Another Day at the Beach (Part II)

Yummy tacos for lunch.

She finally did it! Damaris successfully got BOTH of Ezekiel's shoes on her feet. I think they were even on the right feet. Damaris LOVES to play with shoes. She usually walks around the house with her left shoe on her right foot while carrying some type of bag on her shoulder. She usually prefers her pocketbook but a small cooler and grocery bag with something in it will also do. She is too funny. I usually give her shoes to play with as we travel b/c she just entertains herself with taking them off and putting them on.

One last photo of my cutie pie. Hanging out in Pat's chair. I think she thought she was big stuff since she could climb up in this short chair all by herself and sit down.

If you're wondering why almost all the pics are of Damaris this time, it's b/c I hardly had any pics of her on the last post. I intentionally took a bunch of pics of her at the beach so I could have some to post.

We have one last vacation planned before we stay close to home to wait for baby #3's arrival. We are heading back to the mountains with Tim's family for some relaxation, hopefully, and some fun in the river. We hope to do some fishing, tubing, canoeing, swimming, and hopefully a surprise outing for our niece and nephews.

Another Day at the Beach

The many faces of Damaris.
Damaris can really put on a show, any type of show really. She has a million different faces. Of course I prefer her sweet, smiley, and laughing faces. I'm not quite sure what this face is. I think it's kind of a mixture between "I want to be a little snooty b/c I still don't know if I like the beach" and "Mommy I'm being silly and eating sand while I play with Ezekiel's shoes."



Damaris and Nana. I love her little bonnet we got her in the mountains. It works great as a beach hat.

Papa and Ezekiel watching some PBS Kids at the beach. I'm not sure who is enjoying this more, Ezekiel or Papa.

We spent the day with Tim's parents at Emerald Isle this past week. It was such a nice day. The kids did really well traveling and had a great time playing in the ocean and on the beach. They took good naps and I even got to take a nap on the beach as well.

July Pics II

Papa and his boys- Heath and Ezekiel.
My dad shaved his beard this summer and I have NEVER seen him without it before now. He started growing it when I was about 8 months old so I've only seen one picture that I can remember of him without a beard. He looked just like my papa Paul, his daddy, the first time I saw him.

Ezekiel spent a lot of time with my parents over the past few weeks. He went to my dad's swimming lessons and he had a blast. He got to play with Gaga and baby Heath all day and then in the evenings he got to go swimming with his papa. He's asked several times since he got back if he could go back to gaga and papa's house. Here he is getting some instructions from my daddy on how to kick, kick, kick your feet.

I'm ready mommy. Ezekiel could hardly wait to get in the water when swimming lessons started. He's not afraid of the water at all but does not have all the aspects of swimming coordinated yet. He was very disappointed this night when he found out he was only going to be in the water 40 minutes. He cried after it was over b/c he didn't want to get out.
On a side note, Damaris tried her hand this week at blowing bubbles in the bath tub. She is such a little copy cat and thinks she is so funny. She actually did a decent job and didn't suck too much up her nose. Hopefully I will have some pics of her to post soon. I don't know how Ezekiel stole the show this time.

July Pics

I took Ezekiel to visit my grandparents over the 4th of July. I wanted him to get to see the parade that I grew up going to each year. The parade started with a military plane and helicopter flying overhead, which was a neat way to get everyone excited about the 4th. I wasn't sure whether Ezekiel would like it or not b/c it can be kind of loud some times but he seemed to love every minute of it. The weather was great thankfully. We got to see lots of fire trucks, clowns, military men, Ronald McDonald, and a lot more. He really enjoyed collecting the candy once he realized almost everyone was throwing it out. Thankfully they threw out some freeze pops and water as well. This flag is the one thing I think Ezekiel wanted to most.

My grandma went to the parade with us. Isn't she beautiful! Ezekiel really enjoyed going to sit with her in the shade and talk to her. I love to hear him say grandma when he's talking about her or to her. It sounds sooooo sweet.

This pic is actually from Father's day I think. We got to spend time with our family in Blanch, NC. Ezekiel and Jason were playing with Jason's new water sprinkler that Jason got for his birthday. They are two silly boys.

Beach Trip II

Watch out Tiger! Here comes Ezekiel.
Tim and my mom and I took Ezekiel to play putt-putt one day while we were at the beach. He was easily distracted but tried hard to putt the ball in the hole. Of course, he would just pick the ball up and put it in the hole if he couldn't get it in. He also had no concept of waiting for everyone else to have a turn. He was so excited about looking at the numbers at each hole and all the different animals and things. He did get a HOLE IN ONE on the very last hole but he cried b/c his "purple ball" disappeared and didn't come back. He still periodically asks in a whiny voice "Where's the purple ball?" He asked that today and it has been several weeks since we were at the beach.

Kissing Cousins
Heath and Damaris LOVE each other. They are so funny when they get together. They just love and hug on each other. I can't get Damaris to give me kisses like she does Heath. They're so sweet!

Family pic before heading home.

I finally was able to update the blog with pics but it took a LONG time. Not promising how often I'll be able to do this. Time is very precious right now and it is demanded by my two sweet kiddos (soon to be three) and the most amazing man in the whole world-my hubby.

Beach Trip

Who needs a shovel?
I'll just use my little hands.

Daddy and Ezekiel playing in the waves.
Ezekiel had so much fun playing in the waves, the sand, and the pool.

Mommy and Damaris

My Cute Nephew
On the Fishing Pier


We had a great beach vacation with my family. Ezekiel loved everything about the beach and was so much fun to play with. He was ready to go back to the beach every morning, afternoon, and evening. Damaris didn't like it as much and preferred to be a bathing beauty on the shore or just hang out and read books with papa. Maybe she'll enjoy it next year.

Long Ago

Long ago I started this blog to help our family and friends keep up with us but things haven't gone quit as planned. In December/January we moved in to our new home and left the wonderful free internet at our previous residence. Needless to say, we have cheaper than cheap internet right now and I can't update the blog with pics. I hope this post will actually post. 

Here are a few things that are going on with us right now just to catch any of you up that might not know.

We've been in our new home for about 4 1/2 months now and are really enjoying it.

We are expecting baby number 3 in September, which we are really excited about.

Damaris turned the big 1 back in March and has just decided to start walking, though she's been talking for quit a while.

Ezekiel is enjoying preschool and his church friends a lot and has discovered that he likes to go fishing.

There's not a lot of super exciting stuff going on in our family but we seem to stay super busy. Once we acquire a larger vehicle in the near future and new fridge, maybe then we'll think about some faster internet. Until then if you want to see some pics of our kids just email me and I'll send you some. Our internet is fast enough for skype so if anyone wants to skype then let us know. You can see our kids in action.