More Vacation Photos

Here are the rest of our vacation pictures...

Child abuse? Nah, she loves when Daddy puts her upside down! This was in the hotel we stopped at on our way down. We left Friday, June 27 around 3:45 p.m. and drove to Princeton, W.Va where we stayed at a Super 8. We got there around 10.

Baby Girl loved the freedom of roaming about the hotel room. She especially was fascinated by the bathroom.

We arrived at Mom & Dad's around 6 p.m. on Saturday June 28. We didn't do too much Saturday night or Sunday. We went out to dinner and visited with Mom and Dad's friends.

On Monday, Anson and Dad went to play golf. I took Lily to the pool by myself. They have a very nice pool on the golf course. Lily loved the water and we had a great time. We even took a nap together in the shade. Ahhhh...it was relaxing.

Baby girl in her cute cover-up
Helping grandma drive the boat on Monday evening

Truman got to come along too

A few other days, Anson and I both took Lily to the pool. Aunt Jill, we loved the raft you got us. It worked really well.
Tuesday afternoon Anson & I left Lily with her grandparents and headed to Myrtle Beach. We stayed one night in an ocean front room. We walked around Broadway, went to a very nice dinner at the Carolina Steakhouse and walked along the beach. We tried to play mini golf but the lines were way too long.

Being silly...two of a kind...

On Wednesday evening, we went to Brookgreen Gardens. We looked at the animals, sculptures, plants and flowers. It's a beautiful place.
Lily in front of the new otter exhibit
Daddy feeding Lily to an alligator!!!
Grandma & Grandpa bought Lily a frog souvenir from the gift shop. She was cute the way she was hugging and holding it.

Grandma's Lily Garden
Thursday evening we went to the beach. Grandma and Lily playing in the sand,
Daddy & Baby Girl

Lily with her bucket. Daddy is in the background trying to get sunscreen out of his eye.

Grandpa and Lily digging a hole

Lily crawling out of the hole

Family Photo on July 4th, 2008

At a playground at their church. Lily is still a little young to truly play on a playground. But she seemed to enjoy it. Mom & I took Lily to play while Dad & Anson played in a golf tournament Friday morning.

On Friday afternoon, we drove down to Charleston to visit Patriot's Pointe. It's the USS Yorktown Aircraft Carrier that you can tour and learn about. They were having a huge July 4th festival. Once we tour the aircraft carrier, we drove back to Georgetown to watch fireworks. Lily seemed to look at them a little, but we were kind of far away from them so I they didn't hold her attention. It was a great day.

Anson & I were so tired that we made Lily drive home on Saturday! Haha...seriously, we were at a travel plaza and I let Lily stretch her legs in the driver's seat. I had to grab the camera when she grabbed onto the wheel and looked so cute. Lily did incredibly well on the way home. We went Saturday morning at 8 a.m. and didn't pull into our driveway until 9:45 p.m. Elmo videos and animal crackers play a large part in keeping Lily happy!
Hope all of you had a great holiday too!

Vacation Photos

Last week, Anson, Lily & I went down to South Carolina to spend time with Anson's parents. We had a great time! It was a relaxing and enjoyable week. Below are a few pics from the trip. I have many many more to post, but I wanted to get a few up tonight. It's getting late, so I will post more another night.

Bathing Beauty with her bucket and shovel

Boat ride

Eating watermelon and making a mess!

Feeding Herself With a Fork

Lily has been doing this for a few weeks but I haven't been able to get it on camera until this morning.

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These next few photos are from last Sunday, Anson's Father's Day. I had to go out of town for work so I wasn't able to post them. Lily got Anson this mug with her photo on it; a $10 Starbuck's card and a T-shirt that says "All Star American Father."

I made Anson do a crossword puzzle too! It was fun as you can tell from his face!

I also made him go on a hunt for his gifts. I gave him four clues...

Like father, like daughter...they both look silly!Which one isn't a toy? Can you find it? Lily at Nana and Papa's sitting in her chair and umbrella set. Eating a popsicle

Puppy's Check-up & Random Photos From This Week

Puppy went today to the vet for his rabies shot and vaccination. Anson took him while I stayed at home with Lily. Anson got scolded by the vet because Sampson weighs 107 pounds!! The vet actually wrote "Yelled at owner" in his chart. Apparently, we are feeding him about 3 scoops too many per day. So, puppy is going on Weight Watchers. The vet said he should weigh 90 pounds, so he has about 17 pounds to lose.

The rest of these photos are random from this week. All is well with all of us. We are getting very excited for our vacation next week. We are leaving Friday after work to drive down to South Carolina to visit Anson's parents for a whole week. It's been over 3 years since we've had a whole week off. Since our honeymoon, actually. So, we are really looking forward to it. I can't wait to take Lily swimming and to the beach!

Daddy reading to his princess tonight

We went to McDonald's for dinner tonight. This is the first time we've taken Lily to McD's. She ate an entire cheeseburger!!!

These photos are from last night. Anson went out with the guys and Lily and I stayed home and played.
Lily twirling her baton. It was so cute. I asked her to go get her baton and she did!! She's so smart =)
Tiger started golfing before he was 2, so maybe Lily will be a Pro Majorette. If there is such a thing?!?
I love her face in this pic.
This was from a few nights ago. She was carrying around her sadly deflated Elmo balloon. She loves that balloon.

A couple pics to hold you over

As you requested babe, I am posting a couple pics for you.

We went to Old State Park on Friday night so Lily could go swinging again. She really loves to swing.

From this morning at Bob Evan's for my day (Father's Day)

Our little fish. Next to swinging, I think being in the pool is her next favorite thing.

Here is baby girl at Nana & Papa's yesterday swinging on thier back porch.

Well babe, I hope that these pictures will be enough of our little one that you won't miss her too much. Hurry home as we both miss you terribly already. We love you so much!!!

Playdate with Zack

Last night, Lily and I went over to visit Jen & Zachary. We went to dinner, went for a walk and then let the kids play together in the basement with all of Zack's cool toys. Dinner was very good. We went to an Italian restaurant. It was really funny because Lily would scream while Zack was quiet and then Zack would scream while Lily was quiet. Jen and I thought we were going to get kicked out! The weather was perfect for a walk. We took them down by the canal to a park that had a baby swing and a slide. They both loved the swing! And, they were both upset when we left. We will try have to take them back soon.

Grandma C. - Lily wore her Sugar dress =) Isn't she adorable? It's the softest dress ever!
Zachary sticking out his tongue at Lily. He is a crazy man. He has the funniest laugh that he does when he wants your attention. It's really hard not to laugh at him! I think he's going to be a comedian someday.
Down by the canal. We were looking for ducks but didn't see any.
Weeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!
Lily playing with Zack's Elmo - big shock, huh?
Zachary has a really cool tent. The kids had a great time crawling in and out of it.

Peek-a-boo
Sometimes Lily carries toys in her mouth like a puppy!
Zack and his Mommy
Lily looks like "Excuse me, what do you think you're doing?" A one year old with an attitude!
Video of the kids playing in the tent

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