Play day with the cousins

There is a fun park in Oxford with a splash pad.
Then we went to the creek in Coldwater. Ha. The water was way cold, but it felt so good. I can't believe the kids didn't think it was too cold, especially Noah.

Happy Birthday Josh!

About a month before his birthday, Josh started asking us if he could have a "big boy bed." So we decided for his birthday we would finally give him his car bed and take him out of the crib :( We bought it last fall for only $25 off craigslist! Yay!!! So he knew he would get it for his birthday. As soon as he woke up from his nap, he wanted to run right in there. I barely got the camera ready!

Mom Mom let us have one of the chairs from her house. Josh is loving it! I wish I had this when he was a baby. At least we'll have it for the next!

We also got him a few small gifts. He got so excited with everything. It makes my heart happy :)

We didn't get any pics of his birthday cake. It was just plain white. But tasted AWESOME! He loves frosting now. He just kept sticking the candles back in to lick it off. Too cute.

Josh's Birthday: The Party

Josh wanted a Thomas party!!! He is 3!!!

They made Thomas bags to put their goodies in from the pinata!

He got way too many presents...as usual :) Lots of fun new toys!

August Destin Trip with the In-laws

Josh painted Nonna's nails. Ha!

He absolutely LOVED the bumper boats and race cars.
He got to go twice on each, but he wanted to keep going and going!

He got to ride the train with Popa too!

Mom Mom got to hide in the shade and watch Josh swim!

The one and only time got up on the "shark" as he called it. He fell off and went under the water so he wouldn't get back on :( Much like how he won't jump off the side of the pool anymore b/c he got too much water up his nose.

Mine and Greg's room in the condo was so funny. It was a gloried closet. It had a day bed with a mattress hidden underneath. We had to sleep with the door open b/c when the mattress was pulled out you couldn't open and close the door. Ha! At least we didn't pay :)

Nonna got Josh a little net to try and catch some fish in. We tried and tried, but not fish! Papa did fish out a dead crab though. Josh held onto it for a little while before dumping it back out on the beach.

Josh was being much more sensitive to the sun on this trip. He didn't want to play for too long and kept ending up in the shade. The first day, he didn't want to go in the water but I tricked him. He put his float on and I tried to carry him out in the water. I'm not very stable and the waves knocked me over right away. I could barely hold Josh out of the water as the waves pelted us. It took Greg forever to get to us, but we lived. I felt so horrible, but Josh let Greg take him deeper. The next day the water was much more calm and Greg took him out again. The day after that, Josh and I ended up going by ourselves. It was the first day with a green flag so the water looked like a swimming pool. No waves and crystal clear. Josh help my hand and walked out as far as he could. We he couldn't reach the ground anymore, he swam right along side me. He did so good. It was so cute! The last day we all went and the water was horrible. It was sad b/c he actually wanted to go out again, but we couldn't even get knee deep it was so bad.

What a cutey!!!!

Baseball buys at the Barons

Josh and Joey pitching!

Batter up!

Southern Museum of Flight

I didn't even know this place was there. They had a week of free admission so we went there for playgroup. It was fun!

Cute Face

Well, Greg's grandfather died on August 11. So our lives have been pretty crazy. We ended up taking his grandmother on vacation, then we have been over there almost every day trying to help out finish moving, keeping her company, etc. Anyway, it's been a while since I had the chance to update this. I just wanted to show this pic b/c he is so darn cute!