Far Away Visitors

In August my sister Jill and her family loaded up the car and drove from Boston to Birmingham so they could see everyone. We loved having her here! That was the first time I had seen her in almost a year. I also got to meet my nephew for the first time on this trip. Colin is one big baby! He was such a cool little dude. Some of the pics above are of Caelan and my niece Sydney. Sydney was just over 2 when these pics were taken and Caelan was just over 15 months. We could not believe the size was about the same. It was really fun getting to see these two interact with each other. In the last pic we were over at my dads for dinner and Sydney was trying to help Caelan get on the couch. This lasted for about 15 minutes until Sydney just hopped on the couch and Caelan gave up! So cute!!

Beach Trip 2

This is the last part to our beach trip. One of Caelan's favorite things he figured out how to do was to throw anything he could get his hands on in to the pool. I wish he was not so smart sometimes. The other pics are from our visit with jared's great-grandmother, Grammy. We stopped by on the way home to see her. Can you believe she is in her 90's and still lives by herself!! She is one amazing lady. And she makes the best, most amazing chocolate chip cookies!!! She told me her secret tip, so we will have to see if that is true or she might be holding something back.

Beach Trip

Ok, I am a little behind on the blogging so just hang with me. These pictures are from our annual beach trip we take every summer. Before we hit the beach we made a detour to Mobile to see Jared's grandmother and grandfather, Grandmama and Grandpa Mike. We had not seen them in a while and they loved getting to see what all Caelan could get into. These are some wonderful people. The next couple of pics are from the beach. The first one is of Jared's family that met us down in Gulf Shores. Let me tell you that these people are crazy! They get him wound up so tight until he goes crazy. Two others are out on the beach, which he hated and at the pool, which he LOVED. He got very brave as the trip continued and would just walk into the pool with no one around! You had to watch him every second or he would be in the water. The other pic is from the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo. I have wanted to take him here since we started planning the trip. I had seen the show on t.v. and wanted Caelan to see the animals up close. As you can tell, one goat wanted to get rather personal with Caelan and he was NOT having it! It was too funny watching him take it all in.

First Haircut

Before we went to the beach in July we decided it was time for a haircut for Caelan. As usual, it was a family affair because we had my dad and brother at the shop to cheer us on. Caelan sat in his boat like a big boy the entire short time it took to cut (i.e. trim!) his hair. He looked like such a little boy instead of my baby! We were so proud of him.

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