Zoo!!

Today Grandma came with us on a day trip to the zoo! We saw lots of neat animals! The zoo is such a big place that we really weren't able to see everything, but that just means that we can go back soon! Here are some pictures of the day!
--Chandler
I got to pilot a helicopter!

 

A ride on the carousel!

 

Watching the polar bear swimming in the water!

 

Posing in front of the elephants!

 

Crawling!

Daddy finally got around to getting a video of me crawling! I think I am doing a great job and I love my new-found freedom! I am all over the place! I especially love going after my brother's snack cups. He likes to tell me 'Noooooo, brother'!

Anyways...here's the video! I think it turned out pretty good, especially coming from Daddy's cell phone!
--Brighton

Happy Birthday to Grandma!

Today was Grandma's birthday. We had her over to our house for a yummy steak dinner! We celebrated with a few gifts, and of course a cake! I love blowing out candles, and I had them blown out before Grandma could even blink! Here are a couple of pictures from the event. I got artistic and colored the driveway so that she would come to our house and see the surprise!
--Chandler

 

 

July 4th at the Beach

Hi,
We spent the July 4th weekend at the beach. And we got to spend some time with Mommy's Aunt and Uncle (Judy and Johnny) and cousin (Jenny) and her daughter (Chloe). We had a great time playing on the beach. I really liked playing in the waves with Daddy, and getting knocked over by them! The weather was great. I really enjoyed throwing this ball around on the beach. We also got to celebrate Chloe's 3rd birthday which is coming up. If you notice in the picture, I enjoyed blowing out her cake candles (even when she isn't looking).

On another note, Brighton decided that July 4th would be his independence day as well! He started to crawl!

Anyways...we all had a great time at the beach!
--Chandler

 

 

 

 

Battleship!

Hi all!
We spent the July 4th long weekend at the beach. Mommy came up with the idea to stop at the battleship in Wilmington to help break up the trip! It was a really neat idea and it was a lot of fun. We didn't quite realize/remember how long of a tour it really was. And it didn't help that it was blazing hot. As you can see from the pictures we are all sweating! I had a lot of fun climbing up and down the steep/narrow ladders and going in and out of all the ships rooms! Thank goodness they had some air and fans running throughout the ship!
--Chandler

 

 

 

8 Months Old!

Today I turned 8 months old! I am on the cusp of crawling! Mommy keeps making me mad by placing toys just out of my reach and making me try and get them! I have 'shuffled' occasionally, but have yet to truly 'crawl'. I have been quite grumpy this last week, but I have a good excuse! My two top front teeth are coming in, and they really don't feel good! I am a grabber! Last week, I was playing with my brother and before I knew it, I had a clump of his hair in my hand. I am sleeping well lately now that I have a routine down pat. If my routine is messed up slightly, then there is hell to pay! I am measuring right at 20 pounds! Hope everyone is doing well. Here is a pictures of me on the couch and a picture of me diving into the bucket of toys!
--Brighton

 

 

Happu Bir-Bir to Dadu (aka Happy Birthday to Daddy)

Yesterday was Daddy's birthday, but we really celebrated it today since that's when the most people would be available and it fit better into our schedules. So we had family and friends over for a wonderful rib dinner! And we sang Happy Birthday to Daddy! I also got to help him blow out his candles!
--Chandler