More beach pictures

Here are the rest of the beach pictures & a video at the end.


On the Avon pier


being silly


Coen was having fun in this picture





daddy, Coen & uncle Brian digging a hole in the sand





paw-paw showing Coen a fish he caught ( he wasn't to sure about it)










building sand castle's


this is one of my favorite pictures of Coen smiling


Coen to the right of the Bodie Lighthouse


Bodie Lighthouse again


Us to the right of Cape Hatteras Lighthouse







Here are pictures of us on the sand dunes




























Here are pictures from the Wright Bothers Memorial

This is the location of the first flight

Cakes

Here are some cakes I have created.


Boston Red Sox fondant cake


Poker theme fondant cake



Guitar cake

Beach Pictures

I have been so slack with posting pictures from the beach. I promise to have the rest of them up by this weekend.

Day 2

On day 2 of our vacation we spent the day at Ocracoke Island. We road the ferry over to the Island then had lunch at Howard's Pub. Then we went to see the Ocracoke Lighthouse, stopped by the pony pasture & then headed back home. We had a good time. I was glad to see the lighthouse since we had never seen one in real life before.


driving up onto the ferry


on the ferry


Ocracoke Island from a far


us in front of the Ocracoke Lighthouse

the pony pasture on the island

Outer Banks-day 1

Our vacation has finally gotten here. I have been waiting to go all summer. This year we are at the outer banks with family. Today was our first day out on the beach and it was a beautiful day. Coen enjoyed the sun, sand and just his feet in the ocean. Even little Duker had fun chasing the birds and running as fast as he can on the sand. I will post new pictures as the week goes by.




having a snack








Duke!!!!


fun in the sand








Coen & I watching the waves break


The Miller boy's

Coen's first hair cut

Over the Labor Day weekend we took Coen to have his first official hair cut. I had trimmed his hair in the past but only around his ears & the very bottom at his neck. It was time to leave it up to the professionals. He did so well while the young girl cut his hair. He just sat in my lap like a big boy. We ended up going to Great Clips & they got us in & out very quickly. Coen's tension span is not very long. He likes to be moving at all times. Here are the pictures.

side view before the hair cut

back view

just getting started

looking at a balloon that daddy was holding

looks good already

he had more hair than we thought, there was hair everywhere when she finished

"ta-da" Coen's new look

back view afterwards, his crown doesn't show as bad now

The Fresh Beat Band!

There's a new show on Nickelodeon called The Fresh Beat Band. It seems to be Coen's favorite show now. When ever it comes on Coen stops what he is doing & starts dancing. We have it set to record everyday & he gets to watch it right before bedtime. It's a cool show for kids with lots of singing & dancing. Even Jonathan & I seem to get into the show as we watch with Coen. Here is a video of Coen dancing along with Marina, Kiki, Shout & Twist from The Fresh Beat Band.....haha! We must watch it a lot, as you see I knew all of there names on the show.

Go Coen, Go Coen!

He did it again, he peed in the potty before bath time tonight. We could be on to something....yay!

Potty Training!

About two months ago we decided to go ahead and buy a potty for Coen. We knew it was probably to soon to start potty training but thought we would get him use to seeing it. So every night before his bath I would make him sit on it. At the beginning of this process he thought it was something to take apart or carry around. After letting Coen watch us use the bathroom he eventually got the concept of just sitting on it without wanting to play with it. Well tonight was the night. He sat down on the potty before his bath & peed in it. Yay! We praised him so much for using the potty. He got excited about it. After all the cheering we emptied it into the big toilet & let Coen flush it. Maybe this is the beginning of him showing interest in learning to potty train. This could be a great thing if he could be potty trained before he turns two. It's probably wishful thinking but you never know. Here is a picture of Coen sitting on his potty after his bath.

Saying new things

Coen is talking up a storm these days. He says new words everyday. He is starting to put words together with each other like more watie (water). He said some new words tonight we have never heard him say before. Just a few minutes ago he took Jonathan to Duke's pee pad, pointed at it & said, Duke poop. It was so funny. I'm eager to hear what his next word or words will be.