another first

Uriah tried scallops for the first time today! Yum Yum!

Excited to see me as I come down the stairs! He can hear me coming before he can see me and starts squeeling!

Uriah is standing on his own now! I know it won't be long before he starts walking! He's so proud of himself! He'll throw his arms up and start dancing :)

Putting mommy's sunglasses on! He likes to wear sunglasses

Swimming yesterday in the pool

Fun day of firsts

Today was a good day! Uriah and I had fun hanging out and running errands this morning. After his nap, we packed up and went of hang out with our friend, Michelle who is dog sitting at a home in Grandy. They have 2 beautiful golden retrievers, a trampoline, and a salt water pool! Oh, it was so much fun; we had a blast!! And daddy came over on his way home from work to hang out too! Uriah had a good time swimming; it was my first time swimming in a pool with him. I dunked him a few times, but he didn't really enjoy that. He liked laying on the body-sized floatie and kicking his legs. After a really yummy dinner, Uriah learned what a trampoline is and how fun they are!! Came home just in time for bed....zzzzzz. Good night.

family time

When we got home from Tennessee, Todd's family from Florida and Connecticut were at our house for a beach vacation! We had a great time and enjoyed their company for 2 weeks!


The group: Michelle (Todd's sister in law), Merrick, Bob and Breanna, Uriah, Todd, Miranda and Ginger
Front: me and Hannah


Uriah's cousins

I just love Uriah's face in this pic!

Cruisin'

On the Nolichucky River

A few weeks ago, we loaded up and drove to Erwin, TN, with 23 youth group kids, 7 adults, and 4 other young kiddos for a fun time on the river and an awesome time with the Lord! We all stayed in the same cabin right on the Nolichucky, and Uriah did very well staying in the same room with 2 other toddlers. It was interesting; I wasn't too sure what I had gotten myself into when we first got there, but after one night around the campfire with the kids, I was super excited to be there, and I am so glad we went! We cooked all our food over the fire, no frig, no microwave, no stove. We did have toilets and showers (with hot water) though, thankfully! We had 3 days of white water rafting, and Todd stayed back with Uriah on the second day so I could go. It was so much fun! And I went caveing too, all I have to say about that is...extreme and FUN!


White water rafting


Uriah wanted to go


Mommy and baby time in the water


He loves the water

Our Joy

a little sea turtle :)


always so happy

summer visitors

Summertime brings lots of visitors our way to the beach! So far this summer we have enjoyed the company of Lance and Todd's parents and uncle. We are looking forward to more visitors soon!

Uncle Lance flew up and stayed with us for 2 weeks! We all had such a great time!! The time just went by way too fast!!


We went surfing together! He got the hang of it really quickly and caught a lot of waves :)

Uriah will be walking soon!

Todd's Uncle Chuck, mom and dad, and Breezy (the white fluff at the bottom of the pic) stopped by for a few days to say hi and see how big Uriah is getting. We were so happy to see them!

p.s. The invite is open...we are so blessed to live where we are and we want to share it with others. If you are ever near the area, or want to see the beautiful outer banks of NC, you are welcome to come stay with us. We have plenty of beds and fun!!

Happy 4th of July!!

We enjoyed a bike ride to the local parade and had a great time!! Hope you all have a blessed weekend and God bless America!!!