Jack's Baptism Weekend

We FINALLY were able to have Jack's baptism last weekend! Jack is blessed with 3 wonderful godparents in our friends Will & Devon Hilton and Aunt Marlena. It was truly a special day and beautiful weekend! We were joined by my mom, dad, Eric and Ashley as well as Joe's mom, dad, Preston, Jason, Kathy, Chase, Nana and "Bad Jean".
It was the first time Joey and Jack were able to hang out with their girlfriends Addison and Riann Hilton...imagine 4 kids under the age of 3 romping around our house for 2 days! We had a ton of lessons in sharing toys, a lot of missed naps and trying to keep up with our 2 new crawlers. Joe and I also had a great time catching up with Will & Devon...life makes makes it hard to see each other as much as we would like, but we when do get together, we always pick up right where we left off!

Hello Heat!

We made our trip to Dallas on Saturday....gone from 87 and comfortable to 97 and to your breath away hot! The boys were great on the trip! Jack started pointing at things for the first time on the airplane. Of course, Joey hit the ground running at "Ganny's" and was in the pool within the first 15 minutes. My only complaint is that little ones don't have an "adjust my time clock button" built in. Jack woke up at 5:30 and Joey was up at 6:30...we were literally in the pool by 7:30 am yesterday morning. We spent all day in the pool and had our favorite Mexican food last night, were we realized that Jack had cut his fourth tooth! Joe headed down to A&M after dinner to start scouting. I can't believe this time is already here.

Training Camp

We went up to visit Daddy at Training Camp on Saturday. Joey loves to go run around on the field with Joe after practice. He got a little lesson on the sled from "Big Joe", our favorite Replacements lineman!

The Beach

We spent 2 wonderful weeks in the Outer Banks this summer. It was our first trip there and the quaint town of Duck is where we stayed. We really lucked out on our house...it was beautiful and perfect for us and all of our visitors. It was truly a family affair! The boys loved the pool and it was SO convenient to have one at the house. The beach was a short walk down the street where we fished, dug for crabs, collected shells, built sandcastles and Jack ate his first sand. Joey is a great kite flier, an awesome boat captain and a cautious fisherman. Jack is such an easy baby...he just went the flow: slept on the beach in the morning, played in the sand, splashed in the pool. Two weeks didn't seem like enough time...if we could have stayed another week we would have! Everyone is already looking forward to next year!

First O's Game

Joe took Joey, along with Grandmom and Grandpop to his first Orioles game on Sunday! He had a great time and seemed to be mesmerized with the action on the field. He did have to take a little break though and run around the concourse....where he had to make a pay phone call to mommy!