~Our Family Adventures~

The Pacifier blues!

So for those of you that don't know, Coen is very attached to his paci. His teacher at daycare has worked really hard from breaking him of it. He does well with not having it while he's at daycare or baby school as I call it. The only problem we have is when he comes home in the evening's or on the weekends, he thinks he has to have it until the next day at school. He pretty much stops talking when he has it in his mouth so we are wanting to break him of it for GOOD. Tuesday night at bed time we decided that the paci had to go & we didn't allow him to have it. Let's just say, I'm glad that night is over. He cried, screamed and kicked in bed for a solid hour. Jonathan & I laid in bed with him for that hour to try & comfort him but he wasn't a happy little boy. It broke my heart to watch him cry for an hour but he finally calmed down and fell asleep with his blanket & his watch guards. That would be Calvin the giraffe & Shelly the turtle. He sleeps with them every night.

Coen has now gone 3 whole days without his pacifier. The only time he has cried for it was the very first night and the morning after. He has whined for it just a little bit but other than that he has done so good. Even though it has only been 3 days & he could possibly have another break down, I just want to say how proud I am of him in becoming a big boy. We tell him that big boys don't need paci's. So now he calls himself "big boy". He just melts my heart & I LOVE him so much. We are so proud to be called mommy and daddy. It's the greatest feeling ever.

Brody Keith

Coen has a new cousin. Brody Keith was born 9-27-09 weighing in at 6 lbs. 7 oz & 20 inches long. He is so cute! We got to go see him last night for the first time. Here are some pictures.

Congratulations Lacy & Brian!

Proud daddy!

Uncle Jonathan

Coen was a bit jealous in this picture....give him a year or so & they will be buddies.

and here are two cute pictures from last week

Coen & grandpa sharing some goldfish & watching tv

Coen's new hat

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.