Summertime #1

We went to the Splash Park in Fayetteville. We all liked it because it was a very hot day. Aaron is a little young for it, but he still loved getting wet and watching the older kids.

Summertime #2

Aaron's swim time didn't last very long. He was way more interested in crawling in the grass, eating leaves off the plants and messing with the ants. At least he looked cute in his Speedo!

Tucker and Aaron. The best part of this day was realizing that my digital camera was not ruined after dropping it in the pool. Thank you, Lord!

I bought Aaron this lamb that plays "Jesus Loves Me" and it has become his new sleeping buddy. It is so sweet!

Some Photos

My Mom was so helpful with Aaron- and he definitly gave us all a run for our money because he was teething last week. Thank you Mom!

Danielle only has about 3 months to go until her new little bundle of blue joy arrives. She looks so good. It was really nice to have her and Brian here.

Aaron watching a Red Wings game.

We went swimming in my friend's little pool. It was so cute to see the three 10 month old babies interacting. Aaron wore his rash guard with a swim diaper.

Keep scrolling down for more photos. I've posted 3 more entries. Feel free to comment on any of them and tell me how cute my boy is. Enjoy!

Build-A-Bear

We reluctantly went to this store while at the mall, but I must say that I am now a believer in what they've got going on here. Elliot chose this cute little puppy and helped stuff him by stepping on the pedal of the fluff machine. Then he chose a heart to put in him. He had to rub it on his muscles so the puppy would be strong and touch it to his heart so he would always feel loved. Then the heart went in, and puppy was stitched up.

Next step, Elliot and Brian gave the new puppy a bath. Elliot stepped on the pedal to blow him off and Brian used the brush.

Tadaa! And this is how Walter came to be. The name Walter came from Walter, the Farting Dog book. BTW, if Walter ever gets lost, he only needs to be returned to any Build-A-Bear store and they will send him back to Elliot. Pretty cool, huh?

Aaron fit perfectly in the bear-sized sunglasses. I thought his Uncle Dave would like this look.

Down On the Farm

While our visitors were in town, we visited the Gillis-Hill Farm near my house. They have crops, animals, a tobacco house, saw mill and other interesting time period artifacts. The boys really liked the animals, but I think Aaron was afraid when the roosters were crowing.

This is Lion, the 2,000 lb. ox.

Elliot especially liked the bunnies.

What a little stinker!

Just Checking In

Aaron likes to sit on our mini-trampoline. As you might imagine, he gets more use out of it than Kyle and I.

Last week, Danielle, Brian, Elliot and my mom came to visit us. We went to Wilmington, where there was a replica clipper ship on the river. We went to the farmer's market on Saturday morning. It was very nice to see all the fresh herbs, produce and flowers.

Aaron just can't help himself when it comes to Nascar- he likes to watch the cars go fast- real fast!

We also went to the NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher. Elliot was very interested in all the cool exhibits. We even got to watch them feed the alligators.