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Thursday, August 6, 2009

Miles and Milestones

Below you will find the pictures from the second half of our vacation. After returning from Williamsburg, I spent a little while at the lake visiting with Mom and Dad, Amanda and Callie, Granny Roo, and a couple of long lost friends. I did not get to do nearly as much as I was hoping, but we had a relaxing time remembering old times and making new memories. It was very hard to drive away from the lake, and it took two days to return to LA. It is almost 1000 miles from my parent's door to ours. On the Tuesday before we left, Brighton decided it was time to move-literally. Mom watched her crawl across the kitchen floor in the morning, and she crawled a few times in the afternoon. By the evening, I was able to capture the crawling on video, but I needed the right motivation--hence, the empty beer bottle on the floor. (Don't judge me, I tried everything!!!!)
Brighton turned 9 months yesterday, and she is crawling and pulling up to a stand. She is eating solid food very well now. I will be taking her back to the doctor soon, and I know she has put on some pounds! She is still very tan from her vacation, and her hair is coming in thicker and lighter. She is getting her top teeth (it seems all of them at once). She is still not a good sleeper at night, but I'm hoping once the teething subsides a bit, she will sleep for longer periods. I have been planning lessons for my co-op classes which begin in Sept. and also Will's homeschooling which we will begin next week! Will is going to be three years old in a few weeks, and I can't believe what a big boy he has become. Keep us in your prayers as we begin the school year and continue to cope with the extreme Louisiana heat!!!!

Brighton's first day crawling.

Will spent some time begging snacks from Nana. We did a lot of eating under the picnic shelter.

Callie sleeping on the job--she had taken over as Captain of the boat :)

Papa working to get both babies to sleep.

Sleeping babies are a beautiful sight!

Williamsburg Leg

Since Jon only got to come to VA for a week, we spent part of the week with the Taylors and part of the week with the Schumachers in Williamsburg. Grandma and Granddad rented a room at a hotel right on VA beach for a night, so that we could have a little mini-beach trip. Cousin Zach joined us for two days full of beach fun. Will had a ball doing whatever Zach was doing, and Brighton enjoyed her first dip into the ocean. We had a fantastic dinner at Mahi Mah's and even got to watch some fireworks from the boardwalk. We returned to Williamsburg for the rest of the vacation, and we spent some time at Aunt Wendy's pool with cousins, Brady, Zach, and Jake. We got to visit with family and do a little outlet shopping. Grandma and Aunt Wendy cooked some fantastic meals, and Grandma bought Brighton and Sophia thier own "girl toys" to play with (although Jake and Will seemed to like them just as much). The time went so quickly, and pretty soon Will, Brighton and I were dropping Daddy off at the Richmond airport to fly home. We had a tearful goodbye at the airport, and I returned to the lake for the rest of my VA vacation.