July 4th!

Mimi and Papa were here to spend July 4th with all of us. We spent the 3rd at the Davidson concert on the green. Listening to music and enjoying food with our friends the Schnabels! On the 4th we headed to Birkdale Village where they have a huge kid celebration with pony rides, fire trucks, face painting, splash fountain, and a bicycle parade.
We also went to Zootastic park....well lets just call it a petting zoo. It is a small little operation in Troutman...I bought a groupon for admission, so we thought we would give it a try. It was fun to see Connor with the animals...we were even surprised that he was willing to feed some of them!
Enjoy some of the pictures of the last few weeks....it was hard to pick my favorites...so there are more than usual!

Update on the boys:
Connor is still going to school 3 days per week. They call it camp for the summer. They are doing many fun things including water play every week and the theme for the summer is animals. He is starting to learn his colors. We pick through our crayons and name the colors. He gets orange, black and white every time....and when he doesn't know the color, it is always red! He can count to 30 now...and I think the boy can do his ABCs backwards....just kidding, not really, but he is such a pro he is now spelling things he sees by naming all the letters. Of course he has no clue what it says, but it is a start!
Greyson is doing well....getting more and more on a predictable routine. We are still feeding at night. Sometimes once, sometimes twice. We are napping a good solid afternoon nap in the crib/pack and play every day for about 3-4 hours. Morning and evening he may cat nap but not for very long. His reflux is better, not great, but I think things will change once he begins to eat solid food. He is so much more interactive now. Telling all kinds of stories, grasping toys, and following motion and sounds with his eyes. He loves to get his leg going in his bouncy seat, which in turn bounces the seat up and down. It is so funny to see. I have to post the little video I have of him doing it. He is such a happy and smiley baby 99% of the time. If only we could get him sleeping through the night!!

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Summer 2011