St. Louis

We headed to St. Louis for our annual vacation with the Hinton's on July 15 and had a great time.  The boys were fantastic in the car, and while we were there, we enjoyed the zoo, Chuck-e-Cheese, and the Magic House.  Josh and Derrick also got to go to a Cardinals game, and they enjoyed that, while Ashley and I got a few hours to shop on Saturday morning.  Overall, we survived our first vacation with both boys and are looking forward to heading to Gulf Shores in September with my family.  Here are some pictures of our trip :)

Cole & Ava are 9 days apart and after much planning, we were finally able to get together for dinner with the Beyl's, even if it took us over 3 months!  Cole and Ava were staring at each other, and they were both so cute and alert that night.  Here are a couple of pics of the night; thank you Jenn, Gabe, and Ava for having us over!

Cole thinks Ava looks tasty!

Ava with her Mommy :)

July 4, 2010

For the 4th of July weekend, we enjoyed lots of sunshine.  On Friday afternoon, we took Carter to the splash park in Collierville.  He had such a wonderful time; I really wish I wouldn't have forgotten my camera!  On Saturday morning, we took the kids to Chick-Fil-A to let Carter play on the indoor playground, and again, he had lots of fun, then we went home and swam.  That night, we went up to the high school parking lot and watched the fireworks with our neighbors.  Carter was not a fan of the fireworks...he didn't cry, but he wanted to be held and turned away from the fireworks.  Cole was mesmerized and never made a peep!  On Sunday, we had about 30 friends and family over for a cookout (Derrick smoked boston butts for hours and hours), swimming, and fun.  Finally, we enjoyed the day off Monday by leaving the kids with my mom for a few hours while we went to see Eclipse then finished the long weekend off with birthday dinner with Lindsey. 

I don't think we could have packed in any more fun than we did!  It is so nice to be off work and be able to do lots of fun stuff with the kids.  For now, Cole is just sleeping or watching his brother while Carter plays, but I know it will be no time till he is up and running around right after him!  For now, though, he is my little sumo wrestler,weighing 16 pounds at just 3 months!