McWane Center with Aunt Abbi!

Today Aunt Abbi and our cousin Ashley took Brooks to the McWane center. They said he had a good time and loved some sort of magnetic wall they had there. Brooks loves his Aunt and loves spending time with her. We plan to take him back soon to see a new ocean exhibit they will be having!

July 4th 2009

We had a pretty busy weekend for the 4th this year. Allison, Trent and little Elliott came to see us on Friday to grill and hang out. I don't have any pics of that I'll have to steal them from Allison when she uploads them! Brooks and Elliott were so funny! I can't wait for them to play together more when she gets a little older. She holds her own though and will be walking very soon! Saturday we went and met our friends Blake, Stephanie and little Rylee. She is about the same age as Brooks and they had a blast. We went to the Trussville fireworks show. It was really neat. They had a stage set up with bands and then a ton of things for the kids to do, plus food. We were worried that Brooks would be afraid of the fireworks because they were loud but he loved them. Plus he was so tired at that point I don't think he really cared! I am trying to upload a video when I figure that out!

More Beach Pics...

Orange Beach '09

Here are some of the pics from our vacation this year. We went to Orange Beach and stayed at The Turquoise Place. We really enjoyed it this time because Brooks seemed to like it more. He was happy to be on the beach in his baby pool under our pavillion and he also liked swimming this time. He absolutely loved the lazy river at our condo and the indoor pool. I know next year it will be even better. Hopefully he will like the sand a little more! He played a little in it this time but you could tell he still was a little leary of it. We had a great time with my family and we really appreciate everything they do for us. We can't wait to get back to the beach and we hope to move there sometime soon!!!

Housewarming Party...

These are a few pics from our housewarming party back in April. We had a great time and are thankful we have great friends! Hopefully we can have more get togethers in the future!

Zoo Day!

Today we all went to the zoo. It was a little warm so we only stayed about two hours if that. I'm sure there will be many more trips to come this summer!

Easter 2009

Here are some of the pics from Easter 2009. We went to an egg hunt at Shadow lake in McCalla on Saturday and we were planning on attending church on Sunday morning but Brooks woke up with a 102 degree fever so we didn't end up going. He thought the Easter bunny was interesting at first and then he decided he didn't like her very much! It was hilarious!