Nashville Fun!

Sweet little cousins!

Chappie and Mommie eating at Buca Di Beppo

Chap and Maddie shopping at Publix...LOVE Chap's face!

Eating at California Pizza Kitchen...it was soo good!

This weekend Chap and I took a road trip to visit Natalie, Shane, and Madelyn. We had soo much fun! Thank you Nat, for taking a few photos for me! We are already eager to go back to visit. We always have such great fun in Nashville! Now if I can only get Chivas to buy us a home in Leaper's Fork one day! I wish!

Chap's Belated Check-up

Somehow in the hustle and bustle of our life we are just now taking Chap to his 12 month check up! Yes, he is 16 months old! Every time I took him either Dr. Freeman wasn't there or Chap was sick and couldn't get his immunizations! So to make myself feel like a better Mama I tell myself that I intentionally delayed his immunizations like MckMama! And all is right with the world again...ANYWAYS...
Nana and I took Sam and Chap to Jackson yesterday to the appointment. My poor gummi bear baby got 4 shots:-( One in each limb. He tolerated it just about as well as any toddler...you know, screaming...crocodile tears...the whole 9 yards! He is still my angel baby though! It is no surprise that Chap is a mini-man...at a precious tiny 20 pounds and 29 inches long he is in the 3rd percentile in his length and below the 3rd in his weight. I know, I know...like I said...mini-man. Doctor Welch (because Dr. Freeman wasn't there!!! again!!!) said he thinks Chap is okay...his weight and his height match but we need to follow up carefully with his growth. The kid eats like a horse! He eats more than his super small brother (whose Indian name is "Stands Short" i remind you). So I guess we will just be little people...little, healthy, tan people.

My Favorite Photo

This was taken when Chap was 3 months old...I've always loved it...

"And there's that one particular harbour, sheltered from the wind, where the children play on the shore each day, and all are safe within".

Third time is the charm!

Second attempt...

The first attempt at lighting the birthday candles in the wind...

Brandon and his baby Gracie

He's just so dang cute when he's crying!

Little Miss Gracie

Daddy Day Care

Huggin' in the hammock!

Every year we go to the beach house for the 4th of July holiday! It is always a blast and the perfect time to celebrate Sam's birthday every year! Sam loves it as usual...he spends nearly the entire summer there with his Kat Kat anyways! Every year our friend Brandon and his little precious angel Gracie come stay with us! Gracie and Sam have known each other since birth and are little besties! Chap isn't the biggest fan of the beach...he's a bit high maintenance like his mother and doesn't enjoy the excessive sweltering heat and sand in odd "places:-)"
We ate ridiculously yummy food and had a blast on the boat and the jet skis! The dolphins fed right off the dock every morning...it was fantastic! We are happy to be home but are always ready to return to our little slice of heaven!