Science Center

To do something special for Cami before I go back to work in a couple weeks I decided to take Brayden to Susan's (my wonderful friend who will be watching both kids and has been watching Cami this past year) and we had a day just for us. It was so hot outside I decided to do something inside and something we have never done before. So, we went to the Nashville Science Adventure Center close to downtown Nashville. Her two favorite things were the piano board she could walk on and this tube contraption that she could put a ball in and watch the air suck it through the tubes. She was very funny and we had a lot of fun. I am going to miss the kiddos when I go back to work so I am soaking up all the one on one time I can get.

Day at the pool

We are lucky enough to have a friend that has a pool and has invited us to come out a couple times. Cami is absolutely a fish and could stay there all day! She is very brave and likes to jump off the side of the pool and also have Devin throw her up high in the air and catch her. We have a lot of fun summers to come with the kids and the water. This was also Brayden's first time floating around in the pool. He seemed to love it as well and was all smiles.

With the floaties on Cami's arms she actually would let go of us and try to swim some.

Boston in August

Last week we got back from Boston from a wonderful trip visiting my brother and his family. We hung around the house and played Wii, baseball in the yard, made hair clips, watched the kids play outside, ventured to the beach for a day and more importantly for some reason decided to try to go to the outlet mall. After a 30 minute drive turned into an hour we remembered why last year we didn't go and ended up visiting the Patriot's center. Mary Anne did end up finding some cute shoes for Reese and we found a couple items ourself so it made it worth it. And it made for some funny stories. Thanks again for hosting us, we had a blast and made a lot of memories!

Brayden needed a place to lay down so we decided to try out the doll Pack-N-Play

Jack and Brayden. Sadly Brayden isn't old enough to play with Jack he discovered, but maybe in a couple years :)

                                    

Jack made an awesome robot costume

Blast at the playground

These girls were SO funny playing together. They are definitely at a stage right now of learning how to share and sound so much a like it is crazy. I absolutely loved watching them play together!

Beach day!

Traditional matching outfits {they are only 8 weeks apart}

OOOHHHIIIOOO

About a month ago we decided to make a last minute trip up to Ohio to visit my sister and her family. We had a lot of fun at Mandy's Mop group Ice cream event, going to the mall playground and the jumpy house. It was a great visit and we are so blessed to of been able to go up. Here are a couple pictures from the week. Cami had a blast and I loved watching her interact with her cousins.

Happy 4th!

The day of the 4th we just hung out around the house and relaxed. Then we went over to a good friends parents house to shoot off fireworks on their farm. Below are a couple pictures from the evening. We forgot to take a family photo :( Oh well I guess there is always next year! :)

Brady Bear did so well and even slept through all the fireworks



Cami loved her sparklers even though her face doesn't show it in this picture

                                     

 

Weekend in Birmingham

The weekend of the July 4th the kids and I decided to venture down to Alabama for  a couple days because my sister and her family was going to be there. We had a lot of fun and even got to see some cousins that we haven't seen in years. It was a great time with family just hanging out and catching up.

 Brayden and his cousin Emily, just 4 weeks apart.

Cami, Papa, and Jake

Cousin Aiden, Jake, and Austin with Cami in the pool at Papa and Nini's.

 Cami sure loves giving her kisses.

Papa and Nini with 5 out of 7 grandkids. Can't wait until we can all get together with all 7!

Sisters and our little girls :-)

Austin and Brayden... such a good big cousin!

Side note

As most of you know Cami is very attached to her "lodey" {aka her blanket that we call lovey}. Well the other day we were getting ready for bed. She runs over to her crib and gets on her tip toes trying to reach it. Well, she couldn't reach it and started crocodile size tears. This might sound horrible but it was so cute I grabbed my camera to take a picture because she was so pitiful, yet so cute. As soon as she saw me pull it out she stopped and just smile and said "CHEESE." haha. All I could do is laugh and get her the lovey. Maybe I take too many pictures?! What a little ham!