One more photo.....

Here is one more photo from his photo shoot.... I have been keeping a secret for a while... now the secret is out :)  We can't wait till February! 

One Year Pictures

Here are a bunch of pictures! We took these last week and I so pleased with them! I couldn't chose just one :)

I is for Isaiah #12 Happy Birthday!!

It's your birthday Isaiah!  One year ago you were born! We were in a small hospital room and I was so tired! This year we are in a new house and you have tons of energy! You are getting cuter by the day!

Your days are pretty typical....you have been waking up at 8! (or later)  Have your first nap at 10 then your second nap at 2 and then you go to bed between 6:30-7:00.

You are all done with bottles and drink milk from sippy cups.  You love reading your books, even though they are almost always upside down.  You enjoy taking the baskets off the shelves and scattering the contents.

You are scaling every wall and furniture item.  Not walking yet but almost.  You have four teeth, the top two are almost all through.  You are wearing size 12-18 month clothes and size 4 diapers.

You do NOT like it when I leave you in the church nursery.  You went months with loving it but now you hate it.  I can usually enjoy about 20 minutes of church before someone comes and gets me.... but we will try again every Sunday.... don't you worry!

You are so smiley and happy, except when you see me making food... then all of sudden you get so hungry!  We are working on patience and good manners :)

We love you so much! We have a party planned for you today.... new friends are coming over.

Happy Birthday to our Isaiah boy! We love you more then words can say!

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.