Friends and Family Across the Pond

We are so excited to be here in England! We have gotten to catch up and meet so many new faces for the fist time. Nana and Grandad had some family over the first weekend we were there. We were so excited to meet our cousin Kian for the first time. We are about a month and a half older than him so he will be a great playmate everytime we go to England. We also got to spend some time with our friend Ollie. His dad Stuart and our dad used to play football together when they were yonger. Lastly we got to meet Charlotte Nelsen. Charlotte's mum and our mum were friend's in Tampa. We have already started arguing who gets to date her first!

The Cliff Family!

Fun with Charlotte at the Trafford Center!

Off to England for the holidays!

We are off to England for Christmas! The flight over was great fun. We drove over to Orlando and flew direct to Manchester, England. We thought we'd give mum and dad a break and behave most of the flight. Unfortunately we only had one skycot when we got on the plane. We flipped a coin for it and Beckett won. I had to sleep on mum's lap the whole time. Although everytime the 'fasten your seatbelts' light came on, dad had to fetch Beckett out of the skycot. It was kind of annoying. Many of the Virgin air hostesses to a fancy to us. They all looked so pretty in their long red coats. When we got to England no one told us that our strollers which we left planeside in Orlando, would now have to be picked up at baggage claim, so mum and dad had to carry us along with two backpacks, a diaperbag and a suitcase through customs. Thankfully Nana, Grandad, Uncle Andrew and Scott were waiting for us on the otherside of customs to help take us and our three checked bags and two car seats back to Preston!

Boys Christening..

Video of our Newborn photoshoot! Click the 'play' button!

Game day!!

WTF?!?! We ordered Pats jerseys!!



Mum put us in these silly onesies yet again. We wore them at the hospital. We told her we didn't fit into them anymore, but she wanted one last picture with us in them.

Ha ha Eli! I swiped the pumpkin one yet again! You get stuck being peanut! Sucker!

Mugshot?

Who says there isn't such a thing as a good passport photo???? We look AWESOME!!!! Look out England - here we come!!

Outtakes from our 1 month old photo shoot

We don't want our pictures taken!!

Eli!! Stop blocking the sign!!

Doesn't help when my brother falls asleep!

Beckett says "I have a question... Do I really have to take my picture with this guy??"

Raise the roof!! We got a good shot!

Recent pics

We are ready to hit the casino... Thanks for the jerseys Simon!
Eli looking pensive
Beckett pulling a face
Eat your heart out ladies!

If ya like it then you shoulda put a ring on it!

A few pics of us....

Eli chillin' on the couch....

Bathtime for Eli
Some brotherly bonding...
Beckett says, please no pictures!

Paratroopers!!!

Here we are for our first ride in our stroller. We feel like we are going skydiving with all the harnesses mum has us strapped in to...

Sleep or lack there of

We had a good conversion last night when Mum and Dad put us to bed. We agreed to wake Dad every 2 hours. Mission accomplished.

sleep (slēp)

noun

1. a natural, regularly recurring condition of rest for the body and mind, during which the eyes are usually closed and there is little or no conscious thought or voluntary movement, but there is intermittent dreaming

Our first piece of mail came to the house today!

These are some of mum's favorite pictures of us....

Let's play ball!

Here is mum and I getting ready to watch our first Red Sox/Yankees game this weekend. It was a little cold for my red sox onesie, but I was sporting my Sox hat from Aunt Andrea in Boston (Thanks Aunt Andrea!) And would you believe the pitcher has my same name?!?! Thought he would have thrown a little better knowing I was watching. :-(

A post from Eli...

Beckett
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Doesn't my brother look like a terrorist all wrapped up like that...

A post from Eli...

Beckett and Eli
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I was not happy to be sharing temporary living arrangements with my brother.... That and I don't know how I got stuck wearing the peanut onesie...

A post from Beckett....

Eli in recovery room
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Here is my brother sticking out his tongue for the camera. He never did like posing for those ultrasound pics either....

Eli checking out his brother after delivery

Eli checking out his brother after delivery
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So many friends came and visited us at the hospital!

Here we are!!! It is our first family picture. That's us with mum and dad in the operating room just after we were delivered.

We were delivered at 7:40 (Eli) and and 7:41 (Beckett) on July 28th at St. Joseph's Women's hospital in Tampa. That's Eli with Mum and Beckett with Dad.













We don't think that hat is a good look for dad....