Farm

Wagon Hill Farm

Rye Beach

Gweny and Aidan at Rye Beach

Aidan out on the Pier in Portsmouth, NH

Picnic at the Park

Aidan found a "sea snail" at the beach

Daddy and Aidan at New Castle Common's beach

A view from the fishing pier at New Castle......love Light Houses

Aidan and Mommy at Prescott Park overlooking the bay in Portsmouth..

Taylor, Aidan, and Allan swinging at New Castle Park

A striper fish that was caught by some fishermen on the pier.....Aidan touched it! YUCK!

Allan, Aidan and Taylor

Us!

Drum Roll, Please........

Our little man at 20 weeks sonagram.

(Allan didn't pay much attentention when he scanned the picture!)

We have finally picked a name for our new little bundle of joy that is expected here September 3rd..........Maddox Alexander Braxdale. Thanks to Aidan for helping us pick out his new brother's name. He has loved the name Maddox since we mentioned it a couple of months ago. He said no to all our other names and said "My brother's name is MADDOX!" So needless to say we are going with that and listening to Aidan. :)

I am 28 weeks preggo as of yesterday....can't believe the past 5 months have gone by so fast! Haven't done too much to prepare for the baby, but will start once we get back from our adventure up north. I've been feeling well, just getting very uncomfortable to sleep. I like to eat ice cream right now....can't get enough, that's for sure. But I still love to eat fresh fruit and vegetables....unlike when I was preggo with Aidan....couldn't even put a piece of fruit to my lips without gagging.....weird, I know!! I am still trying to stay active.....walking, jogging, cycling, chasing Aidan, etc. Being here in New Hampshire, I don't have my gym to go to, but my Aunt Mary Ellen has taken me on many beautiful walks here so I'm still getting some exercise.....not that it's helping me with weight because before I left for NH I went to the doctor and had gained 28 lbs......"right on target" is what my Dr. says....I don't like that too much, but hey that is what happens when you are preggo, right?! hahaha I think I'm going to start some prenatal yoga this week...I have a video back in TX but I saw one at the local library I'm going to check out.

My next doctor appointment is when I get home around the beginning of July, so we'll see how things are then, but as of now everything is going great! Just getting excited to meet our new baby Maddox!!

PICTURES FROM NIAGARA FALLS

If you have never been to Niagara Falls, put it on your top 10 things to do!! We can't wait to go back....it's so beautiful and the falls are just amazing!! Here are some of our pics from the falls....the pictures don't do them justice, ENJOY!

Thumbs up for Niagara Falls!

Daddy and Aidan on the walkway from the hotels to the tram to take you to the falls

Our hotel is the one on the far left....Sheraton...had fabulous views of the falls!!
The tram ride that took us down the big hill to get to the falls.....Aidan was very skeptical of it until he saw how slow it moved. ha!

The building you walk through to get down to the walk way next to Niagara Falls.

The fam in front of Niagara Falls

Maid of the Mist...we really wanted to go on this, but Aidan said "No Way" he was scared! LOL

Part of the falls

Aidan and I in front of Niagara Falls.....Aidan loved it!

Niagara Falls

My boys in front of Niagara Falls....all the white is the mist from the falls.

Across the street from our hotel....view was fabulous!

The view from our Hotel Room in Canada of the falls.....AMAZING!