Cape Henry Lighthouse

We took one day and drove out to Virginia Beach and ate lunch on the beach! Then we went and saw the Cape Henry Lighthouse! We also got to meet the Lighthouse Keeper! Mom and I walked out onto the private beach on Fort Story (where the lighthouse is located)! There were hundreds of crabs washed up onto land! It was a fun outing for the day!

The Botanical Gardens

I found a cool stick!

I'm not letting go of my cool stick!

Hanging out with Nana!

Pretty rose!

Another adventure that we went on while my parents were here was to the Norfolk Botanical Gardens! It was beautiful! My pictures do not do it justice! I am hoping my mom got better ones! They also had a tram that drove you through the gardens so you would not have to walk the whole way! We were thankful for that being as it was 85+ degrees that day! Kenan enjoyed running around and as you can see he found a stick that he held on to most of the day! We also enjoyed the Canadian Geese that roamed freely through the gardens! I am thinking this would be a perfect setting for family portraits! Maybe someday!

The Zoo

The butterfly garden!

Kenan checking out the hog! He was trying to wake it up!

A little monkey!

Don't you love my hat?

Nana and this cool looking tree!

Kenan and Da'Dunn checking out the elephants!

One day while my parent were here we spent the day at the zoo! Norfolk has a really nice zoo that we enjoyed immensely! Kenan especially loved the hogs! He made pig sounds all day! It was fun!

Baby #2

I'm going to get out of chronological order here! I went today to make sure this pregnancy is actually in the uterus since I have had an ectopic! I'm glad that they could do it so soon since I am 13 weeks now! Anyway, everything looked great and here is a picture of the little one! Be sure and vote on the right hand side of my blog if you think we should find out the sex or not! Maybe we can be persuaded!

The Boat, well really a ship!

These were some pictures taken when we thought that Goldie was going to be leaving on his first work-up! Mom and dad are going to be gone whenever Goldie gets back so we had to take pictures! However, they were delayed a couple days so we got to see him again before he left!

Washington DC

My parents came into town the day that Sarah and the kiddos left! They hadn't seen Kenan since his 1st birthday in April so they were dying to get to see him! They had never been to VA either so we were going to get to see a whole new set of sights!

The first weekend they were here we went to Washington DC! Goldie and my parents had never been before! We took three days and went around to see the sights! This required a lot of walking but it was well worth it to see everything! We could have stayed another week and still not seen everything we would have liked to have seen! We really enjoyed all that Washington DC had to offer!

The Washington Monument in the background

The White House

The Holocaust Memorial Museum

The Lincoln Memorial

Looking at the Reflecting Pool and Washington Memorial

We wore Kenan out

The Capitol

The Capitol

The Iwo Jima Memorial

The Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Whew... We have been busy!

Kenan loves to crawl onto the dog bed whether or not they are in it! Usually they are! ;)

Where is my belly button! I know I have one somewhere!

Those are just a couple cute pictures of Kenan that we took recently! He is a ham! He thinks that everybody should be paying him their full attention everywhere we go - especially restaurants! He is a lot of fun and full of personality! He is also a very happy baby most of the time! He will make a pig sound and says several words - Rock, dog, da-da, ma-ma, hot to name a few! His laugh is extremely contagious! It is one of the best sounds that I have ever heard! He is a joy in our lives and we are so blessed to have him! So on with our August... Sarah and the kids stopped by for a couple days because they had been to DC. We had a wonderful time hanging out and catching up on "So You Think You Can Dance" and "Army Wives". We also played some Settlers of Catan which we are totally addicted to! We went to Chic-Fil-A one day and got lunch to go and had a picnic at the park close to our house! We then let the kiddos play but as you can see they were not the only ones playing! Kenan and Ethan are starting to acknowledge each other and play pretty well together! Sydney is always in the mix, too! We look forward to the cousins growing up and being close as I always was with my cousins!

More to come from my parents visit later...