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.

Snow In Clio

Here's my sister and mom with Baby Heath in the snow in Clio. Isn't he sooooo cute?!

New Year...New Adventures

With the coming of a new year came some new adventures in our household. The biggest adventure for us was moving into a "new house" as Ezekiel calls it. It's not new by any means but it's our new home. After four years of apartment living and our family doubling in size it was time for a move to a bigger place. I have some photos of our new house but am having trouble getting them uploaded. All of these pics came from my mom. Hopefully I'll have some pics of our house (in the snow) uploaded soon. We signed on our house at the end of the year and celebrated our anniversary on January 1 by moving in. We had a lot of help from our family, old neighbors, and our church family at TCC. Thanks so much to everyone who helped out. You guys were a tremendous blessing to us.

Cooking in the new kitchen. The people we bought the house from remodeled the kitchen and did a lot of work on the interior. The kitchen has a lot of new appliances and new countertops and backsplash. I think it's probably my favorite room. I can actually open the dishwasher and still walk through the kitchen at the same time!! Let's just say our last kitchen was SMALL!

Below is Damaris in her new bed. After nine months of sleeping in a pack-n-play, she is really enjoying all the room in her new crib. Her favorite thing to do is peek out from under the bumper pad after her nap and wait for someone to come get her. She also has her own room now.

Grandma Helen and Papa Thomas came to visit us at our new house. We had a great time with them. Ezekiel finally realized that my grandpa's name is the same as "Thomas" the train so hopefully he'll be able to remember it now.

Ezekiel playing with Papa Thomas' hat. He looked kind of thuggish with the hat on backwards and sideways and his crazy Mickey Mouse shirt Nana gave him.

Here's the newest adventure with Damaris. She's been army crawling all over the house. Here she is crawling through one of her new toys she got for Christmas. Thanks Betty and Aunty Emmy!