Beach Week at Emerald Isle

Once again the girls (Nana, mom, me, Aunt Deb, Aunt Jayne and Allison) were reunited together again for a beach week...we are so blessed! The boys (Papa, Dad and Robbie) stopped by a couple of times. Adam was lucky enough to get off of work so he stayed a couple of days. The NC crowd was so excited to finally meet Tri for the first time. Lauren was so fascinated by him. She was always watching, smiling, and reaching out for him. They shared and played with their new toys together very nicely...thank you Aunt Deb!! Overall, it was a wonderful week filled with lots of fun in the sun, wonderful dinners, love, laughter, pictures and memories! As always, we look forward to the next time!

Aunt Blair and Uncle Jon were in town and stopped by to see Miss Lauren.

The cousins!!

Lauren and Allison!

Lauren and Jayne!

Allison with her son Tri and Lauren!

Say "Cheese" Tri!

Lauren and Tri playing one of the toys from Aunt Deb!

Lauren and I!

Lauren pulling Unc's hair!!

Lauren playing in the frog pool on the beach!


Nana and Papa coming down for some fun in the sun!!

Papa checking out the beach pool!


Lauren and I in the pool!

No...she is not in the water by herself!! She is beached on the shoreline!

Jayne, mom and Lauren. Mom...Lauren did a beautiful job fixing your hair!

Grandy with Tri and Lauren...PRICELESS!!

Mom with the kiddies!!

Say "CHEESE"!! It was so hard to get Lauren and Tri smiling at the same time!

Robbie reading Tri a story!

4th of July

Lauren enjoyed her first Fourth of July. We started our evening at church where we had dinner with Robbie's family. Everyone was getting excited for the family reunion the next day. Then we went to my parents house so they could see Lauren in her RED, WHITE AND BLUE. Of course...we took some quick photos. Then we went back home to listen and watch some fireworks that were being shot off in our neighborhood. We didn't take her to see the big show... I thought they would scare her. She will definately see them next year!!

Random Pictures

Robbie went out fishing with two of his good buddies Sean and Ian last week. Here is a picture of Robbie, Sean and Lauren with one of their Mahi-Mahi catches!! Lauren is holding on to her daddy and thinking..."What is that?"

Robbie went out fishing with his cousin Donald the other day. Here is a picture of Robbie and Lauren with a Mahi-Mahi! Lauren was thinking..."Daddy this one is bigger than last week!!"

Here is a picture of Lauren after her bath.
She looked like she was saying, "Yo, how's it goin'?!

Yep...my thumb tastes good!

Lauren's First Beach Trip

My mom, Lauren and I ventured to Topsail Beach to visit Jimmy, Becky and Jack Norris for the day. As mom and I were packing the car, I felt like we were going for a week or more with all of the things I packed. I had no idea what I needed so I packed about everything.;) We were very excited for Lauren to step foot on the beach for the first time and visit with some close family friends. Needless to say it was a beautiful day!

Lauren playing with her Exersaucer!


Lauren enjoying her ba-ba!

Mommy and Me!

I love my Unc!

Mom, Becky and Lauren

Jack can I use your glasses as a teether?

The gang!

I loved my first trip to the beach!!

Lauren's First Oatmeal Cereal

We recently got the okay from the doctor for Lauren to start Oatmeal Cereal. Here are some pics of her first encounter. It was quite interesting!!

Lauren is Six Months Old!

Wow...Lauren is six months old! She weighs 12.5 pounds and is 25 1/4 inches long. She has the greatest little personality. She is always happy, smiling, and talking. Yep, she is talking. I'll give you one guess what she is saying...yep..da-da-da-da-da!! Of course, she makes Robbie very proud. She also has two front teeth coming in on the bottom. She is growing up so fast!! Thanks mom for the photo opt!!

Lauren in one of my baby dresses!!


Look at that hair!!

Lauren Meets Aunt Norma

Lauren met her Great-Great Aunt Norma last week. They enjoyed each others company very much. Lauren has been talking a lot lately and she wanted me to type her Aunt Norma a letter. This is what she said:

Dear Aunt Norma,

It was so nice to meet you! Thank you for feeding me my bottles. I was very hungry. Thank you for playing with me and keeping me company in the back seat of Grandy's car on our outing to Emerald Isle. I really enjoyed watching you eat at Chowda Heads!I wish you would have shared some shrimp off of your shrimp burger but I understand. Thank you and Grandy for taking me to Bogue Pier. The sound of the waves and salt air put me right to sleep! I hope to see you again soon! I miss you already...I love you Aunt Normie!!

Love,

Lauren

P.S...More pics are coming!!

Ooh La La!

Check little Miss Lauren out in her first bikini! Her Aunt Gay bought her this bikini I think before she was even born! Doesn't she look precious! We can't wait to get her out in the boat and on the beach! You took some great pictures mom! Thank you Aunt Deb for getting her to smile!!






After the photo shoot, Lauren ate and took a nap. When she woke up my mom and Aunt Deb took her for a walk. She absolutely loves her walks!!

Lauren is Five Months Old!

Can you believe it...she is FIVE MONTHS OLD!! Lauren is changing and becoming stronger every day. She is grasping for objects and can hold her bottle by herself. She loves playing with her feet. At times you may catch her sucking on her toes! Of course...she is communicating in her own unique screeching way...gotta love her!