Wrightsville Beach 2009

These are the pictures of our Wrightsville Beach trip on July 29th and 30th. Colin's first trip to see the ocean and play along the shore.


Colin talking on the phone at the beach. He would answer hello and jabber in baby talk to someone for great lengths of time. The idea of a phone with a cord is thrilling to him since mommy and daddy have none at home.


Notice the look on Colin's face. He would run into the waves with this look on his face, fall down, amd crawl back to the shore to do it all again. No fear of the ocean, that's for sure.


Matt will hate that I posted this picture (don't tell him) but I love it!! Both of my handsome boys posing for a picture on the beach.


Colin posing for a picture while eating a hushpuppy at King Neptune's seafood restaraunt in Wrightsville Beach. My boy loves him some fried starches....yummmmy!!



Colin finally letting loose and playing in the sand...but notice he still has his crocs on. Not sure where he gets it, but doesn't like getting his feet dirty. Even wanted to wear his crocs in the ocean.

Chipee & Betsy's July 2009

These are pictures from our trip to Lawrenceville, GA to visit with Aunt Betsy and Uncle Chipee. We arrived on Thursday night...ate, shopped, swam, ate some more, had cake, colored, and were introduced to the world of play dough. All in all, it was a fabulous weekend and hopefully we were decent enough house guests that we'll be invited back next summer.


Everyone coloring in harmony at Chipee's....well for about 5 seconds. Colin hasn't quite mastered the art of sharing or letting others color with him. He refuses to let me or anyone else color with him and abruptly takes your crayon away. Poor Mallory. Oh well, something to work towards.


Don't let my appearance fool you....that water was COLD!! If it wasn't for Colin, mommy wouldn't have been IN the pool but lounging BY the pool. Regardless of temperature, Colin loves the water. He loved getting out of the pool and climbing back in by way of the ladder.


Grammy and D.J. Mallie Mal posing for the camera. Unfortunately, no pix of cousion Mallory and Colin in the pool together. They were on alternating nap schedules so ended up taking turns being the center of attention in the water.


I love this picture of the "girls". Grammy, Aunt Betsy, and Cousin Mallory all enjoying the pool and warm weather.



I think the saying goes "anthing goes at aunt betsy and uncle chipee's". And you can see that the theory is true based on the nutty buddy in one hand and popsicle in the other picture. Colin quite enjoyed the entire visit from plane ride, double desserts, swimming, bath time, to giant coloring books and his first experience with playdough. I hear Erin has lots to teach him.



I know you guys have seen this one before. But he's just so cute, I had to add it in one more time :)

Summertune Fun

Thought we'd share some pictures of Colin enjoying the outdoors in summertime. I found a $10 flower sprinkler at Wal-Mart that you hooks to the end of the hose and twirls around spitting out water. As you can see from the pictures below, he loves it!!



Colin strutting his stuff toward the sprinkler.



Check out those muscles!!



One more. It's the little things I guess when you're little that make you so happy!!



Colin playing in his backyard pool and soaking up some sunny rays!



Colin taking part in filling up the pool. He's fascinated with the hose and always end of drenching himself trying to drink from it.