Hilton Head Part 2

On Tuesday night we headed to Shelter Cove for the weekly festivies. We had a great fresh seafood dinner on the water, wandered through a few shops, listened to live music, and watched some fireworks. Brady kept saying that Charles was putting them on and was disappointed when they were finished. To his credit, they were super short, but fun!

Brady is sporting his fish and fishing pole as a hat that we got from a guy doing balloons for the kids near the outdoor music stage.

Our attempt at a family picture. Everyone smiling and looking at the camera? I think on this trip I have learned that this will be impossible for a while...
Playing with his fishing pole
Alex...sleeping as usual. As if it is not hot and humid enough down here, he is a furnace to hold!

"Alex awake!" Brady declares. I love his big, alert eyes!

My boys getting ready for bed.

Brady has a new game of choice this week. Yep, shuffleboard. There is one right by the pool. He is surprisingly good at this.

Showing mommy what it's all about - I was up on our deck.

Wednesday we headed to Harbor Town. This is Brady and Andy waiting for the trolley to pick us up and give us a ride down to the harbor.

Alex, hanging out in his seat. I just can't get enough of his sweet little face!

Andy, Brady, and my Dad made the 100+ stair climb up the lighthouse steps for a look around the harbor. My mom and I stayed back with Alex and found some shade.

Finding some shade and taking a nap.

A family photo at the harbor

Brady LOVED the trolley. Here he is enjoying his third ride of the day.

Hilton Head Part 1

About 24 hours of driving later we finally arrived in Hilton Head, SC last Sunday night for a vacation with my parents. The boys were awesome travelers. Thanks to Andy's parents we were able to take their van which meant that one of us could ride in back with the boys to help out with entertainment and bottle feedings. Here are our troopers in the car!

Praise God for portable DVD players! It was an investment worth every penny for this trip.
Sunday night when we arrived we had a quick dinner and headed straight to the ocean. Brady was amazed. Then sun was going down, so my pictures from this night are dark, but here is Brady's first dip (toes only this day) in the ocean!

We have spent part of every day playing at the pool. Brady loves playing catch and splashing in the kiddie pool. He likes it because we don't have to hold onto him in this pool.

At the pool, Brady and Grandma have been best buddies.

Though he has hardly used the goggles in the water at all, the $1 they cost was worth it just for this picture. I thought it was hilarious!

Brady and Grandpa reading books before nap time.

Brady has loved playing baseball in the hallway of our condo. The other night he insisted that he wear daddy hat while he played.

More to come on our events in the rest of the week...

Coos and Grins

Alex is begining to "talk" more and more every day. He coos and grins and we have even heard a couple little giggles. It is precious.

Sausages!

Following our trip to Milwaukee, Brady's six favorite toys lately have been his Racing Sausages and Bernie. Here he is giving the bunch a snuggle.

Before we left for South Carolia, Brady discovered where I keep Alex's tub. He climbed right in and pretended to give himself a tub. It was hilarious.
A few short minutes later he was giving his sausages and Bernie a tub. Even more funny!

Brewer Game

Sunday we headed to the Brewer game. We had fun even though it was an awful game.

All decked out in our Brewer gear.

Miller Park has loads of places for taking photos with kids. We took advantage of many of them!

Brady smilin' with his pal Bernie
Daddy and Brady with Fielder and Braun

Brady with his favorite guys in the big glove

On Sunday they had clowns making balloon animals for the kids. Brady was thrilled to get a dog.

Watching the game

When we asked him what he wanted to eat, popcorn was the first thing out of his mouth. Here he is with his treat.

Alex at his first Brewer game!

Brady's popcorn bucket turned into a megaphone when it was empty. In addition to cheering the Brewers on with it, he also had it double as a hat.

Alex sporting his new Braun shirt thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Schwartzhoff

It was Brat bobble head day. Daddy, Brady, and Grandpa Schwartzhoff were all very excited about this. Here is Brady giving his a snuggle.

Alex napped off and on throughout the game.

Then Brady crashed in the 8th inning. 1:05 games are tough for little ones - that hits nap time!

We had to wake Brady up to leave. He was Grandpa Johnson's pal all the way out to the car.

Milwaukee Zoo

This weekend we headed to Milwaukee for a getaway with the boys and both sets of our parents. On Saturday we took the boys to the zoo with Andy's parents and then met up with my parents for the evening and a Brewer game on Sunday. Here are a few of the many pictures I took over the weekend.

We purchased a car kit DVD player for our upcoming trip to South Carolina and thought this was a good opportunity to try it out. Brady thought it was awesome that he could watch movies in the car. Here he is...mesmerized and drinking his "coffee" aka grandpa's empty cup.

This was Alex heading in for his first trip to the zoo!
Brady loved feeding the goats in the kids farm area. He has been talking about how fun it was still today.
Brady's favorite at the zoo included seeing the turtles, alligators, sharks, all the fish, and feeding the goats.

Hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa Johnson

Mommy insisted on a family photo. Not the greatest, but here it is.

Feeding time at the zoo, for more than just the animals!

One of the highlights of the day was taking Brady on his first carousel ride. He LOVED it!

He loved it so much in fact, he got a second ride with grandma.

After a long afternoon at the zoo, Brady got a good swim in with mommy and daddy. Here he is snuggled in his "rug" with daddy. I think he called the towel that because of its bumpy texture.

Shaving with Uncle Jerry

Thanks to Uncle Jerry, Brady is learning the fine art of shaving at the ripe old age of 2! Don't worry...the plastic guard is still on that razor.

Waking Up Silly

I cracked up laughing the other day when I went in to get Brady up from his nap and he was trying to put the plastic helmet from a Brewers helmet sundae on his head. What a goon!