Sunday, August 30, 2009

Pretty baby girl in green.....

Hannah-Lynn is 17 1/2 months old now, and growing up very quickly. Her vocabulary is expanding daily, and she surprises me with the words she can see. Her favorite at the time are Daddy, MaMa, Bubba (for Adrian), milk, yes, NO!, baby, eat, and something that sounds like cracker. Adrian is always trying to teach her a new word , and gets very excited when she'll say it for him. She's a very happy child, and is very loving to her brothers, often spontaneously giving them a hug or kiss, or both! She loves to "mother" Brandon a little bit when he'll let her. There have been a few times where she's sat on the couch, and he lays his head in her lap, and she'll rub his hair, it's very sweet! The boys love her to death, and she knows it! They have their spats from time to time, but she's a tough cookie, and she's not normally the one on the rough of it in the end! I made this dress for her a couple months ago, and I've been wanting to get pictures of her in it ever since, and finally took the time tonight at sunset to take her out for a few pictures. As you can see she's very photogenic, and very easy to take pictures of!























































































































More BeAcH pictures.....

This little girl loved the beach!



Some brother/sister love going on here!

Brandon strolling along the beach.



Thursday, August 20, 2009

Visit with the brothers/uncles

We got to see/visit with Joseph and Samuel on Monday night. They came and ate dinner with us, and then we went out to the beach to enjoy the rest of the evening. It was so beautiful out there, we could have just slept out there for the night! Then, Samuel gave us a tour of Miami at night. The skyline was beautiful, but unfortunately none of those pictures turned out, because I had the window up!

Uncle Joseph and Adrian
Samuel





The kiddos had fun running on the boardwalk. If you notice the progression of pictures from the evening, you will see they were all dressed nicely, but after we got to the beach the boys wanted their shirts off, and then within no time, they "slipped" and managed to get wet! Then it was like, "well, your wet already, so have fun!"











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Pumpkin enjoyed the beach so much that night, she wanted to just lay down and go to sleep!













She loved watching the waves!













The first one to get wet, as you might have guessed :)




He was right behind!




































Joseph, Samuel, and me





Miami

We spent a few days in Miami this week. Patrick had some business to take care of there on Tuesday and Wednesday, so we went down a day early, so we could enjoy a little time off to go to the beach. We spent most of the day on Monday at the beach, and had a blast. The kids all love the sand and water, and would spend all day out there. None of them are scared to jump in the waves, so we have so keep such a close eye on the younger two. Adrian has no problem swimming all over like a little fish!

After playing for a couple of hours, Pumpkin was ready for her morning nap, and fell asleep right there on the beach! Couldn't ask for a better baby girl!


The boys enjoying the waves with their dad!

Pumpkin was having a blast, so I'm not sure why pouty lips, but it's looks cute!






Adrian building sandcastles!



Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Pool time!

The kids love going in the pool, and with as hot as it's been we've been out there a lot. Brandon and Adrian both love to hold the hose and soak each other, although Brandon doesn't prefer being hosed down, but the one doing it. Adrian doesn't mind which side of things he's on. Hannah-Lynn loves to be in the water, and to go down the slide.


























Nanny came for a visit...

Nanny is in town this week, so we got to visit with her on Sunday evening for a few hours. We remembered to snap some pictures before Pumpkin and Brandon went to bed.