Monday, August 31, 2009

Outer Banks - Part 1

Last week we went to the Outer Banks for a few days and shared a house with our long-time friends – the Flynns and the Brueggemans. It was an absolute blast. Jackson had SO much fun with Nate, Zach, Emily and Kate. He loved sharing a room with Nate! Some highlights were eating out for some incredible seafood, mommys shopping at the outlets, playing games after the kids went to bed, seeing Currituck Lighthouse, and of course the beach. Each morning we hit the beach and Jackson stayed in the water nearly the entire time. He absolutely is obsessed with riding waves on his boogie board and doesn't mind being pummeled by waves one bit. We stayed very close by, of course. He still shows no sign of fear. I really wish I had him on video.






Hannah camped out under the canopy. We converted her little tub to a beach bed and she slept to the sound of laughter and waves. We had to dip her toes in, though.



I love this picture of her holding her hat and sucking her thumb!

Our camera died mid-trip (so sad!), so we'll post some more pics that our friends took when we get those.

Monday, August 24, 2009

Question - Does Hannah Look Like Daddy?

Every seems to think Hannah looks a lot like Dad. Although some are saying that she is beginning to look like Jackson in his baby pictures. Here are a few shots of Daddy as a baby to help you decide!


Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Hannah's photo shoot

We had our first session with Mishmash Photography on Sunday and here are just a few of the great pics she got of our little princess...






Hannah was more interested in "talking" to Amanda and the camera than smiling for most of the pics. Our little social butterfly. Mike has been scanning some of his baby pictures and I hope to post them here soon to show you how alike they look. In case you haven't noticed already. :)

Thanks Amanda!!!!! We LOVE them!

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Jack in the Box



I love the imagination of the four year old mind. Jackson comes up with the silliest things and takes us on countless adventures. Sometimes I'm shocked by his little wit. Like the other day when he spent hours playing with this big plastic bin. It was a clubhouse, a ship, a cave, a rocket, and probably more... it's hard to keep up. But what made me chuckle was when he got in, put the lid on, hummed "Pop Goes The Weasel", and made himself pop up at the end. He announced proudly that he was the jack in the box. Witty indeed.

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

A Little Photo Fun

I discovered today that Hannah had finally gotten big enough for her tutu and headband that Aunt Amanda made her. We had a little dress up fun!

Weekend with Mimi and Granddaddy Pete

We had a wonderful weekend with Mimi and Granddaddy Pete! Jackson was so excited to see them and waited on the front porch for them to arrive.

Who wouldn't? They spoil him to death! :) We had fun weekend filled with Chuck E Cheese (for the guys), shopping (for the girls), dinner at Jackson and Granddaddy's favorite Red Robin, and lots of playtime! They brought him a new Leapster game that he is obsessed with (and they probably wished they had given it to him as they were leaving!).


Of course, they were thrilled to see Miss Hannah and how much she had changed in the last 2 months.

She was happy to see them as well!



Missing you guys already!