Sarah and Matthew's Visit

Sarah flew to Greenville and Matthew drove down from Washington D.C.

The first morning we drove to a Mennonite Farm and had breakfast.  It was the best breakfast I have ever had! How can you go wrong with butter syrup? I mean, come on!  I would go back everyday if I could.

We love when Uncle Matthew comes down....we will visit him next!

We drove over to Little Washington.  It's about 25 min away.  It was the first port town in North Carolina.  Besides the waterfront, it was a little disappointing like most of the small towns here.  Stores that aren't open and it was hot.... 

It was pretty on the boardwalk though.

Sarah and I drove to New Bern which is a very historical and well to do little town.  Famous people live there and many chose to retire.  We went to a museum and royal palace.

Captain Isaiah watching out for us....

Are we in Europe?

See you soon Sister Sarah! 

East Coast Fourth of July

Mikey's Aunt Susan and Uncle Jack invited us to spend a few days with them at the beach over the fourth of July.  We said sure!  The beach is only an hour and half away.... We spend the days swimming in the pool and sitting at the beach.

Rhodes giving Isaiah his bottle.  What service!

Beach baby, he sat for at least an hour on that blanket... 

Our house...

Mikey and the boys in the ocean

We went on a couple bike rides.... sorry for the pink helmet Isaiah!

He was not happy, but got over it :)

He does the love the ocean... but you wouldn't be too sure by this picture.

I is for Isaiah #11

11 months.  That's right, Isaiah you are 11 months!  You aren't too happy about it based on the pictures, but I chose the worst time to take them, right before bed... oh well.

This past month, Isaiah you have been on the go!  You move from here to there in no time!  You push your walking doggy with reckless abandonment.  You have one speed....running full force when you push him.  You are also a fast crawler.  You haven't made any attempts of walking on your own yet.

Your favorite book is Brown Bear Brown Bear.  It is almost falling apart.  After you play with it for a while you will push it across the floor.  You push everything.  Laundry basket, books, your musical table.  Anything that isn't stuck to the ground you try to use as a push toy.

Your bedtime is 7:00 and you wake up between 7:00-7:30.  You take a nap two hours later. And then your afternoon nap is usually around 1:30.

You are eating most of the foods that we eat, which is nice for us to eat as a family.  You do make a big mess when you eat, I clean the floors everyday.

One of the cutest things that you have been doing is when you wake up, you jump in your crib, really fast.  I hear you talking and jumping in the morning.  You defiantly get your daily exercise in.  We try to go on walks everyday but sometimes it is too hot or raining.

You love the pool!  Over the fourth of July when we were at the beach, you loved splashing in the pool.  Mikey would set you on the ledge and you would jump towards him with a big smile.

11 months means almost 1 year!  Hopefully the next photo shoot will be much happier!  You will be the big party baby then!