taking full advantage of summer vacation

Our first trip of the summer was to Mt.Pleasant, where my mom, Brady and I visited with my step-fathers family. Brady had a wonderful time and enjoyed Grandma and Grandpa. He loved sitting outside in the evenings and watching the sun set. We also had a great view of the Charleston Harbor and the Arthur Ravenel Bridge.






Trip number two! Thomas, Brady, and I went to Garden City the week after the 4th of July with two other couples. We had a great time! While the men played golf, the girls hit the beach with the kids. Brady loved playing with Kaden! The especially loved chasing each other in the surf! Great family trip!






Our most recent beach trip was to Edisto Island for the weekend. Brady enjoyed spending time with MeMe, Grandma, and his cousins (Maggie, Al Thomas, and Katelyn)

playin' in the rain

Brady and Thomas decided it would be fun to play in rain tonight. He enjoyed it, but apparently it made him sleepy! He went straight to bed after he dried off!!

Learning to whistle

A trip to the Greenville Zoo

Thomas and I took Brady to the zoo today! He loved, loved, loved it! He saw almost all of the animals. (except for the snakes and frogs) He imitated many animal names, told the animals hi and bye, and even fed the animals that weren't on a special diet. He loved the elephants and apes and even hand fed the goat on his own. He wanted to stay and play with the goats, but Thomas and I were running out of steam. (we both carried him around the zoo when he didn't walk) All and all we had a great time and were so excited that Brady actually enjoyed all of the sights! Here are some picks from the day.

Happy Memorial Day!

Not much went on this weekend other than a couple cookouts and dodging rain storms. Brady enjoyed playing with friends, kissing puppies and swimming over the holiday weekend. It's amazing how fast he is growing.

He is starting to talk a lot more. I was worried about him a month or two ago, but once we cracked down and made sure he was using words or signs to request things he started babbling away. He now says "thank you" when you give him things, everything is "hot" even if its cold, he says school, car, help, and many other things! He also love to tell people night night before he goes to bed and then blows a big kiss!!! Here are a few pics from this weekend. We went to our friends Stacey and Chris' for a cookout on Sunday and then had our friends Mandy and Tommy over to our house on Monday for a small cookout and swimming in the backyard with Kaylee.

On the first day of school, I got my first school pictures taken!!!!

These are Brady's school pictures from Pelham Road. I didn't know he was having them taken since it was his first day of school, but they turned out ok and it was comforting to know that he wasn't so upset on the first day of school!

Yard work/play

We just got sod in our backyard! It looks great, but we now need to clean up the flower beds and put down new mulch. While Thomas and I worked in the yard, Brady had a blast playing with the hose!

Brady's first hair cut

I hated to do it, but I needed to! Brady little curls were finally too long! I could put them in a ponytail!!!! NOT GOOD! So this weekend my mom and I took him to get his hair cut. I was worried that he would freak out, but he did very well. My best friend from high school, Nicole, cut his hair and highlight mine all in the same appointment. She did an awesome job! Brady didn't shed a tear, she even used the clippers around his ear. We did give him a lollipop to keep him occupied.

Spring Break beach trip

Thomas and I were both off of work the first week in April. We went to Garden City. At the beginning of the week we were there with my mom and at the end of the week my dad, step mother and grandparents joined us. We had a great time, eventhough it was a little windy and chilly some days.


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Family pic at the aquarium